So *first* the absurd, appalling justification for withholding suspect descriptions from the public was because the descriptions of suspects happen to coincide with descriptions that might fit other innocent people. (And we can't have TRUTH or TRANSPARENCY, because that "unfairly" stigmatizes "some" races and ethnicities?? Even though those races and ethnicities have an awful lot of current criminal activity in the area?)
Because then "the public" would "unfairly" stigmatize others who happen to fit the same description. Truth be damned-- we can't describe suspects accurately because the public might just take actions to protect themselves from a violent suspect on the loose, right?
The public "might" report the "wrong" suspect to 911?
Someone might decide to take evasive actions if they see someone that matches a violent suspect description, acting suspiciously?
God forbid, people might be alert for someone/s that matches the suspect's description and behavior, and adopt better, more safe behaviors (like walking with a buddy)?
But NOW the appalling justification has morphed into "we must withhold suspect descriptions from POLICE" because police "might" make a mistake and target the wrong suspect?
AYFKM??
So, we're just going to go with full on anarchy? Is that that plan? So we don't hurt anyone's little feelings?
This is a giant game of "let's pretend". It's f-ing ridiculous. Given a little more time, we will be a violent, murderous, anarchic third world country-- heck, we have pockets of the country that are that way now (such as the south side of Chicago). That's where this kind of absurdity leads. It's unspeakably dangerous to the law abiding, peaceful public, and our way of life. Ignoring this kind of crime leads to even more crime, more bold violence, decline of neighborhoods, lost tax revenue as businesses move out, etc.
IDGAF about the criminals-- they have a choice NOT to commit crimes. They deserve no privacy as to their "description", and no "sheltering" from apprehension and prosecution. Spread their descriptions, and the crime they've committed, far and wide until they're caught, each and every time. This is really one area where, IMO, there can be no compromise. There are not multiple "valid" points of view on something like this, IMO.
Our problems, IMO, are not that we are too "intolerant" as a society. Rather, we are far TOO tolerant, of what should never be tolerated. A brazen knife attack on a sidewalk is not something that should EVER be swept under the rug, concealed, minimized, or "tolerated", under the guise of being "tolerant" and "politically correct".
This is exactly why regular citizens begin to conceal carry, which a lot of bleeding hearts want to wail about. THIS is why people begin to feel a need to take more protective measures for themselves, because they don't trust police to assertively and aggressively fight crime in a TIMELY manner. I wish Morgan Evenson had been packing a handgun, and killed the SOB that stabbed her 14 times. That's what the perp deserved, IMO.
