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by less_less 969 days ago
> Yes, the police harass, sometimes I get harassed but that presence is what puts a lid on crime.

> I’ll put up with some harassment in exchange for fewer criminals running free.

Maybe you have a specific harassment:imprisonment ratio in mind, but to me this just says "bring on the police state".

> We can seek redress from the police, we cannot seek redress from criminals.

You can seek it, unless of course they kill you. But will you actually find it? Police departments are famous for investigating themselves and finding that they did nothing wrong.

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Compared to the alternative? I'll take the lesser of the two evils.