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In order for it to be plausible that it would reduce crime the police would need to be open about the fact that they are using this tactic. The only reason more than a handful of people actually know about this is the sound journalism by Mya Kordic
It may be legal but it is thoroughly immoral and one suspects if it was a white kid with wealthy parents it would've been chucked out.
How is it immoral?
I loathe the fact that to go to my local shops I have to drive my fucking car because there is a high chance that some fuckwit will steal my bike or scooter if I lock it at the entrance.
Fuck people who steal bikes and scooters. All they are doing is grabbing on to people barely one rung up the societal ladder than they are and pulling them down.
Go steal from a large corporation instead if you want sympathy.
In Singas, some people don't even bother locking their bikes. Others will just slip a chain with a combination lock through the back wheel. Almost none of them get filched. They'd be gone very quickly in Perth.