"I have never felt threatened by a single person in this town until meeting those officers and the social worker."
Most crime has gone down in the last thirty years.
Crimes committed by police officers against the general public however ...
@kottke @danjones000 I don’t think stranger danger is overblown. There are millions of Republicans out there…
This sort of thing is infuriating: Connecticut Parents Arrested for Letting Kids, Ages 7 and 9, Walk to Dunkin' Donuts. Kids need to develop independence away from their parents and "stranger danger" is overblown. https://reason.com/2023/01/30/dunkin-donuts-parents-arrested-kids-cops-freedom/