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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 26 Dec 2015

    Post-Ferguson de-policing is pushing the violent crime rate upward after 23 years of decline. http://on.wsj.com/1NFPAxZ  via @WSJ

    9:38 AM - 26 Dec 2015
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      2. Slutty Ygor‏ @underverse 26 Dec 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        Don't get schlonged by a RW talking point, @sapinker. Justice Dept and cops agree there is no "Ferguson effect."http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2015/11/19/9758276/ferguson-effect-crime-wave …

        5 replies 3 retweets 13 likes
      3. Zed West  🛡️‏ @TheZedShow 26 Dec 2015
        Replying to @underverse

        @underverse @sapinker Do I trust Vox, or do I trust the Wall Street Journal? Hmmm.........

        3 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      4. Slutty Ygor‏ @underverse 26 Dec 2015
        Replying to @TheZedShow

        @ConicoTZ @sapinker Maybe you shouldn't "trust" anyone and actually look at the data.

        1 reply 0 retweets 13 likes
      5. craigfis‏ @craigfis 26 Dec 2015
        Replying to @underverse

        @underverse @ConicoTZ @sapinker assumes the data is objective.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Slutty Ygor‏ @underverse 26 Dec 2015
        Replying to @craigfis

        @craigfis @ConicoT You can't know one way or the other unless you inspect it, tho.

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Communo-Stalinist‏ @ZombieDiamond 26 Dec 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @WSJ "De-policing" is an absurd explanation. The murder of black men is the cause, not "de-policing", "de-policing" is a response.

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      3. TGGeko‏ @TGGEKO 26 Dec 2015
        Replying to @ZombieDiamond

        @ZombieDiamond @sapinker @WSJ Who's the most likely murderer of a black man?

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Communo-Stalinist‏ @ZombieDiamond 26 Dec 2015
        Replying to @TGGEKO

        @TGGEKO @sapinker @WSJ The persons they're likeliest to interact with most.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. David Owen‏ @davidowen_sd 26 Dec 2015
        Replying to @ZombieDiamond

        @ZombieDiamond @TGGEKO @sapinker It is exceedingly dishonest to write off black crime and homicide rates as one of proximity.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Communo-Stalinist‏ @ZombieDiamond 27 Dec 2015
        Replying to @davidowen_sd

        @davidowen_sd @TGGEKO @sapinker The fact that black people are the primary victims is indeed because of proximity.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. David Owen‏ @davidowen_sd 27 Dec 2015
        Replying to @ZombieDiamond

        @ZombieDiamond @TGGEKO @sapinker top cause of death for young black females is by ex /boyfriend. That's not proximity. That is culture

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      8. @danfromdc‏ @danfromdc 27 Dec 2015
        Replying to @davidowen_sd

        @davidowen_sd @ZombieDiamond @TGGEKO @sapinker the Left can't address this rationally. Have to name call, point and sputter. They're cowards

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      9. David Owen‏ @davidowen_sd 27 Dec 2015
        Replying to @danfromdc

        @danfromdc @ZombieDiamond @TGGEKO the regressive left has good intentions but extremely bad ideas and behavior

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. JohnGilmore‏ @Shabbosgoy 26 Dec 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        Oh RT @sapinker: Post-Ferguson de-policing is pushing the violent crime rate upward after 23 years of decline. http://on.wsj.com/1NFPAxZ 

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      2. glennwsmith‏ @glennwsmith 26 Dec 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @WSJ Is this meant ironically? I thought Pinker was the one who argued humans were getting less violent....

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      3. TGGeko‏ @TGGEKO 26 Dec 2015
        Replying to @glennwsmith

        @glennwsmith @sapinker @WSJ Yea, in part because of effective policing.

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      1. David Me‏ @RebootingDavid 27 Dec 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @C_Truth_ @WSJ huh. I guess protesting and demonizing a police department that's trying to protect people has a negative effect.

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      1. Peter Krafft‏ @_pmkr 26 Dec 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker The argument relies on two data points: Baltimore and St. Louis. How to separate an effect of depolicing from an effect of unrest?

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