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Originally Posted by marothisu
As someone who tracks crime stats all over the country - almost everywhere is struggling with increases. And that's not accepting it, but it also shows that it's a much larger issue across much of the US. But for whatever reason, these types of things are talked about in every city without acknowledging the surge in violent crime everywhere. You have KG's favorite Miami right now with a nearly identical murder rate as Chicago so far this year, and Orlando has a higher murder rate than the west side of Chicago with almost the same population.
I'm not sure where the blame is to be had, but not recognizing the national trend of a violent crime increase is a little disingenuous.
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Very fair point, and one I managed to overlook, unfortunately. Simple fact is there are many factors that have gone into national increases in crime the last few years, I have to think a general lack of giving a damn by many police agencies being one of them. Almost as if they're generally giving society a huge middle finger for the national riots resulting from the actions of one of their own bad apples.
Aaron (Glowrock)