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He means policing that results in increased homicide rates and reduced homicide clearance rates.

Don't you want to solve crimes and put murderers in jail? And scare others away from delinquency?

>>SamRei+(OP)
Ha! Police in the U.S. are hilariously bad at solving crimes. Even murders are solved at less than a 50% rate in many cities.

>>psycho+g5
Less than 50%???? Ha! Try closer to 10% in Chicago. Yes I want murders solved and think there should be someone doing that job. However, the police aren't doing that so why help them with whatever it is that they are doing.

>>psycho+g5
I don't find that hilarious. Anyway, if you have a “no snitch culture” you can't expect the police to have an easy time at finding the perpetrator.

>>alexil+Z6
A large issue is that people refuse to help them. How do you solve a crime if no there are witnesses willing to talk...

>>SamRei+(OP)
Yeah, and arrest and imprison some black folks who smoke pot making it look on paper that the crime is reduced big time. I am all for reducing crime and making the country safer for everyone. I don't think policing it more is the answer though. Going to the root of the problem is a whole lot more effective in the long term. Some reforms are clearly needed.

>>google+v8
That's the problem in Chicago. CPD has destroyed whatever trust the community had in them.

>>google+v8
How do you get witnesses to talk when they don't trust the police to protect them and serve the community's interests?