Killings in the U.S. are dropping at a historic rate. Will anyone notice? : usa

[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 49 points 8 months ago

Nobody wants to kill anymore. I guess it's not woke enough.

[-] creamed_eels@toast.ooo 28 points 8 months ago

When I was a kid I walked uphill, barefoot in the snow to kill!

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

It would only rain bullets!

[-] fubo@lemmy.world 44 points 8 months ago

Perceptions of crime waves are mostly driven by propaganda, not measurement.

In some cases, a "crime wave" doesn't represent an undifferentiated mass phenomenon, but rather the behavior of a single organized crime group: it's not that "everybody is being more criminal today" but rather "there is a specific gang that has figured out how to get away with a lot of crime". This seems to be the case for a lot of property crime in my part of the country.

[-] uphillbothways@kbin.social 28 points 8 months ago

Meanwhile, killings perpetrated by police officers continue to rise by significant percentages annually.

https://policeepi.uic.edu/data-civilian-injuries-law-enforcement/facts-figures-injuries-caused-law-enforcement/

[-] my_legs_still_hurt92@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

But maybe, the rising in police killings kills more murders before they could start their murdering, so the rising in police killings could save more people than the police is killing. /s

[-] weeeeum@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Something that is worth mentioning is that the general mental health of the nation has gotten much worse too. Suicides from 2000 and 2020 has increased from between 30% and 60% (varies from source) indicating a deteriorating mental health of most citizens. This often in turn causes people to think and act irrationally or dangerously. This also correlates to the struggles of the pandemic, many people's mental health suffered during the lockdowns and during this period murders, police killings and suicides spiked during it.

Does this mean the police are perfect? Not necessarily, but when it comes to most trends and phenomena it's generally unhelpful to pin the blame on individuals instead of a more nuanced and informed explanation.

[-] jrbaconcheese@yall.theatl.social 20 points 8 months ago

I am being murdered at about the same rate I have always been murdered at. This sounds like some fishy data.

[-] ForgetPrimacy@lemmygrad.ml -3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Oh my god, fucking assholes ending sentences with prepositions!

I am being murdered at about the same rate as I've been.

FTFY fuckface

Jesus it makes me so angry I could fucking kill!

[-] jrbaconcheese@yall.theatl.social 5 points 8 months ago

Modern style guides no longer forbid ending a sentence with prepositions, dad.

[-] ForgetPrimacy@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 8 months ago

I had hoped my facetious tone would be apparent given the topic of this thread. Given the downvotes, that was probably not the case and in the case you felt I was attacking you, sorry. You're doing language just fine

sport

[+] trash80@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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[-] sleet01@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

It doesn't help that the news focuses on murders and gun crime over anything else, and provides a megaphone for copaganda with zero analysis. If it bleeds, it leads, even if it's a lie.

[-] Miclux@lemmings.world 14 points 8 months ago

Well not the dead.

[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

still higher than pre-pandemic

[-] TrenchcoatFullofBats@belfry.rip 1 points 8 months ago

Microplastics: Hold my micro brew

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