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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 5 Jun 2015

    Reaction to Ferguson ignores obvious tradeoff: Less policing, more crime. Policing must be fine-tuned, not crippled. http://nyti.ms/1InuDYy 

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      2. Omar Wasow‏ @owasow 5 Jun 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker Many of our laws, e.g., drug prohibition, are crime promoting. Less policing of things like marijuana possession can reduce crime.

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      4. Omar Wasow‏ @owasow 5 Jun 2015
        Replying to @kschnacke5

        Medical marijuana associated w/ big decrease in homicide: https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/38219/Aalen-Peter.pdf?sequence=1 … @kschnacke5 @sapinkerpic.twitter.com/NTHjHXtM5f

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      2. James Thompson‏Verified account @JamesPsychol 10 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker @StateExempt Data too imperfect for any conclusions at the moment, I think. Need to see all city data after a year.

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      3. { [ RJ Miller ] }‏ @StateExempt 10 Jun 2015
        Replying to @JamesPsychol

        .@JamesPsychol Something you may find of interest on the subject of policing: http://stateexempt.com/predictivepolicing.pdf … http://stateexempt.com/predictivepolicingrand.pdf … @sapinker

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      4. James Thompson‏Verified account @JamesPsychol 10 Jun 2015
        Replying to @StateExempt

        @StateExempt @sapinker Useful model, and probably focuses resources effectively. UK experience mixed, I understand.

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      1. Roman Snitko‏ @romansnitko 5 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker @anjiecast it's not an obvious trade off. Crime isn't simply a function of policing, but of many other things too.

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      2. Séamus Power‏ @SeamusAPower 5 Jun 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @cliffordstott might have something to add to this debate

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      3. Clifford Stott‏ @cliffordstott 5 Jun 2015
        Replying to @SeamusAPower

        @SeamusAPower @sapinker Yes, objectivity.

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      1. Roman Snitko‏ @romansnitko 5 Jun 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @anjiecast for example, legalizing and deregulating certain activities would contribute to less people choosing a criminal career

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      1. Because We Live Here‏ @PKsbpdl 19 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker @PeterMoskos Police shouldn't be babysitters for black people who can't abide by the law.

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      1. Mark Erickson‏ @wegianshooter 5 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker and it's not just Ferguson. Terrible framing, awful argument, really shameful tweet.

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      1. Mark Erickson‏ @wegianshooter 5 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker Hogwash. You completely ignore drug war and broken windows failures. We lead the world in prisoners. Fine tuning my ass.

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      1. Paul Lembo‏ @FPFL 5 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker False dichotomy. There are more than 2 options on the board of choices. Ferguson effect is itself an oversimplification too.

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      1. (((Daniel Isaiah Elder)))‏ @tumblehawk 5 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker But much 'crime' is only that by definition of authorities. Specifically, nonviolent drug offenses.

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      2. Ben Ford‏ @boothead 5 Jun 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker It's hardly fine tuning to expect them not to kill thousands of civilians per year!

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      3. Mike Kelly‏ @ezralbntseliot 5 Jun 2015
        Replying to @boothead

        @boothead @sapinker "Thousands of civilians per year"? The greatest number I've seen reported, likely exaggerated, is "upwards of 1000."

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      4. Ben Ford‏ @boothead 5 Jun 2015
        Replying to @ezralbntseliot

        @ezralbntseliot @sapinker 474 this year http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2015/jun/01/the-counted-police-killings-us-database … (saw 478 on another site) the very fact they don't know is terrifying enough!

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      1. Gonzalo‏ @alftab3 11 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker Of course :http://www.jeffjacoby.com/6049/with-imprisonment-up-crime-is-down …

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      1. Jay Feldblum‏ @yfeldblum 10 Jun 2015
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        . @sapinker @CHSommers Policing must have as its purpose the protection of individual rights, not the dominance of the state and its wars.

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