Another Isolated Incident

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

This one’s second-hand, so take it for what it’s worth.

But it is another data point for my theory that this stuff happens way more frequently than what’s reported in the newspaper.

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#1 | Mike | July 15th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Ha! I was about to e-mail the link to you.

I do wonder how much of this goes unreported because illegal immigrants are the ones being most harassed

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#2 | Frank | July 15th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Not just among illegals, but all immigrants. Especially immigrants from nations that make the NYPD look like paragons of virtue.

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#3 | » Meet Your Overlords -- Defending People -- Houston Criminal Lawyer Mark Bennett's Blog | April 7th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
[...] Radley Balko would — not without some irony — call these “isolated incidents;” his theory is “that this stuff happens way more frequently than what’s reported in the newspaper.” [...]

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