Mark Wyner :vm: on Nostr: “The panic over retail theft offers a real-time look at the making of American ...

“The panic over retail theft offers a real-time look at the making of American crime policy. In the absence of reliable data, and in response to perceptions of lawlessness, legislators have doubled down on punitive policies.”

This piece on theft propaganda by The Marshall Project is fascinating. You want more cops? Manipulate the crime numbers, then cry wolf.

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/02/27/shoplifting-retail-theft-lawmakers-response

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