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Police are not primarily crime fighters, according to the data | Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/police-are-not-primarily-crime-fighters-according-data-2022-11-02/

> A new report adds to a growing line of research showing that police departments don’t solve serious or violent crimes with any regularity, and in fact, spend very little time on crime control, in contrast to popular narratives.

Police are not primarily crime fighters, according to the data

A new report adds to a growing line of research showing that police departments don’t solve serious or violent crimes with any regularity, and in fact, spend very little time on crime control, in contrast to popular narratives.

Reuters

US officer who put handcuffed woman in car hit by freight train found guilty

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/29/colorado-police-officer-car-freight-train

> Jordan Steinke convicted on misdemeanour charges but found not guilty of more serious charges over 2022 crash in Colorado

US officer who put handcuffed woman in car hit by freight train found guilty

Jordan Steinke convicted on misdemeanour charges but found not guilty of more serious charges over 2022 crash in Colorado

The Guardian

@BigAngBlack

“There’s no reasonable doubt that placing a handcuffed person in the back of a patrol car, parked on railroad tracks, creates a substantial and unjustifiable risk of harm by the train,” Kerns said.

This is insanity. It created a substantial and unjustifiable risk, but not enough to show intent to harm.

White supremacy snatches another ruling from the jaws of conviction yet again. 🙄

@clayrivers
To be fair, cops dont seem to be very smart people. He probably intend harm, maybe not from the train though