Big Drop In Crime

[WillBrink]

There was a big spike in crime beginning of covid, now claimed a big drop. Whether that's Brandon admin playing with stats as election gets closer I can't say, but:

Homicides See Historic Decline In 2023 Despite Perceptions That Crime Is On The Rise

After the pandemic brought historic spikes in murders, the U.S. is poised to finish the year with a historic drop in homicides and drops in other crime categories, a finding that conflicts with public perceptions that crime is on the rise, according to a recent analysis of criminal justice data.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesfa...is-on-the-rise

[Inkslinger]

My guess is that less people are being charged or prosecuted.

[markm]

My guess is that less people are being charged or prosecuted.

No kidding. When you cripple LE's ability and willingness to do their job, and have Soro's bought and paid for DAs in place... Criminals don't get caught or prosecuted.

[glocktogo]

If a crime isn't documented in the UCR, did it actually happen? Not if you're a politician!

[ViniVidivici]

My guess is that less people are being charged or prosecuted.

That's where it's at in WA.

[Hank6046]

That's where it's at in WA.

Chicago as well. My wife has family in Northfield/Glencoe area who's neighborhood had people vandalizing/breaking into cars and stealing anything out of them, or spray painting the interiors, because it's Cook County, the cops told them they probably wouldn't prosecute. Her family down there is also major Limousine liberals, so I kinda get a chuckle out of hearing them complaining about something they brought on themselves.

[titsonritz]

That’s what happens when it isn’t reported nor prosecuted.

[Averageman]

Rahm Emanuel taught them how it is done.
Half of Obama getting away with some pretty horrible crime statistics was by Rahm Emanuel's "Heavy Lifting". They knew they could get away with it for two or three years, but Rahm set the record and help win O's reelection.
Now mind you there was a pretty healthy crime spree going on and no one wanted this rise in crime in any way related to race, so Rahm stalled them for years and finally just told them NO !
Too many people have way too much self interest in the crime statistics and they all get bent up to fit the needs, but Rahm taught them how to do it in a Grand way.

[Diamondback]

That's where it's at in WA.

Cooking the books by discouraging victims from reporting has been A Thing for a very long time; it was enthusiastically practiced as an SOP at my high school in the 1990s and while I'm dismayed to see this particular malignant rectal carcinoma metastasizing through the body politic I'm far from surprised.

[Averageman]

Cooking the books by discouraging victims from reporting has been A Thing for a very long time; it was enthusiastically practiced as an SOP at my high school in the 1990s and while I'm dismayed to see this particular malignant rectal carcinoma metastasizing through the body politic I'm far from surprised.

And yet it goes two ways when it comes to crime and a budget doesn't it?
When they need to find money for a Police Budget, they can go straight to your pocket in the form of taxes and take it, but when they "De-Fund" or do not spend adequate money on Law Enforcement your taxes never go down.
It's sometimes like they need so much money that no matter what, Mo Money is the answer.