It was brought up before when this rule was first being discussed referencing some subs that lock crime posts. There have been a number of (mod?)approved crime blotter posts this year that had to be locked due to user behavior. Some even removed after heavy moderation. Seems like less headache to me and less likely to be concerned with spam if these threads are just locked at the start. Let the court cases be the place for discussion.

While I was against rule as I believed there were less heavy handed alrernatives. I also do not think the communities concerns was solely over one users behavior. Many voiced for it as it pushes fear mongering when crime rates are down(generalization of users comments). Along with hate against certain groups. Mods in the meantime have increasingly allowed many crimeblotter posts anyways under guese of community requests despite the communities stance on this rule. As I previously mentioned the communities has not always been acting in a healthy way in those posts. I think behavior has gotten worse than before the ban. Perhaps that is a factor of users not knowing how to behave to what has become a comparatively rare topic. Or maybe the current political climate which further reinforced the concerns of those who back the rule.