Quotas handed down from superiors to governors incentivize arresting innocent people.
Known to do this
- Communists
- In Xinjiang
- Soviets
- Ottomans?
- “This also happened in the waning days of the Ottoman Empire. The Armenians were actually seen as “model minority” and thrived in the Ottoman Empire. But by the time the sultan was reduced to a figurehead and the Ottoman Empire was effectively run by a military party called the CUP it went crazy trying to reform an unreformable sick system so they went after minorities as scapegoats.” https://x.com/AngelicaOung/status/2020324093980225584
- Imperial China
- “During periods of decline for China’s imperial dynasties, officials would often arrest or kill innocent ppl, claiming they were bandits. It was to fill arrest quotas handed down from above, so they could tell the court how much they were doing to fight crime” https://x.com/W_T_Han/status/2020252073569423685