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Sirlancemehlot t1_j2azzim wrote

Reply to comment by HanaBothWays in California deputy killed by driver, suspect dies in shootout by cloud_coder

>I don’t know what you are thinking in your head but most of the people who get arrested and charged with crimes are in fact normal people with lives, families, friends, and even jobs. People who break the law are not some anomalous breed of human.

Well this just isn't true at all. Its not even close to true. Most people who get arrested have a long history of arrests. How many times have you been arrested? Never? No kidding. The guy who killed the cop in this article:

"The suspect, William Shae McKay, 44, of San Bernardino County, had a long and violent criminal history stretching back to before 2000 that included kidnapping, robbery and multiple arrests for assault with a deadly weapon, including the stabbing of a California Highway Patrol dog, the sheriff said."

Have you ever walked a block in a dangerous neighborhood? Because in a lot of places, 3/4 of the people you pass on the street have criminal records, some of them pages long.

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HanaBothWays t1_j2b1aeg wrote

> Well this just isn’t true at all. Its not even close to true. Most people who get arrested have a long history of arrests.

I would like to know what your basis for this statement is. Where is the data to back this up?

> How many times have you been arrested? Never?

If that’s the case I am, by definition, not in the category of “most people who have been arrested.”

> The guy who killed the cop in this article:

Hold up there. What relevance does this have to “most people who have been arrested?” How do you know where he falls on the bell curve of people who have been arrested at least once?

> Have you ever walked a block in a dangerous neighborhood?

Have you? Most of those people have families, friends, places where they live, and jobs - even if they also have records.

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