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Do you think that crime is "on the rise"?
i.e. type and freq of crime cross with income and/or occupation.
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Not an exaggeration, I witness some physical escalation 3 out of 5 days a week between Union Square and Midtown NYC on my daily commute. 10 minutes ago a delivery guy and a pedestrian got into it when the bicyclist ran the red light and went into the cross walk while a swarm of people were walking through it. I've personally been accosted 3x while holding hands and walking my 5-year old son to school in completely "random" acts aggression. Strangely, it's not them trying to rob me, the aim is just to harass.
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I think that crime is not recognized or tracked in some cities. This is a problem in the USA. Canada is not having these issues in big cities as they have zero tolerance for violent crime.
Let me ask a different question. Do you think violent crime is on the rise?
Nobody knows the real answer to this. Rather cities have become violent over time and criminals are released shortly after their violent crimes. The general public is well aware of this and why there is a non-partisan rise in home and self defense purchases.
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I clicked through five pages of your comment history and only saw one other grey comment besides this one (I have show-dead enabled).
I suggest not doing the whole "this will get downvoted, but..." thing. It creates a tone of "I'm the underdog, who knows the uncomfortable truth".
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What's your take on the article saying that D.C.'s crime rate is at a 30 year low? Do you feel that things in big cities are so bad that an overreach of powers is justified in an attempt to fix it?
Bottom line, I am skeptical. Cities all over have de-criminalized crime, which makes the statistics untrustworthy.
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>most of my comments I clicked through five pages of your comment history and only saw one other grey comment besides this one (I have show-dead enabled). I suggest not doing the whole "this will get downvoted, but..." thing. It creates a tone of "I'm the underdog, who knows the uncomfortable truth".
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Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you think that crime is "on the rise"?
I think that crime is not recognized or tracked in some cities. This is a problem in the USA. Canada is not having these issues in big cities as they have zero tolerance for violent crime.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Let me ask a different question. Do you think violent crime is on the rise?
Do you think violent crime is on the rise? Nobody knows the real answer to this. Rather cities have become violent over time and criminals are released shortly after their violent crimes. The general public is well aware of this and why there is a non-partisan rise in home and self defense purchases.
1. "Nobody knows the real answer to this." Including you?
2. Do you think, specifically for argumentation, that Chicago is going up or down in its murder rates?
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What's your take on the article saying that D.C.'s crime rate is at a 30 year low? Do you feel that things in big cities are so bad that an overreach of powers is justified in an attempt to fix it?
What's your take on the article saying that D.C.'s crime rate is at a 30 year low? I do not believe crime is accurately tracked [1]. Calling in the guard is not overreach when a city is demanding it through inaction. [1] - https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/dc-police-commander...
> Calling in the guard is not overreach when a city is demanding it through inaction.
Is the city calling for protection, though? There's a big difference between police departments fabricating data and a need for intervention, whether through taking control of the city police or bringing in the national guard. What's the actual situation? Why is the Trump administration militarizing the city instead of running statistics to get actual crime numbers?