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Nearly Half of America’s Murderers Get Away With It | Most crimes go unsolved, emboldening criminals and potentially leading to more violence. (www.nytimes.com)
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Compared with its peers, America overall does an unusually poor job of solving killings. The murder clearance rates of other rich nations, including Australia, Britain and Germany, hover in the 70s, 80s and even 90s

And yes, its because the cops are racist and break trust with communities

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[–] sleightmines@lemdro.id 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Absolutely, the NYT is way too hard on cops. You said it, brother!

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

OK, sure. But this is just "America Bad! Australia Good!"

[–] sleightmines@lemdro.id 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, there are also some very bad ways to raise clearance rate, just look at Japan. The premises are very flawed

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

What does Japan do to clear murders you're talking about?

[–] sleightmines@lemdro.id 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

You don't take on difficult cases, and you ensure that someone is always imprisoned for the cases you take on

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 15 hours ago

I don't know anything about their system but yeah, if they do that they will clear a lot of cases.