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minus-squaredefunct_punk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·6 hours agoUS too, crime has been dropping for decades but we apparently need a Gestapo force to go after criminal gangs
minus-squareDuamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoRightwingers keep trying to make Cali look like a crime ridden cesspool and Texas the peak of law and order, but crime statics between the two are marginal. They tend to shutdown whenever I cite sources on that.
minus-squarewander1236@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·6 hours agoWell someone has to bring the crime back up
minus-squareLemmyoutofhere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoThose privately owned prisons won’t fill themselves.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-26 hours agoThe curious thing about US crime statistics is that we only count crimes against the state. We never count crimes committed by the state. I would argue that US Crime has been sharply on the rise, from within the organs of the government itself (and its corporate affiliates).
minus-squaredefunct_punk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoTrue but I didn’t want to get into the nitty gritty and just comment on the conservative “crime in the streets!!” fantasy
US too, crime has been dropping for decades but we apparently need a Gestapo force to go after criminal gangs
Rightwingers keep trying to make Cali look like a crime ridden cesspool and Texas the peak of law and order, but crime statics between the two are marginal. They tend to shutdown whenever I cite sources on that.
Well someone has to bring the crime back up
Those privately owned prisons won’t fill themselves.
The curious thing about US crime statistics is that we only count crimes against the state. We never count crimes committed by the state.
I would argue that US Crime has been sharply on the rise, from within the organs of the government itself (and its corporate affiliates).
True but I didn’t want to get into the nitty gritty and just comment on the conservative “crime in the streets!!” fantasy