Violent crime is dropping fast in the U.S. – even if Americans don't believe it
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Re: Violent crime is dropping fast in the U.S. – even if Americans don't believe it
#2[[even if americans dont believe it]]- form of gaslighting.
Re: Violent crime is dropping fast in the U.S. – even if Americans don't believe it
#3The media and certain political interests in the US have an interest in making everyone afraid of crime. The former needs it for ratings (if it bleeds it leads) and the latter to scare you into voting for them.
There are a handful of cities having property crime epidemics due to bad local policies, but crime overall continues to fall.
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#4It is growing in Canada. I guess they outsource ;)
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#5"The thing I have noticed is when the anecdotes and the data disagree, the anecdotes are usually right. There's something wrong with the way you are measuring it". —Jeff Bezos https://sports.yahoo.com/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-explains-2123...>
Re: Violent crime is dropping fast in the U.S. – even if Americans don't believe it
#6> There are some outliers to this trend — murder rates are up in Washington, D.C.
Carjacking is also pretty rampant now
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#7Sometimes criminality drops but at a too high price. Some cities in Latin America are "safe" from a statistical point of view but nobody dares go out at night, or even during the day, in some neighbourhoods because it's too dangerous.
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#8> There are some outliers to this trend — murder rates are up in Washington, D.C. Carjacking is also pretty rampant now
The stats here on carjacking are so bad that I just avoid taking my car places that show nasty trends on https://crimecards.dc.gov
Example: https://crimecards.dc.gov/stolen%20autos:property%20crimes/a...
Re: Violent crime is dropping fast in the U.S. – even if Americans don't believe it
#9[[even if americans dont believe it]]- form of gaslighting.
That's not gaslighting. The author is literally citing the disagreement of polls about the perception of crime vs the actual statistics of crime.
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#10Finding out how great things are just before the election. Thanks!