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    1. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Apr 16

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      substack about public policy around policing by apparently a former cop. i have mixed feelings about this but I find his incentive-based arguments of interest https://twitter.com/ZaidJilani/status/1382917027506089984 …

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    2. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Apr 16

      sort of wonder if ultimately readily available video renders policing as we know it politically or economically infeasible

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    3. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Apr 16

      the original promise of recording every police interaction was that it would prevent police from abusing their power by leaving a record. but instead we get a world where everyone can interpret intense and slightly ambiguous footage as they like every video a scissor statement

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    4. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Apr 16

      so the claim from the linked piece is that for a variety of reasons police don't care to do proactive policing, or just can't for other reasons, and this leads to more murders as police pull back i have no idea whether this is plausible but say we accept it arguendo

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    5. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Apr 16

      like . . . idk. i dont see individual incentives under current law being compatible with having a functional police force. personal views aside I would not want to work as a cop in any situation where I might plausibly have to use force in these conditions, and

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    6. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Apr 16

      certainly individual antipolice actors have every incentive to push this from the other side. and it seems likely eventually you get a loop where departments shrink, work gets worse, ad infinitum except to zero

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    7. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Apr 16

      so then maybe you could change the legal environment to prevent this outcome but I don't really see that happening in the current political environment, and even if we go back to early 90s era crime levels the video scissors are still gonna be there

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    8. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Apr 16

      but of course no one actually wants to live in an early 90s era inner city crime level neighborhood so you get the old pattern of flight to the suburbs and probably lots of low profile means of keeping likely criminals out, no one would acknowledge it as such but theyd be there

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    9. Dedicating Ruckus‏ @ded_ruckus Apr 16
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      in practice, at some point everyone gets so sick of the crime rate that anti-police sentiments start getting shouted down which can help fix the crime problem but isn't actually *good*, it's how the foundation gets laid for neverending police abuses

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      eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Apr 16
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      and so the cycle begins again

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        1. Andrew Stratelates  ⚓ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ☦️ Trad Anglican‏ @AStratelates Apr 16
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          If someone figures out how to solve America's physical security issue, they'll be doing a world of good.

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