Glenn Fleishman on Nostr: npub1d9dsp…dwqa3 There is research into how accurate they are (but this varies by ...

npub1d9dspuqdrkss474xzmv8z39jwjxhw4xwd2l0mg60f9d6sy2rkjfq0dwqa3 (npub1d9d…wqa3) There is research into how accurate they are (but this varies by city) and about underreporting of crime. The thing is, though, that they are typically the stats used by those *claiming* a crime wave. So when the actual #s don't match the claims that's key by itself—during the high pitch of the panic, we were still at historical lows using the same numbers. The panic was often “murders are up 50%”—from an all-time low, and they increased in nearly every city and town for no reason.