Re:Hackers Remotely Attack a Jeep on the Highway
by _yosefk on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @12:03PM
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Not to disagree with you, but to add a data point (or rather an anecdote) - I heard a few people from Moscow claiming that they're more afraid of cops than criminals.
(Of course, even if it's not an exaggeration and even if it reflects the actual probabilities of getting hurt by cops and criminals there, it does not follow that things wouldn't be even worse without a police force.)
Have you seen what happens to communities when police withdraw? They become overrun by gangs and other less accountable organizations.
Even favelas where cops act paramilitarily, say in Caracas, people still want cops because no cops is usually worse, unless you get a private version of cops, which is essentially cops by another name.