Alec, your claim that crime is down U.S.-wide is just like @chesaboudin claim it is down in SF.
Technically true. But once you look more closely, it is clear that certain types of crime are up.
In our city, murders are up. Burglaries. Car thefts. Arson. Shootings. Drug OD dead.https://twitter.com/equalityAlec/status/1437420997083373571 …
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The broader points are much more complex and much more important than any police-reported "crime" data, and driven by things like inequality and culture way way way more important than any policies of the current DA:https://twitter.com/equalityAlec/status/1422949466986921991 …
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Which claim, handily, needs no proof in the progressive's mind. It's more like an ideological sacrament. You can't be a progressive unless you put your faith into woke scripture. Where are your numbers? Where your evidence?
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I don't. And neither do you. I'm just thinking progressives make pretty sweeping claims about crime and its causes considering they have no clue. Part of this for sure is a repeat of the 60s. Civil rights movement -> anti-police sentiment -> less policing -> more crime.
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i think you should read my long thread, as well as the two major articles i wrote that are cited in the thread. i very rarely make "sweeping claims about crime" because i think the concept of "crime" is pretty much meaningless and a terrible approximation for harm and well-being.
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