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Re:The Crime Rings Stealing Everything from Purses to Power ... by leereeves on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @03:15PM (#39770796)
Relatively low...meaning slightly lower than 1994, when crime was so high that even black community leaders called for more police, and then Senator Joe Biden wrote "the largest crime bill in the history of the United States" that funded 100,000 more police officers and $10 billion for additional prisons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_Crime_Control_and_Law_...

But up 50% from the early 2010s.

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Re:The Crime Rings Stealing Everything from Purses to Power ... by DinoDad13 on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @03:19PM (#39770854)
Yes so stop freaking out over relatively low crime. Remember the lessons from that time.
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Re:The Crime Rings Stealing Everything from Purses to Power ... by sabarn01 on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @05:03PM (#39772006)
Lowering Crime was the lesson I took away from it.
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Re:The Crime Rings Stealing Everything from Purses to Power ... by DinoDad13 on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @05:32PM (#39772258)
How do you lower crime?
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Re:The Crime Rings Stealing Everything from Purses to Power ... by sabarn01 on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @06:19PM (#39772679)
Reduction in the rate of murders seems like a good metric.
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