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Re:Baltimore sues Hyundai, Kia over spike in car thefts by local_crmdgeon on Friday May 12, 2023 @03:06PM (#35920752)
Yeah, at some point in Chicago and Baltimore people figured out that career criminals vote, and will vote in their own interests. Very few people vote in local elections anyway, so they've managed to elect a ton of prosecutors who promise not to prosecute.

Feels like the 70s in Urban America repeating itself. I feel bad for the older Black population in Baltimore. They busted ass for the last 50 years and they got to enjoy a really lovely city from like 2009 to 2013. Imagine growing up like Henrietta Lacks, only to have all your shit stolen by teenagers who are legally untouchable.

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Re:Baltimore sues Hyundai, Kia over spike in car thefts by hoofhearted on Friday May 12, 2023 @03:31PM (#35921134)
Citations needed.

Please don’t come on my turf and start trashing out city without facts.

I just looked down my street to Fort McHenry and our flag is still there :)

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Re:Baltimore sues Hyundai, Kia over spike in car thefts by vkou on Friday May 12, 2023 @04:17PM (#35921767)
Please provide a citation for the insane claim that career criminals are a major voting block sufficient to consistently swing elections.
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Re:Baltimore sues Hyundai, Kia over spike in car thefts by shuckles on Friday May 12, 2023 @09:21PM (#35924505)
You don’t have to be a major voting block to be a consistently consequential swing vote. California is a major voting block but its interests are rarely persuasive in federal politics because it’s never a swing vote in elections.
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Re:Baltimore sues Hyundai, Kia over spike in car thefts by pedrosorio on Sunday May 14, 2023 @03:26AM (#35936084)
Logical nitpick: you argued “A does not imply B”, by providing an example of (not A, B). You need (A, not B) to make that argument.
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Re:Baltimore sues Hyundai, Kia over spike in car thefts by shuckles on Sunday May 14, 2023 @05:32PM (#35941507)
That’s fair. The logic still holds: Ohio’s interests are over-represented in Federal politics even though it’s not major because it’s important on the margins.
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Re:Baltimore sues Hyundai, Kia over spike in car thefts by throwaway6734 on Friday May 12, 2023 @04:44PM (#35922130)
Why? There are plenty of middle class black neighborhoods in Baltimore and the long term outlook continues to look better after the nadir of 2015.
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Re:Baltimore sues Hyundai, Kia over spike in car thefts by MavisBacon on Friday May 12, 2023 @04:53PM (#35922263)
Most career criminals have a felony conviction under their belt and thus would not be able to vote, so this does not make a whole lot of sense
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Re:Baltimore sues Hyundai, Kia over spike in car thefts by btilly on Friday May 12, 2023 @05:01PM (#35922339)
The interaction between felony convictions and being able to vote varies by state. You can find a map of the rules at https://www.aclu.org/issues/voting-rights/voter-restoration/....

In Baltimore, Maryland, you cannot vote while in prison. But you can once you get out. Felony conviction or no.

(I honestly don't think that the population with felony convictions are significant factors in elections, but they can and do vote.)

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Re:Baltimore sues Hyundai, Kia over spike in car thefts by MavisBacon on Friday May 12, 2023 @05:15PM (#35922513)
Ah my apologies, that change came in 2016 after I moved. Appreciate the correction
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Re:Baltimore sues Hyundai, Kia over spike in car thefts by tedajax on Friday May 12, 2023 @05:30PM (#35922677)
Legitimately insane take, thank you
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