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Re:Let’s Put an End to Prosecutorial Immunity (2018) by rayiner on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @04:41PM (#29006002)
Yes absolutely—people buy umbrellas because of rain, and voters employ police because of crime. It’s a logical error to infer that the presence of umbrellas causes rain, or that the presence of police causes crime.
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Re:Let’s Put an End to Prosecutorial Immunity (2018) by policecrimehypo on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @09:04PM (#29008467)
In this metaphor, rain that doesn't happen to land on an umbrella just isn't observed. The presence of police increases crime statistics, because some marginally illegal activity that happens all the time and is mostly unenforced would be acted on.
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Re:Let’s Put an End to Prosecutorial Immunity (2018) by rayiner on Saturday October 30, 2021 @12:05AM (#29045886)
Police cost money. Cities don’t deploy them to places unless significant criminal activity causes demand for a police presence.
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