# In The Next "Sure, There's No Bias" Segment

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**Created:** [April 8, 2017, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-next-sure-theres-no-bias-segment/784048 "2017-04-08T10:24:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-next-sure-theres-no-bias-segment/784048/6 "2017-04-08T12:59:47Z")

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No, the bias was not in **Jonathan Chance**. He responded to a report.

Which was my point here when I suggested that in Dallas, speeding cars with Redskins stickers would get more tickets than cars with Cowboys stickers, even with zealously honest cops:

> [@Why was this post not modded?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-post-not-modded/783610/122):
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> Let’s assume our cops are zealously neutral. They issue a ticket regardless of what stickers a car might have. But they respond to reckless driving, and the respond to citizen complaints.
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> Now let’s assume I live in Dallas.
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> In Dallas, many people are around who dislike the Redskins and are willing to report me for minor speeding violations. In response to those reports, I get ticketed. But the Dallas Cowboys fans, driving around in Dallas, are not at the same risk, because there are so few hostile Redskins fans to report them.
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> So the police, here, are acting without bias. But the environment is biased.

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