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What's your take on the article saying that D.C.'s crime rate is at a 30 year low? Do you feel that things in big cities are so bad that an overreach of powers
by ysavir 1y ago
What's your take on the article saying that D.C.'s crime rate is at a 30 year low? Do you feel that things in big cities are so bad that an overreach of powers is justified in an attempt to fix it?
- Bender 1y agoWhat's your take on the article saying that D.C.'s crime rate is at a 30 year low? I do not believe crime is accurately tracked [1]. Calling in the guard is not overreach when a city is demanding it through inaction. [1] - https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/dc-police-commander-suspended-crime-statistics/3959566/ https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/dc-police-commander...
- ysavir 1y agoThanks for sharing the link, I hadn't seen that before! Very serious allegations there. > Calling in the guard is not overreach when a city is demanding it through inaction. Is the city calling for protection, though? There's a big difference between police departments fabricating data and a need for intervention, whether through taking control of the city police or bringing in the national guard. What's the actual situation? Why is the Trump administration militarizing the city instead of running statistics to get actual crime numbers?
- dttze 1y agoSupposedly. He was accused by the police union, who are known to lie for political reasons. Where is the evidence?
- lefstathiou 1y agoIs crime down because they are safer or because police have been told to stand down or see no point if the perp walks free an hour later? Bottom line, I am skeptical. Cities all over have de-criminalized crime, which makes the statistics untrustworthy.
- piva00 1y agoYour argument is unfalsifiable, you don't believe the data, you just have a feeling, it's impossible to falsify your feelings...
- jurking_hoff 1y ago[dead]
- daft_pink 1y agoPeople in this thread are focusing on change in crime instead of the total rate of crime. The bottom line is that total crime in Washington DC is one of the highest among states and cities and is a clear outlier.
- chaps 1y agoSo you think it's justified?
- daft_pink 1y agoI don't think I would use the word justified. I would say as someone that's lived in a high crime area that I'm in support of trying to reduce crime rates in areas with high crime rates. I don't think there's anything wrong with trying to reduce the crime. Trump lives in DC. He works and his employees work in the DC area. They want to take action to reduce crime. I spent some of my life watching people on TV demanding to defund the police and all the other nonsense while they lived in low crime areas and didn't have to suffer from the policies they are promulgating on poor people. I wish trump would do this where I used to live to be honest. That being said, I would like to mention a basic theory that I have. If you're poor, you're often forced to buy the cheapest options in terms of housing or used cars, etc. When a neighborhood improves and is "cleaned up", property values and rents rise. Suddenly the neighborhood you live in is becomes unaffordable for poor people. Essentially, there is an economic trap: affordability often comes bundled with low quality, and improving quality often erases affordability when talking about things like used goods or housing. It's not necessarily clear that poor people are the recipient of the benefits of lower crime in inner cities, because without high crime rates, inner cities are prime top tier real estate.