Oso planning to go pro
if there were programs that were efficient and worked nobody would object but they seem ineffective and money holes . Meanwhile crime is rampant and serial offenders are apprehended and released. A neighbor just had the catalytic convertor stolen despite a lock. Second loss this year for them. i see where there are daily violent attacks in NYC, dozens of car break-ins in SF for example. This is not the definition of a civilized society. I'm just hoping to see the reintroduction of Common Sense. Plenty of room for compassionate treatment under the law but civil society exists for the protection and betterment of the law abiding
That's what auto insurance is for.
I literally just listed three types of programs that are proven to reduce crime.In the meantime, there may be no government money holes this side of the defense budget larger than the prison system.Crimes per 100,000 in the U.S.1965 = 2,449.01970 = 3,984.5 1975 = 5,298.5 1980 = 5,950.0 1985 = 5,207.1 1990 = 5,820.3 1995 = 5,274.9 2000 = 4,124.82005 = 3,900.52010 = 3,350.42015 = 2,885.1 2020 = 2,346.0Can we stop with the silly, and easily proved false, claims that crime is suddenly "rampant" and "out of control." Crime rates are at their lowest levels since the mid 1960s, and half what they were through the 80s and 90s.Yes, crime has ticked up slightly over the past few years (hint: pandemic), but we're still significantly safer than we've been at any time in the past 50 years.Sources:https://www.disastercenter.com/crime/uscrime.htmhttps://crime-data-explorer.app.cloud.gov/pages/home
perception is reality and i don't give a rats posterior what the numbers say, violent crime is up.
hey!! a voice of reason is a breath of fresh air in this world they have you believe our air is dirty and our water unclean, but i digress...perception is reality and i don't give a rats posterior what the numbers say, violent crime is up. in certain areas of milwaukee, stop signs have become very optional with no regard for speed limits or pedestrians and, other vehicles. anyone have the numbers on that one? car jackings have skyrocketed (for one instance)and they have become increasingly more violent if one tries to defend their own property. the "young-ens" recruited to carry out said acts have no fear of retribution nor incarceration. so by jes-mans reasoning, we should just write checks out and/or buy cars for any of those wandering around with nothing else to do? pay them for not carrying a piece? what next? pay them for going to school? what price can you put on NOT having anyone get raped, killed, having our car stolen?? how much would you pay not to have to go thru a day of any type of violent crime upon you or someone you know? and yes clareeza, we do "deserve" to live safely
Crime is down but an awful lot of cities are breaking records for murders.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
Sure, insurance is the answer. Criminals break into your home and steal your stuff?…homeowners insurance. Criminals assault you and put you in the hospital, maybe knock a few teeth out?…medical and dental insurance. Criminals beat you to the point that you’re unable to ever work again?…disability insurance. Criminals murder you in cold blood?…life insurance.Criminals aren’t the problem - the problem is the victims are under insured.
so by jes-mans reasoning, we should just write checks out and/or buy cars for any of those wandering around with nothing else to do? pay them for not carrying a piece? what next? pay them for going to school? what price can you put on NOT having anyone get raped, killed, having our car stolen?? how much would you pay not to have to go thru a day of any type of violent crime upon you or someone you know?
LOL. The crime "eye-test?"
perception is reality and i don't give a rats posterior what the numbers say
Perception is reality only because in the past, certain areas had the lion’s share of the more serious crime. Now it’s moved into areas where people didn’t see it before. So they think it’s increased because to their perception, it has. I’ve seen this exact discussion in neighborhood online groups. I go to my neighborhood beat meetings, so I see the actual numbers.
This perfectly encapsulates how your "brain" works.
why don't you go fu#* yourself smith!! sick and tired of your bullschiff man!!
Is that true? Do you have any data that supports that? What I've seen is that there was a small spike during the pandemic that seems to be regressing to the mean already.
TAMUFrom CNN.com: 10 Of the country’s most populous cities set homicide records in 2021From The Hill:Chicago’s 797 homicides in 2021 are the highest in 25 years.From Fox: At least 16 major US cities set homicide records in 2021.Lots more information available for anyone interested enough to do a simple Google search.
Just a small pandemic blip.https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/US/12-major-us-cities-top-annual-homicide-records/story%3fid=81466453
I've done the google searches Lenny, I just read more than the headlines and actually look at the data that their reporting on. Yes, several cities have set all time highs in TOTAL homicides. But not homicide rates (maybe some cities have, I'm not personally aware of them). Take Austin, Texas for example. The population of the Austin Metro area in 1984 was 444,800. There were 59 murders that year (previous record) for a rate of 1 murder per 7,539 people. In 2021 the population of Austin was 2,117,000 so with 88 murders that makes a murder rate of 1 murder per 24,057 people, over 3x less.News outlets are very good at finding scary/exciting/sexy sounding numbers and trumpeting them out. You have to take the extra step of actually understanding what the numbers mean.Don't get me wrong, homicide rates raising at all is a problematic trend and one we should work to reverse. But catastrophizing it while simultaneously falsely praising the safety of the good old days is not helpful and can be quite problematic and toxic.
C’mon, TAMU - you’re cherry picking with one (Austin) extremely fast growing city. How many others mentioned fit that profile? Chicago isn’t growing but homicides are through the roof. The same is true with many other US cities. Bottom line? You made assumptions that fit what I’m sure is a preferred narrative. They don’t square with the data.You say from “what I’ve seen, there was a SMALL BLIP during the pandemic that is already reverting to the mean”. Where did you see this? What’s your source?