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I agree that an arrest means little without a conviction

Posted on: June 7, 2018 at 10:07:27 CT

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however, the metric the article is using is arrests.

Is Atlanta's unsolved murders from 2016 comparable to Baltimore's then?

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WaPo's homicide/murder research - pickle MU

- 6/7 09:08:44

I feel like the article focuses too much on what they - cnk ATL - 6/7 09:53:28

Agreed on the focus. I'm more interested in the numbers - pickle MU

- 6/7 10:00:03

I assume your premise is that private law enforcement - cnk ATL - 6/7 10:09:41

forget the comparison - doesn't this data make you pine - 90Tiger MU - 6/7 10:15:45

yes, I think "criminal justice" in the US is a sham - cnk ATL - 6/7 10:22:30

i think that's a rhetorical question, don't you? (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 6/7 10:28:40

no, that's why I asked if there was data(nm) - cnk ATL - 6/7 10:32:22

RE: I assume your premise is that private law enforcement - pickle MU

- 6/7 10:15:31

oh well, no data on any other options, nothing can be - 90Tiger MU - 6/7 10:16:50

that is not my conclusion at all(nm) - cnk ATL - 6/7 10:22:49

then take the dialogue where you want it to go now that - 90Tiger MU - 6/7 10:43:04

he did - pickle MU

- 6/7 10:56:39

because i wanted to and I'm interested in knowing now - 90Tiger MU - 6/7 11:04:39

I'm a data nerd - cnk ATL - 6/7 11:26:57

Gang bangers - Spanky KU - 6/7 09:19:25

and that 80% is being driven by drug sales. - RHAYWORTH MU - 6/7 09:55:38

bartenders went from criminals to service providers - 90Tiger MU - 6/7 10:13:42

Yup. I'm on record as being for drug legalization. - RHAYWORTH MU - 6/7 10:43:48

drug sales aren't the same as doing drugs - ashtray UF - 6/7 10:04:35

so if we legalized drugs - El-ahrairah BAMA - 6/7 09:59:09

that doesn't really explain why some police departments - cnk ATL - 6/7 09:46:54

Yes it does.... - Spanky KU - 6/7 09:53:21

except, from the article - cnk ATL - 6/7 09:54:48

Atlanta is bad also..an arrest does not mean anything - Spanky KU - 6/7 09:58:02

I agree that an arrest means little without a conviction - cnk ATL - 6/7 10:07:27

Baltimore's 'solve rate' for murder is about 50% - Spanky KU - 6/7 10:30:37

I'm not saying you are wrong - cnk ATL - 6/7 10:39:40

Yes. bureaucrats call it 'closed by exception' - Spanky KU - 6/7 11:15:02

Closed by exception.....ie in prison on other charges.(nm) - Tigrrrr! MU

- 6/7 11:27:47

It's ok. He didn't read it - pickle MU

- 6/7 09:56:34

I am not you.. I read and UNDERSTAND the - Spanky KU - 6/7 10:00:05

Unless the police are the gang bangers.(nm) - TigerMatt MU

- 6/7 09:50:18

You are a carjacking or holdup away from conservatism - mu7176grad MU - 6/7 10:22:41