Crime Going Down?

In the upcoming Firing Lines is an article titled: ‘Crime Going Down?’

Basically, the article shoots holes in Joe Biden’s statement, during his State of the Union address, that: “America is safer today than when I took office…last year, the murder rate saw the sharpest decrease in history, and violent crime fell to one of the lowest levels in more than 50 years.”

Here is one highlight from the upcoming Firing Lines article concerning the source of Biden’s data; the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Uniform Crime Report.

Several large cities no longer report crime statistics to the FBI.  As the Washington Examiner notes: “In 2019, 89% of agencies covering 97% of the population submitted data, but by 2021, that coverage plummeted to less than 63% of departments overseeing just 65% of the population.“ Included in those that no longer report to the FBI are New York City and Los Angeles.

Why did “crime go down” per the FBI’s report?  Because crimes were not being reported to the FBI!  And what cities are no longer reporting crime?  New York City and Los Angeles, two of the most crime ridden cities in the U S A!

Basically, any comparison of crime by the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report is no longer valid because the basis of comparison, is no longer uniform.

So, why are we jumping ahead of the Firing Lines?

Newsweek is gleefully reporting that Pete Buttigieg schooled Fox News about crime.  Buttigieg said: "…trying to make people think that crime is up when crime is down under Joe Biden and crime was up under Donald Trump. Now I don't know how often that gets reported on this network. So, if you're watching this at home, do yourself a favor and look up the data."

Where is the data to look up?

Newsweek also reports where to look it up: “According to the latest quarterly statistics released in June by the FBI known as the Uniform Crime Report...”  (Emphasis added.)

Buttigieg, like Biden, (and you can be sure Harris will be added) is using an obviously invalid report to mislead the American people in order neuter a major campaign issue. 

This erroneous report is on the top of a web page where it will be read and passed on as the truth. Newsweek never lies - except in print - but most people don’t realize that.

Watch for this lie to become an integral part of Harris’s political campaign.   

Oh yeah, Newsweek also reported that Buttigieg; “…has emerged as a top choice to be Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate in this year's presidential election.”   (After all, he has been as effective heading the department of Transportation as Harris has been as the “Border Czar.”)