Luniio@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 hours agoLondon knife crime vs viral content about London crimelemmy.worldimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1317arrow-down17
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minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-25 hours agoThe curious thing about US crime statistics is that we only count crimes against the state. We never count crimes committed by the state. I would argue that US Crime has been sharply on the rise, from within the organs of the government itself (and its corporate affiliates).
minus-squaredefunct_punk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoTrue but I didn’t want to get into the nitty gritty and just comment on the conservative “crime in the streets!!” fantasy
The curious thing about US crime statistics is that we only count crimes against the state. We never count crimes committed by the state.
I would argue that US Crime has been sharply on the rise, from within the organs of the government itself (and its corporate affiliates).
True but I didn’t want to get into the nitty gritty and just comment on the conservative “crime in the streets!!” fantasy