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Re:After 20 Years as a Prosecutor in Illinois, I Quit by chefandy on Saturday May 13, 2023 @12:23AM (#35925493)
It's flat-out ridiculous to pin it on something as broad partisan membership at one spot in a governmental body without considering any of the vastly more consequential facets of crime. Reverse the list and count the number of red and blue cities there.

I'm happy to look at pre and post policy implementation compared with similar entities, taking national and regional trends into account. Anything else is posturing.

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Re:After 20 Years as a Prosecutor in Illinois, I Quit by kevviiinn on Sunday May 14, 2023 @08:25AM (#35937454)
When I sorted by homicide rate descending, all of the cities existed in red states. I'm not sure why they think that blue cities in red states somehow have different laws. Generally red States have worse social safety nets which is one thing that impacts crime overall
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