• @SoupBrick
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    39 months ago

    You also have to take in account police fudging the numbers. I know low crime reporting makes the police look successful, but if crime numbers are higher, they can be used to justify a higher budget. Everyone is aware of how often police lie about encounters.

    • Buelldozer
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      19 months ago

      Good points but I since I’m trying to align with the same data that the NYT used in their article I have to use the sources and statistics that they did.