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organizedchaos5220 t1_j72fj2r wrote

Reply to comment by mattyyyp in Boy, 15, found with car belonging to one of three missing Michigan rappers by bananasareappealing

Listen to anything on serial killers and you realize that the police are very bad at their jobs. They are better now with national databases but it's still really just the stupid criminals that get caught for the most part

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Downtown_Skill t1_j72mrod wrote

Yeah this is especially true with Detroit. It has to do with the system as well. Police are not very involved in the community they're policing nowadays, often living in cities outside of where they work. Murder cases rely heavily on witnesses and testimony (like a snitch for example) if there isn't much physical evidence or the physical evidence is inconclusive.

Because police aren't very involved in their communities, witness testimony and snitches are hard to come by. Especially in a place like Detroit. Murders go unsolved here all of the time and the last time I checked (when I was living there 6 years ago) the MAJORITY of murders went unsolved.

Edit: Being involved in your community as a police officer can also help you identify things like motives or tensions between groups or gangs.

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