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Your crisis doesn't exist, at least not in the US: https://www.statista.com/graphic/1/191247/reported-larceny-theft-rate-in-the-us-since-1990.jpg https://www.st
by p_j_w 1y ago
Your crisis doesn't exist, at least not in the US: https://www.statista.com/graphic/1/191247/reported-larceny-theft-rate-in-the-us-since-1990.jpg https://www.statista.com/graphic/1/191247/reported-larceny-t...
- _9ptr 1y agoIs it only California?
- jdasdf 1y agoI can reduce reported crime rates by simply not doing anything about the crime that is reported for extended periods of time. People understand that reporting does nothing and so they stop bothering to do it.
- bachmeier 1y agoTwo points: You can explain away any data with an argument like that. If you don't have evidence, then there's no evidence of out of control crime.
- mrguyorama 1y agoExcept stores have continued to report shrink, not crime stats, this whole time. That reported number did not go up, which was bad for the narrative they want to push, so the National Retail Federation, the largest lobbying organization for retail who publishes shrink stats for decades has suddenly stopped publishing that stat.