https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldlsMfnlQq8 This interview on Fox News Sunday with the co-chair of the Democratic Socialist of America has the claim that most people in prison there for crimes motivated by poverty. Here are some facts: Roughly 58.2% of state prisoners...
As with most Democrats, Memphis Mayor Paul Young was not happy with President Trump's decision to put the National Guard into Memphis to fight crime. Memphis Mayor Paul Young: “I’m certainly not happy about the National Guard.” Avery Lotz, "Memphis mayor: "Certainly...
“They also got such a null response from the police that they rarely even bother reporting crimes anymore, because nothing happens,” Elon Musk wrote last year. Joseph Pisani, Alexa Corse, and Micah Maidenberg, "Elon Musk Says He Will Move X and SpaceX Headquarters Out...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the Washington Times. . “It’s no accident that violent crime is near a record 50-year low,” President Biden claims. And if you believe recent fact-checkers at places, like Politifact, rate Biden’s statement as “true.” On ABC’s This...
Comparing the violent crime rates in New York City from before the pandemic to 202320192023Percent ChangeMurder31839123.0%Rape1,7601,465-16.8%Robbery13,36316,93426.7%Felony...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nh_k1wbcyk York Regional Police Constable Marco Ricciardi: “To prevent the possibility of being attacked in your home, leave your FOBs at your front door. Because they’re breaking into your home to steal your car. They don’t want...
In 2022, the murder rate among blacks is 653% higher than the murder rate for whites. The murder rate for Hispanics is 65% higher than for whites. Nor are those numbers that much of an outlier. From 1990 through 2022, the black murder rate average 569% higher...
Yet another example of how a relatively small number of criminals account for a large percentage of crimes. For professional shoplifters, one might imagine that they are arrested at a lower rate per offense than others who are not as experienced. Nearly a third of all...
This isn't too surprising to anyone who have been following our work. . . . Violent crime in Asheville increased 31% per 100,000 people between 2016 and 2020 – nearly double the national average and 18-percentage points higher than North Carolina's 13% increase...
It is pretty simple to compare the number of crimes reported to police (here and here) to the estimated number of violent crimes recorded in the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). Over the five years from 2015 to 2019, the NCVS indicates that there were...
Granted this is just one neighborhood and the police know the identity of the main culprit, but if he is committing crimes against postal workers, why can't he be arrested and taken off the street? The United States Postal Service has suspended its services for one...
Rasmussen Reports has a new survey of 1,000 Likely Voters (April 4-5, 2022) about whether crime is getting worse and how Biden is handling crime. Yet another survey on crime shows that the primary supporters of Democrat policies are the elites. All groups except...