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Re:Let’s Put an End to Prosecutorial Immunity (2018)
on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @09:04PM (#29008467)
In this metaphor, rain that doesn't happen to land on an umbrella just isn't observed. The presence of police increases crime statistics, because some marginally illegal activity that happens all the time and is mostly unenforced would be acted on.