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minus-squareFluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoRegular crime is way down. Is that true?
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoViolent crime peaked around 1990 and it’s been trending down since. … I can’t seem to paste the link (thanks jerboa) but see the “crime in United States” Wikipedia Page. But the number of incarcerated people doesn’t seem to be decreasing. So I think OP is full of crap. It’s much more reasonable that they’re criminalizing homelessness as a way to grow the cheap labor force.
Regular crime is way down. Is that true?
Yes
Violent crime peaked around 1990 and it’s been trending down since.
… I can’t seem to paste the link (thanks jerboa) but see the “crime in United States” Wikipedia Page.
But the number of incarcerated people doesn’t seem to be decreasing. So I think OP is full of crap.
It’s much more reasonable that they’re criminalizing homelessness as a way to grow the cheap labor force.