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More people are getting away with murder

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Re: More people are getting away with murder

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> But a murder can also be declared cleared through what's known as an "exceptional means." For example, if a suspect is dead, can't be extradited or prosecutors refuse to press charges.

I don't see this as gaming the system. The police have done their job as far as it can be done. What do you want the cops to do in any of these cases? Are you accusing them of just stuffing random names into files?

Re: More people are getting away with murder

#3
Why limit this to unsolved murders?

How many police depts ignore property crime?

How many police depts have hour long wait times for 911 response?

How many 911 systems routinely delay or drop calls?

We had a story near here recently where a DUI accident investigation couldn't proceed because it took so long for police to arrive that the suspect sobered up enough

Or the woman who was hit by a car and the police took over an hour to respond

You can find these stories for every PD now

That said, NPR should be more honest an retitle this story to be about Oakland though, because that is what they wrote about

Re: More people are getting away with murder

#4
Why does the lead photo prominently feature a “racism is a sin” sign and the article immediately mentions PoC victims in Oakland? Isn’t the vast majority of PoC victimhood in Oakland intraracial? Not many Klansmen walking around Oakland. Annoying race baiting from NPR.

Re: More people are getting away with murder

#7

> But a murder can also be declared cleared through what's known as an "exceptional means." For example, if a suspect is dead, can't be extradited or prosecutors refuse to press charges. I don't see this as gaming the system. The police have done their job as far as it can be done. What do you want the cops to do in any of these cases? Are you accusing them of just stuffing random names into files?

> Are you accusing them of just stuffing random names into files?

Plenty of precedent for that.

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