Police are not primarily crime fighters, according to the data

Re:Police are not primarily crime fighters, according to the... by wahnfrieden on Saturday July 29, 2023 @04:59PM (#36924505)

These are primarily pretext stops, not revenue generating ones. They profile based on likelihood of escalating to a more severe crime

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Re:Police are not primarily crime fighters, according to the... by halostatue on Saturday July 29, 2023 @05:57PM (#36925104)

In the U.S., they mostly profile based on skin colour, even if they claim otherwise. (In Canada, it’s also mostly on skin colour, but depending on the region, they’re probably looking far more for Indigenous peoples, and it’s just as wrong as American policing.)

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