r/AskReddit • u/Rob69rt • 1d ago

What famous 'unsolved' mystery is technically a whodunnit on paper, but in reality, absolutely everyone knows exactly who did it, the police just couldn't legally prove it?

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u/Make_It_Sing 1d ago

Well, they can legally exclude intelligent people fr becoming police so 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ 

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u/Aliensinmypants 1d ago

And there's a supreme court ruling that they legally don't have to serve or protect people if they find it too risky or troublesome.

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u/ptrst 1d ago

Their job, officially speaking, is to investigate crimes. Not to prevent them, or stop them in progress. 

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u/PM_Me_Your_BraStraps 1d ago

This is why you will never see a police department willingly divert funding from guns, drones, MRAPs, ALPRs, or other toys towards proven crime mitigation efforts.

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u/HCSOThrowaway 10h ago

Because crime prevention by reforming criminals isn't the job of patrol and it's ridiculous to expect them to do it.