11-22-2021, 02:18 PM
(11-22-2021, 01:58 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Well, you have DC at the top and then you have a bunch of red states...so you are saying within each violent red state is a blue section where democrats disarm the law against criminals? Ehh, you seem like you know what you are talking about, but still my point that it is all too easy to wash one's hands of these issues because "the side I'm not on is behind it" remains. It's strange that other societies are able to be more liberal than we are without it leading to increased crime, if that is the case. Is liberalism the unlocked door that we know we shouldn't take advantage of, but we just can't resist the temptation?
I haven't looked into this stuff in a while, but doesn't a lot of it go back to populations of uneducated males? I recall that being a bit of a red flag.
DC is bad, always has been (no not a reference to the meme), but it's not even on the tope ten.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/09/27/detroit-most-violent-big-us-cities-fbi-uniform-crime-report-2020/5883984001/
Now, this list is handicapped by the following;
Quote:Detroit in 2020 had a rate of 2,248.4 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, behind only Memphis, Tennessee, as the highest rate in the country among cities with more than 100,000 residents. St. Louis, Missouri, Little Rock, Arkansas, and South Bend, Indiana rounded out the top five. Lansing, Michigan was ranked No. 9.
Alabama, Maryland and Pennsylvania reported limited data to the FBI in 2020, so cities with more than 100,000 residents that often appear high in crime rankings, such as Birmingham, Baltimore and Philadelphia, are not included in this year's data.
But let's role with what we have. The following cities appear on the list in the following order;
1. Memphis, TN -Run by Dems
2. Detroit, MI -Run by Dems
3. St. Louis, MO -Run by Dems
4. Little Rock, AR - Run by Dems
5. South Bend, IN - Run by Dems
6. Cleveland, OH -Run by Dems
7. Milwaukee, WI -Run by Dems
8. Kansas City, MO -Run by Dems
9. Lansing, MI -Run by Dems
10. Springfield, MO -Mayor is listed as an Independent and good luck finding information on party affiliation for the city council.
As an aside, the three cities the data notes were left off that traditionally are on this list; Baltimore, Philadelphia and Birmingham are all three heavily Dem.
Now, I realize that cities tend to vote Dem. I also realize that cities will generally have more crime than rural areas. But I think you drastically underestimate how much local government affects policing and the criminal justice system. That's why there's been this recent push to elect "progressive" DA's, because they realize how much power and influence they wield. With disastrous results I might add.
