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They will arrest the perpetrator. Or maybe they will get to you in time, if they are close enough. > The threat of police locking you up surely isn’t doing it.

They will arrest the perpetrator. Or maybe they will get to you in time, if they are close enough. > The threat of police locking you up surely isn’t doing it. Because the criminals keep getting released, especially for political reasons. Increased policing does work. Crime rates have been going down. Decreased policing doesn't work - crime rates go up, just see what's happening in NYC, Chicago, Seattle.

relaxing 6y ago
> They will arrest the perpetrator. Maybe. Yet this crime still happened, in spite of all the perps got arrested before. > Or maybe they will get to you in time Unlikely. > Because the criminals keep getting released, especially for political reasons. Like most states, NY, IL, and WA have each eliminated parole for violent offenders, so that’s not it. You’re going to have to be more specific with your stats. Crime rates continue to decrease in those cities - even in Chicago. The 2016 spike in homicides is an interesting topic if you care learn the driving forces behind it. There wasn’t a mass release of criminals as you suggest, but there was a series of gun laws invalidated by the courts.
- bufferoverflow 6y ago
  > Yet this crime still happened Or it might not, because the prison is a deterrent. > You’re going to have to be more specific with your stats. People shot in NYC: up 206% compared to last year. https://abc7ny.com/nyc-crime-increase-in-violence-gun/6302970/ https://abc7ny.com/nyc-crime-increase-in-violence-gun/630297... https://www.amny.com/police-fire/crime-stats-show-that-shootings-are-skyrocketing-compared-to-july-last-year/ https://www.amny.com/police-fire/crime-stats-show-that-shoot... Chicago: murders more than double compared to 2019 https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/08/03/chicago-sees-its-most-violent-month-in-28-years-as-murders-shootings-skyrocket/ https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/08/03/chicago-sees-its-mos... https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-crime-shootings-weekend-violence-murders/6346844/ https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-crime-shootings-weekend-viol... Seattle's CHAZ/CHOP zone (the left-wing socialist anti-police project, "summer of love", as the mayor describes it): 525% rise in crime. https://www.the-sun.com/news/1073428/chop-zone-seattle-rise-in-crime/ https://www.the-sun.com/news/1073428/chop-zone-seattle-rise-...
  - relaxing 6y ago
    Strange that in all those NYC/Chicago links, none of the police quoted blamed the surge on the release of criminals from prison, a lack of policing, or a lack of police resources.

relaxing 6y ago

> They will arrest the perpetrator. Maybe. Yet this crime still happened, in spite of all the perps got arrested before. > Or maybe they will get to you in time Unlikely. > Because the criminals keep getting released, especially for political reasons. Like most states, NY, IL, and WA have each eliminated parole for violent offenders, so that’s not it. You’re going to have to be more specific with your stats. Crime rates continue to decrease in those cities - even in Chicago. The 2016 spike in homicides is an interesting topic if you care learn the driving forces behind it. There wasn’t a mass release of criminals as you suggest, but there was a series of gun laws invalidated by the courts.

bufferoverflow 6y ago
> Yet this crime still happened Or it might not, because the prison is a deterrent. > You’re going to have to be more specific with your stats. People shot in NYC: up 206% compared to last year. https://abc7ny.com/nyc-crime-increase-in-violence-gun/6302970/ https://abc7ny.com/nyc-crime-increase-in-violence-gun/630297... https://www.amny.com/police-fire/crime-stats-show-that-shootings-are-skyrocketing-compared-to-july-last-year/ https://www.amny.com/police-fire/crime-stats-show-that-shoot... Chicago: murders more than double compared to 2019 https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/08/03/chicago-sees-its-most-violent-month-in-28-years-as-murders-shootings-skyrocket/ https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/08/03/chicago-sees-its-mos... https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-crime-shootings-weekend-violence-murders/6346844/ https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-crime-shootings-weekend-viol... Seattle's CHAZ/CHOP zone (the left-wing socialist anti-police project, "summer of love", as the mayor describes it): 525% rise in crime. https://www.the-sun.com/news/1073428/chop-zone-seattle-rise-in-crime/ https://www.the-sun.com/news/1073428/chop-zone-seattle-rise-...
- relaxing 6y ago
  Strange that in all those NYC/Chicago links, none of the police quoted blamed the surge on the release of criminals from prison, a lack of policing, or a lack of police resources.