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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

It's interesting axios specifically calls out the Homicide vs Violent crime statistic reliability:

The big picture: Homicides are more straightforward to compare year-to-year from pre-2021 to the present because the criteria for classifying them have remained the same while police have changed their methods of recording other violent crimes. Beginning in 2021, the FBI and police departments started shifting to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) from the decades-old Summary Reporting System (SRS). That allowed law enforcement agencies to submit more details on crimes like aggravated assaults but resulted in reported surges in violent crime in cities like Chicago and Minneapolis.

I read a (weirdly antagonistically conspiracy-themed) article about the FBI recently having to revise their statistics in 2022: https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2024/10/16/stealth_edit_fbi_quietly_revises_violent_crime_stats_1065396.html

It makes me wonder if we need to go back and revisit the last few years of crime statistics since they switched reporting structure to get a better idea of what's going on...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 12 hours ago

But, but… Fox News and all my conservative friends said that downtowns were these large lawless wastelands! /s

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 16 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

It's the cost of living.

No one can afford murder in today's economy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago

If only bullets cost $5000...

https://youtu.be/VZrFVtmRXrw

[–] [email protected] 23 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

This has been the trend, contrary to the filth Trump spews.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago

If it wasn't the exact opposite of the truth, he, as a fascist, wouldn't be saying it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Weird how all these headlines showing positive news about the country start showing up NOW vs two or three months ago.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

I had been posting (and commenting with) positive news about the country prior to the election, to a chorus of up voted comments saying otherwise.

Lemmy is infested.

Down votes don't make me wrong.