Should You Believe Faulty U.S. Crime Stats or Your Own Lying Eyes?
'...Car theft might be a better barometer of the state of crime than other measures. Unlike other crimes, they tend to be logged accurately -- and have risen markedly. ...In recent weeks the Biden administration and many news outlets, including USA Today and The Hill, have touted declines in violent crime statistics to argue that America is becoming a safer place. ...They give a distorted impression of true levels of crime. They note that crime stats have become notoriously incomplete in recent years. In some years many big cities did not report their numbers to the FBI, and there are such wide discrepancies in these tallies that the picture they provide has more blur than clarity. Declining arrest rates and slowing police response times to 911 calls also help explain why polls show Americans believe crime is rising. '
Reference: www.realclearinvestigations.com
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