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Originally Posted by Clifton
I wouldn't quote any media outlet as a factual source...just saying.
At the bottom of that provided link, there is another story stating that Homicide is up over previous year. Click for link
The same news outlet stating 10% reduction in violent crimes, is also reporting and increase in homicides, i.e., a violent crime. "According to Houston police, there have been 279 homicides in Houston in 2022. This time in 2021, there were 267 homicides. In 2020, that number was 205." |
I agree, the data is all over the place. We end up believing whatever we want to that confirms our point of view when it comes to crime and other statistics. Some like funding level etc are easy to confirm since they are published by authoritative sources. I am sure there are some official stats on crime. But the narrative that crime is increasing because budgets for police are being cut is usually not true...could be in some cases....
Pew research is a reasonable non partisan source.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tan...%20months%20of