Yesterday, Democrat fanboy and MSNBC analyst Kyle Griffin decided to go online to "debunk" the conservative talking points about crime increase.
To do this, Griffin cited the highest authority on the matter, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which has declared a remarkable drop in violent crime.
I mean, at face value, those numbers seem convincing. Murder down by a quarter, rape down nearly the same, and robbery, assault, and property crime all down double digits!
That's good news, right?
Well, in the words of Mark Twain, there are "lies, damned lies, and statistics."
Or, to put it another way:
Yeah, when you stop counting crime from 40% of the local authorities and crimes drop by 25% (at the high end) that's not exactly a bragging point.
Grok cleared this up as well, because the claim seemed too good to be true from a Democrat point of view.
The data is simply incomplete. It cannot be trusted.
You can't get accurate FBI crime statistics when major cities like LA, New York, and Miami no longer report to the FBI.
Even Newsweek is pointing out problems with these new crime stats.
John Lott, the president of the nonprofit right-leaning Crime Prevention Research Center ... said those statistics make up less than 45% of the violent crimes that are committed in the U.S. and only 32% of property crimes. Victims are not reporting incidents as often because they don't believe anyone will be punished, he said.
Lott claimed that only 8% of total violent crimes in cities result in arrest, and the number is even smaller for property crimes. Newsweek was not able to immediately verify those claims.
On top of departments not reporting crimes to the FBI, civilians are oftentimes not even reporting crimes committed against them because they know, in Democrat cities, that it's essentially pointless.
There's no justice in the justice system for these victims.
The underlying issues are multiple, Lott said. There are fewer experienced officers on the streets, fewer police reports are being made, crime victims are not going down to the station to fill out forms, and — perhaps most significantly — certain reporting standards have changed. For instance, if a felony assault was pleaded down to a misdemeanor in court, it would not be included in the FBI's data.
But don't worry, everything is fine!
"Peace, peace!" cry the progressive prophets.
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