You: Cops prevent crime.
Me: No they don't.
You: Yes they do.
Me: Well, then how come we're in the middle of a "crime wave"?
You: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Your retelling is inaccurate
How so?
Are there no cops right now? Of course not, there are about 700,000 cops in this country.
You say that cops prevent crime, but then you also say there's a crime wave.
So both things can't be true.
knowing cops will come after you is a crime deterrent, though, yes, many crimes are not prevented, the deterrent effect is real.
take away the deterrent effect with defunding cops and prosecutors who won't prosecute, and crime increases, duh.
You contradicted yourself all over that sentence.
You have yet to establish that there even is a deterrent effect.
I think the long history of domestic policing has been proven to have value.
and you're a dumb retard.
does lv42dix embody mainstream values?
Domestic policing started as slave patrols.
oh well. now it's something else.
Is it?
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Is it really?
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Are you really, really sure?
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there are cases where abuses occur. I don't deny that.
I still want people who can come when murderers come to my home unannounced..
So right there you're saying cops don't prevent crime.
They only come after the fact.
You just said it.
You just said what I have been saying this whole time that you disagreed with.
Unbelievable.
sometimes they get there in time
knowing they will also try to find the perpetrator later is a big part of deterrence.
hence, domestic policing is a long tradition in human society.
So now you're moving the bar even lower?
Seems like it's pretty pointless to put your faith in law enforcement when you're not even sure if they'll be there to protect you, or if they'll commit a criminal act.
And where is the science behind your claim of a "deterrent effect"?