Baltimore sues Hyundai, Kia over spike in car thefts

Post by George83728 » Sat, May 13, 2023, 3:58 PM UTC

tomrod wrote: post #590

Georgelemental wrote: post #520

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You haven't seen much of the city, then. I live not far away, and functional cities do not have streets that look like what many of Baltimore's streets look like. And they don't have public schools were not a single student, out of hundreds, is meeting the minimum standards of proficiency

> functional cities do not have streets that look like what many of Baltimore's streets look like You may be experiencing a bit of proximity bias. Roads all over the north east are torn up. I'd argue the school district issue can be fixed, but it will take funding.

Post by phendrenad2 » Sat, May 13, 2023, 4:02 PM UTC

aardvarkr wrote: post #8

Lots of comments that didn’t read the article so here’s a good excerpt on why there’s a lawsuit. Baltimore’s lawsuit says the companies “failed to keep up with industry standards,” and claim it was a result of business decisions made to reduce costs and boost profits “notwithstanding decades of academic literature and research supporting the deterrent effects” of anti-theft technology. “The dramatically increased rat…

Post by mjx0 » Sat, May 13, 2023, 4:24 PM UTC

shuckles wrote: post #462

mjx0 wrote: post #448

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would you care to elaborate what you believe this problem is, and how you've deduced it?

The poster wants to imply the population is black Americans even though similar ethnic groups in other countries don’t have nearly the same violent crime rates. Either there are structural factors at play or black Americans are somehow a specific distinct population from people of that diaspora around the world. This is where the analytical skepticism of people who insinuate these ideas tends to fall apart.

Post by throwawaaarrgh » Sat, May 13, 2023, 4:56 PM UTC

kwere wrote: post #579

throwawaaarrgh wrote: post #552

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This used to be the "solution", except all it did was act as a gladiator academy that turned out more hardened criminals after 5 years. Do that every year and every year you are just working a machine to create crime. Turns out that just putting people in jail doesn't make society safer.

[flagged]

Post by rini17 » Sat, May 13, 2023, 5:16 PM UTC

giantg2 wrote: post #586

thephyber wrote: post #532

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I almost had to sit for a jury trial. Guy stole things worth less than $950, was likely homeless, the prosecution took 22 months to build a case and failed to leverage a plea bargain, named about 30 law enforcement officers and/or forensics specialists as potential witnesses, and jury selection started with 100 citizens and took 4+ days, then the judge claimed it would take 6 weeks to try the case. The problem isn’t…

"and is far more harmful to society than the actual crime." I doubt the victims see it that way. If we just let people steal, it can turn into a runaway chain reaction due to a lack of consequences.