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While headlines tend to focus on falling clearance rates in large liberal cities, the decline occurred nationwide in both red and blue cities, counties and states. The violent crime clearance rate, for example, fell considerably between 2019 to 2022 in big cities, which tend to be led by Democrats, as well as in small cities and suburban and rural counties, which tend to be led by Republicans.

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[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

when asking for evidence, i didn't expect equivocation and, "it's just a guess, bro," hand-waving in response-- see, this is why i was skeptical and asked.

Logic and plausibilty [sic] are all that’s necessary.

no. evidence is necessary. otherwise, it's just speculation, and that's just not good enough.

[–] Rottcodd@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What the fuck are you on about?

It's not necessarily the case though that fewer crimes are being actually "solved," in the most precise sense of the term.

It could be that the current heightened interest in police oversight and focus on investigation of (and huge lawsuit payouts as a consequence of) wrongdoing by the police has made it less likely that people will be railroaded/framed for crimes they didn't actually commit, so the rate at which crimes are marked as solved has declined, even as the rate at which they actually are solved hasn't.

That's everything I said, right there. What part of it are you not understanding?

evidence is necessary. otherwise, it’s just speculation

Of course it's fucking speculation! What the fuck else did you think it was?!

i didn’t expect equivocation

It would be equivocation if there was a disjunct between the intended meaning of what I said at one point and the intended meaning of the same thing at some other point.

But I've been entirely consistent in what I've said. The disjunct is between what YOU thought I meant and what I actually said, and that's your fucking problem - not mine.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee -4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, I’m not reading that hissy fit. When you make assertions, back it up with evidence. If it’s just a guess, say so.

[–] idiomaddict@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They did say so, from the start.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Then it should be easy for you to show me the quote where they said it was just guess.

[–] idiomaddict@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

“It could be” is a direct quote from their second sentence.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

So you admit that they didn’t say, “it’s just a guess.” Why did you lie then and claim they did?

[–] idiomaddict@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] gregorum@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

This isn’t my job. Are you getting paid for this?

[–] idiomaddict@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, you got me. I’m the shill for reading comprehension.

It’s not rich work

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You got yourself for wasting your time on this

[–] idiomaddict@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, that’s why I said good job.

I got covid, baby. Nothing but time over here.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That didn’t make any sense. Perhaps you should have a lie down, lol

Feel better. Covid sucks.

[–] idiomaddict@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There’s the reading comprehension 😉

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

yeah, covid can mess with your head, especially when it keeps you up all night coughing

[–] idiomaddict@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

Luckily I’ve got no symptoms 👉😎👉