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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Jan 11

    The decline of violence continues: Why New York City’s Crime Rates Are the Lowest in Modern Historyhttp://www.realclearlife.com/crime/crime-rates-in-nyc-the-lowest-in-modern-history/ …

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      1. John Nihil‏ @Nihil7781 Jan 11
        Replying to @sapinker

        The book that keeps becoming more and more relevantpic.twitter.com/asFAujqx2N

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      2. catnogood‏ @catnogood Jan 11
        Replying to @sapinker

        I think it is because the poor people/violent elements have been displaced by cost of living and a tidal wave of hipsters.

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      3. Todd Rhodes‏ @2qaz1wsx Jan 11
        Replying to @catnogood @sapinker

        The poverty rate in NYC has increased a bit over the last 20 years. From 13 to 15%. https://www.statista.com/statistics/205495/poverty-rate-in-new-york/#0 …

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      4. Todd Rhodes‏ @2qaz1wsx Jan 12
        Replying to @2qaz1wsx @catnogood @sapinker

        FWIW, the earlier numbers were for New York State. In NYC, the poverty rate has been ~20% since 1980. Low of 19.1%. High of 21.2%. Currently ~20.6%. So no correlation with the decline in the murder rate.

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      1. Lance Smith‏ @lhsmith_89 Jan 11
        Replying to @sapinker

        #ThursdayThoughts #ThursdayWisdom #tbt #ThursdayMotivation #fbf #CriticsChoiceAwards #BlackHogwarts #CriticalRole

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      2. BRENDAN McCARTHY‏ @MysticMcCarthy Jan 11
        Replying to @sapinker @OldRoberts953

        But rates climb in London.

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      3. Gareth Roberts MA (Failed)‏ @OldRoberts953 Jan 12
        Replying to @MysticMcCarthy @sapinker

        Yeah, I think the rollback on stop and search was the problem here.

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      4. BRENDAN McCARTHY‏ @MysticMcCarthy Jan 12
        Replying to @OldRoberts953 @sapinker

        Yes, the disproportionate searching of certain groups lead to its banning -- the groups responsible for a disproportionate amount of street crime!

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      1. Bud‏ @Buddy2america Jan 14
        Replying to @sapinker

        Hello Mc Fly they aren't arresting people as much... Hence the decline. And your from Harvard. I'd ask for a refund...

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      1. Roger Paul McEvilly‏ @roger_mcevilly Jan 13
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        It’s partly that New York City is also a wealthy city. People would rather have jobs than have to rob banks and go to jail, and the wealth eventually flows down to everyone, including in police resources.

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      1. (((Mar Rosenkranz)))‏ @Mar_Rosenkranz Jan 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        As the fundamentalist Left tries to savage you, Dr. Pinker, keep your head up. Even when I disagree with your conclusions I recognize that your work is fascinating and useful. We need your honest voice. Center and Right’d love to have you. Only people like you can refom the Left

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      1. Matthew R. Houston‏ @matthewrhouston Jan 12
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        https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/tables/table-10 … In 2016 #national murder rate + by 8.6% from 2015, 16.1 percent + from 2012 &, and a 0.7% rise from 2007. #Murder rate increased in cities by 8.8 from 2015 to 2016. Interested to see decline in violence will be seen in #FBI new UCR. #city #crime

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      1. Marlow‏ @Marlow__Kurtz Jan 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        Of course there is still much more to be done .. but in all probability, the facts show a good trend. The urgent challenge today is to stop violence against women. http://www.elmundo.es/papel/2018/01/12/5a577b2eca4741687c8b465b.html …pic.twitter.com/lY2hgzqqVS

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      2. colin lyons‏ @VdlchJ Jan 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        This guy speaks of enlightenment but he’s literally blind in the darkness of narcissism 20’000 CHILDREN will starve to DEATH today while we can EASILY feed BILLIONS of playful beings we are equal to as biology proves, we unnecessarily kill and EAT If that’s not DARKNESS what ispic.twitter.com/KRqnURYoQZ

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      3. colin lyons‏ @VdlchJ Jan 12
        Replying to @VdlchJ @sapinker

        Darkness by definition is behaviour you’re oblivious to because it’s irrational behaviour We love AND unnecessarily kill and eat animals while millions of children starve to death every year creating global warming bird flu extinction irrational subconscious behavior DARKNESSpic.twitter.com/QizS539187

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      1. Jonathan Maze‏ @resurrecti0nman Jan 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        Haven't read the article but assume it's all thanks to Donald Trump?

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      1. UTurd‏ @LibsRTurds Jan 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        Thanks @realDonaldTrump for #MAGA after these #LiberalTerrorists were destroying it. Put these low life on the front lines with no ammunition and instantly, Make The World Great Again #MTWGA

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      1. SilenusSancte‏ @SSilenus Jan 11
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        Because they cleaned it up with Stop-and-frisk the left call racist... because minorites are still cancer that causes most violent crimes.

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      1. Danny Snee‏ @undeaddanny4 Jan 11
        Replying to @sapinker

        We may still have far to go but it's incredible how far we've come

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