Re:Driver accused of DUI tracks missing laptop to Illinois S...
by pc86 on Saturday May 16, 2026 @04:25PM
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Poor neighbors are where the crime happens - at least the crime that some beat cop is qualified to see or investigate.
> “Crimes of wealth” do plenty of violence
Not for actual definitions of violence, no. I'm not saying they're not crimes, or they're not serious, but there's a reason "violent crime" is a category of its own. It's an important distinction. Words mean things, and trying to say murder or aggravated battery is just one kind of violence and embezzlement or stock fraud is a different kind is, at best, incredibly dishonest.
Who said that? The cops don’t need to ”decide” to bust you based on how much money you have, the system already put them on patrol in the poorer neighborhood.
The police are too busy going after crimes of poverty to go after the crimes that impoverish people. “Crimes of wealth” do plenty of violence, it’s just laundered thru abstractions and layers of misdirection.