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How do you suppose under-reporting property crime (provided this is actually happening in any major US city, of course) could lower the homicide rate by 40%?
by cdoubled40 1y ago
How do you suppose under-reporting property crime (provided this is actually happening in any major US city, of course) could lower the homicide rate by 40%?
- lisbbb 1y agoThat guy over there fell backwards onto some bullets. Must have been suicide! How did they do it in the documentary film "Hot Fuzz?" Use any non-violent accident or whatever category you can get away with. But actually, here's the real truth, buried in the article: "In Mosby’s last two years in office, 2,186 people faced felony gun charges. Mosby dismissed about 34% and another 30% received plea bargains, mostly without imprisonment. In Bates’s first two years, the number of cases increased a bit, to 2,443. Bates only dismissed 19% of the cases, and only 10% received plea agreements. The rest were convicted – an increase of about 1,000 people sent to prison – which includes a 70% increase in homicide convictions." They put more violent people behind bars.
- shazbotter 1y agoAnd that led to under reported statistics?
- 7speter 1y agoWell, The Wire shows how Baltimore’s police department attempted to underreport crimes as well.
- throwawayoldie 1y agoWell, if a fictional drama said so...
- 7speter 1y agoIt was based on a true story, but whatever I guess
- throwawayoldie 1y agoAnd the last episode came out almost 20 years ago, based on things David Simon had heard about in the years before that.