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Some speculated that prosecutors had gone soft on looting after the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020. But it is hard to see any such trend in the data: gener
by meanmrmustard92 4y ago
Some speculated that prosecutors had gone soft on looting after the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020. But it is hard to see any such trend in the data: generally states with more shoplifting prosecute more shoplifters
The claim is about the time-series comparison, and the rebuttal is about the cross section comparison. Is the journalist in question stupid, gaslighting, or both?
- lupire 4y agoThe rebuttal was explaining the trend that does exist.
- Our_Benefactors 4y ago
- pitaj 4y agoWhere do they explain that the trend doesn't exist? They make no statement that applies over time.
- hellfish 4y agoYou just don't get the message ig? Maybe if you just stop thinking and accept that 2+2=5 it will make sense :)
- joenot443 4y agoIt's funny they say it's "hard to see any such trend in the data" of arrests in a post-Ferguson America when the data is so apparent and its meaning so contested that it has its own Wikipedia article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_effect It would be totally illogical to pretend that such massive sweeping change in public perception of policing would have no effect on the activity of the police themselves.