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		jahewson 5 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Oakland cops gave ICE license plate data; SFPD als... I’m sure they’re not but we’re talking about the statistic for unsolved crimes not uncaught criminals.

ceejayoz 5 days ago [–]

The point is you don't have to catch 25k people nor solve 25k individual crimes one by one.

You have to catch the much smaller number of people who are committing 25k crimes. One porch pirate will steal lots of packages.

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