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Re:Event-level prediction of urban crime reveals a enforceme... by Gigachad on Saturday July 02, 2022 @11:49PM (#31964884)
Could this be down to the fact that police need reasons to stop cars in the US? In Australia they set up random stops and alcohol/drug test every driver without needing any suspicion. There is also no chance for racial bias since everyone gets tested.

While in the US they have to come up with a billion bullshit reasons to stop someone which mostly impacts poor people in bad cars.

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Re:Event-level prediction of urban crime reveals a enforceme... by usrn on Sunday July 03, 2022 @12:29AM (#31965072)
My car looks like a homeless meth dealer lives in it and the registration is often expired. I very rarely get stopped but maybe that's because I live on the east coast?
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