Thank you for the citation. But your citation (on purpose or not) basically says the opposite of the parent comment. It seems even “serious” crime stats are man

Thank you for the citation. But your citation (on purpose or not) basically says the opposite of the parent comment. It seems even “serious” crime stats are manipulated by police: “ A common thread running through many of the incidents of police officials' alteration of crime statistics is that police commanders responded to pressure from politicians, the media, and the public to lower crime rates by downgrading felonies by intentionally mislabeling felonies, such as aggravated assault and burglary, as misdemeanors. Such a practice deflates rates of serious crimes and inflates rates of nonserious crimes.”