In the television show “The Wire” we got an inside look at Compstat, where police departments report on crime statistics. The FBI also compiles crime statistics nationwide. The FBI also practices “juking the stats.” Crime in 2022 actually went up!
When the FBI originally released the “final” crime data for 2022 in September 2023, it reported that the nation’s violent crime rate fell by 2.1%. This quickly became, and remains, a Democratic Party talking point to counter Donald Trump’s claims of soaring crime.
But the FBI has quietly revised those numbers, releasing new data that shows violent crime increased in 2022 by 4.5%. The new data includes thousands more murders, rapes, robberies, and aggravated assaults.
The actual changes in crimes are extensive. The updated data for 2022 report that there were 80,029 more violent crimes than in 2021. There were an additional 1,699 murders, 7,780 rapes, 33,459 robberies, and 37,091 aggravated assaults. The question naturally arises: should the FBI’s 2023 numbers be believed?
And the government and media wonders why the people don’t trust them! Mike Rakebrandt has been assigned to look into this with the help of LeDuff.
But; you already knew that months ago! Why? Because Charlie LeDuff told us! On our show no less! LeDuff is practicing a skill no longer used anymore; journalism. We can’t thank Charlie enough not only for his hard work but all of his contributions on 75 Radio!
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