ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoTime and time again, more cops (or ICE) doesn't solve anythingdiscuss.onlineexternal-linkmessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down123
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minus-squareFiniteBanjo@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-24 days ago10,000 and 1,000,000 seem like pretty high numbers, can we get a fact check on that? How does one submit a claim to snopes? EDIT: I guess nationwide the 10,000 number is believable
minus-squareShaggyBlarney@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·4 days agoIt’s definitely a pulled-outta-ass stat. 1 million arrests by 10,000 school cops over 20 years averages out to like 5 arrests each a year…
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoTBF it could be unique students not unique arrests, in which case a lot.
minus-squareHacksaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoWhich is way too many school kids sent to jail when they otherwise would be a community problem with community solutions. Now they’re a kid with a record and no prospects.
10,000 and 1,000,000 seem like pretty high numbers, can we get a fact check on that? How does one submit a claim to snopes?
EDIT: I guess nationwide the 10,000 number is believable
It’s definitely a pulled-outta-ass stat. 1 million arrests by 10,000 school cops over 20 years averages out to like 5 arrests each a year…
TBF it could be unique students not unique arrests, in which case a lot.
Which is way too many school kids sent to jail when they otherwise would be a community problem with community solutions. Now they’re a kid with a record and no prospects.