Afroman found not liable in defamation case brought by Ohio cops who raided home

Re:Afroman found not liable in defamation case brought by Oh... by aeternum on Thursday March 19, 2026 @04:12PM (#47445220)

I'm not claiming that de-escalation implies ignoring antisocial behavior or failing to confront.

I'm claiming that some antisocial behavior is only triggered by some degree of escalation.

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Re:Afroman found not liable in defamation case brought by Oh... by bjoli on Friday March 20, 2026 @04:20AM (#47451889)

I wonder what you base this on. What would statistics backing this up look like?

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Re:Afroman found not liable in defamation case brought by Oh... by aeternum on Friday March 20, 2026 @11:38AM (#47456144)

It's a good question.

It would be violent crime trend correlation with de-escalation training. Or even with complaints of police aggression.

Even more useful would be to separate out assault + battery where the victim is random vs. non-random, IE domestic or gang.

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Re:Afroman found not liable in defamation case brought by Oh... by bjoli on Saturday March 21, 2026 @05:51AM (#47465628)

I had a look around and there is very little actual ecidence for detrimental effects. Most things seems to be exaggerations by politicians who want to be tough on crime.

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