B. A. BalackusJul 29, 2023

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I'm shocked

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
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@BigAngBlack so many (privileged) Americans' idea of the police comes from copaganda media rather than through personal experience... even if you're white and upper/middle class, just about everybody has a story about a cop being a dick to them, but most people don't have stories about cops protecting them
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Show threadB. A. BalackusJul 29, 2023
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If they hangout with cops, they wont take long to start telling everyone how awful they are. You just gotta listen