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Or, possibly police are hesitant to do their work, and criminals are feeling emboldened.

herostratus101 6y ago
And progressive DAs in certain cities have decided to legalize crime.
Jnr 6y ago
Unlikely. Police mostly deal with consequences, they can’t stop everyone from doing what they have intended to do. And why would police suddenly become hesitant? It is more likely that it is caused by pandemic situation where many people have lost jobs and homes. Also social conditions changed. All of that could attribute to agressive and reckless behaviour.
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- camelite 6y ago
  The spikes coincide with blm/anti cop riots, not with the lockdowns.
pepperonipizza 6y ago
This hypothesis is called the Ferguson effect. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_effect#:~:text=The%20Ferguson%20effect%20is%20a,distrust%20and%20hostility%20towards%20police https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_effect#:~:text=The%....
- willyt 6y ago
  You can imagine that people in Ferguson might be unwilling to report petty crime until the police can’t do much about it as the punishment for stealing a low value item can be summary execution and you might not want that for the kid down the street who has gone off the rails a bit. So that probably affects the clear up rate.
  - cwhiz 6y ago
    Such absurd hyperbole. Don’t physically fight with police, and you’ll be fine. Simple as that.
    - lucian1900 6y ago
      There are countless cases of police (especially in the US) executing entirely compliant and peaceful people.
      - tryonenow 6y ago
        Countless is also entirely hyperbolic. Approximately 1000 people were killed by police in 2019, and the vast majority were violently resisting.
      - cwhiz 6y ago
        Even more absurd hyperbole. Countless? Executing? So many that it is impossible to count? Link me some examples. There are so many that it cannot be counted, and so surely it should be easy for you to send me a dozen examples.

And progressive DAs in certain cities have decided to legalize crime.

Jnr 6y ago

Unlikely. Police mostly deal with consequences, they can’t stop everyone from doing what they have intended to do. And why would police suddenly become hesitant? It is more likely that it is caused by pandemic situation where many people have lost jobs and homes. Also social conditions changed. All of that could attribute to agressive and reckless behaviour.

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camelite 6y ago
The spikes coincide with blm/anti cop riots, not with the lockdowns.

pepperonipizza 6y ago

This hypothesis is called the Ferguson effect. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_effect#:~:text=The%20Ferguson%20effect%20is%20a,distrust%20and%20hostility%20towards%20police https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_effect#:~:text=The%....

willyt 6y ago
You can imagine that people in Ferguson might be unwilling to report petty crime until the police can’t do much about it as the punishment for stealing a low value item can be summary execution and you might not want that for the kid down the street who has gone off the rails a bit. So that probably affects the clear up rate.
- cwhiz 6y ago
  Such absurd hyperbole. Don’t physically fight with police, and you’ll be fine. Simple as that.
  - lucian1900 6y ago
    There are countless cases of police (especially in the US) executing entirely compliant and peaceful people.
    - tryonenow 6y ago
      Countless is also entirely hyperbolic. Approximately 1000 people were killed by police in 2019, and the vast majority were violently resisting.
    - cwhiz 6y ago
      Even more absurd hyperbole. Countless? Executing? So many that it is impossible to count? Link me some examples. There are so many that it cannot be counted, and so surely it should be easy for you to send me a dozen examples.