Unmarked police car-skittles

[me2]

Seen on the news: Police helicopter video "captures" the unmarked police car driven by plain clothes officer playing skittles with a cyclist[twice],second time he got him properly
Taken six years to get video released!!

[towman]

anonymous said:

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Usually correct though......................

[busa_rush]

Whatever he may have done, he doesn't deserve to be run over, literally, by a car, no matter who was driving.

The fact it was plod driving is worse as they're supposed to know better.

[7db]

And very useful too.

When we say that so-and-so murderer is dangerous and should be put in prison to protect society, we are using stereotyping (aka profiling, statistical prediction)


We say that the murderer is likely to do something bad again unless we put a wall between him and the public. We have no facts to support this. We do not know what the murderer will do in the future. We do have statistical evidence that murderers (perhaps even this murderer) have done this in the past, so we use this stereotyping to make a judgement.


Are stereotypes always/ever wrong if they are based on statistical fact?

[kenp]

I don't have the precise figures at hand, but Home Office figures based on the period 1967-1992, showed that only two people convicted of murder have been convicted of a further murder after release from prison (3 committed further murders whilst in prison). On the other hand, more than 30 people convicted of manslaughter, have killed again after release. The annual rate of murder convictions during this period was approx 165 per annum and about 300 for manslaughter.

[7db]

Wonder what that shows -- perhaps that people who have served a life term don't do many murders?

[jazzyjeff]

Doesn't mean we should let them all out though does it!!???? Tsk