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odie5533today at 2:54 AM2 repliesview on HN

Flock cameras are assisted suicide for dying neighborhoods. They don't prevent crime, they record crime. Cleaning up vacant lots, planting trees, street lighting, trash removal, and traffic calming like adding planters and crosswalks reduce crime.


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monero-xmrtoday at 3:06 AM

The vast majority of crimes are committed by a small percentage of people. The real issue is prosecutors who refuse to incarcerate repeat offenders. But having video evidence is a powerful tool for a motivated prosecutor to actually take criminals off the streets

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leohtoday at 5:21 AM

What is crime anymore when a felon is the president?

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