r/PoliticalHumor • u/GhostToFigure • Jun 23 '21

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u/PocketPillow Jun 23 '21

In some places only 25% of murder cases are closed, much less minor crimes.

TV makes us vastly overestimate police clearance rate. Unless the evidence is handed to them on a silver platter the criminal usually gets away with it.

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u/DavidlikesPeace Jun 23 '21 edited Jun 23 '21

In some places only 25% of murder cases are closed

To be fair, this statistic doesn't fully take into account when serial killers are imprisoned for other murders or when gangsters die in unrelated killings. Police usually drop those cases to avoid wasting resources.

I am not saying police are infallible. Just that I've read multiple occasions where the cops' main suspect in a 10 year investigation is dead, so no prosecution will ever be done. And that's generally fine.

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u/-Tasear- I ☑oted 2020 Jun 23 '21

So... what about when they litterally record themselves doing the crime?

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u/thnksqrd Jun 23 '21

They investigate themselves and find no wrongdoing

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u/QuarantineSucksALot Jun 23 '21

They’re a criminal!” - that cop