On January 19, during a rally held in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump claimed that “crime has gone through the roof” and that it “was up like 40%.” He claimed that violent crime is especially bad in American cities.
This is wonderful reporting and analysis. The general population of media consumers does not read stuff like this. WHY ? The answer is multifaceted and will fill studies and reports and books. Personally I am beginning to wonder if human beings have evolved very much at all. You don’t need to have a high IQ to care about the real problems and to try to understand and encourage real attempts at solutions. But you do need to care.
Trump is throwing so many executive orders daily to eliminate any way to keep transparency on what his administration is and will be doing. A few months from now finding statistics is going to be hard, if not impossible. Perhaps then reporting like this will be the candle in the darkness or heaven forbid, be snuffed out by the Trump/GOP fascists.
The fact he is a felon and just pardoned 1,500 felon insurrectionists illustratrates where the new crime rate is. Did any of you catch Eric Trump's "We are coming for you," tweet yesterday that was removed about 20 minutes later?
Some one reposted it on Blue Sky. Pretty sure it was a Substack journalist.
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Well, Trump is marginally literate (note his reliance on “like” in his response), so we can hardly expect him to understand accuracy in numerical terms. He says whatever proves his point or makes him “right.” I am amazed that so many Americans tolerate such self-serving behavior in a President, but it is of a piece with tolerance of cheesy forms of entertainment. Thanks for calling him out, Judd.
Unfortunately "so many Americans tolerate" what comes from Trump because we no longer value education, and reading books (versus digital or social media info) is no longer popular. Except--I find that the children of Indian and Chinese and Korean are studious and perform at higher levels than our homegrown children.
Here we go as usual: "President Donald Trump claimed that 'crime has gone through the roof'"--he is PROJECTING! Trump has increased his ability to commit crimes, and we learn through Popular Information about his crimes or breaking of the laws of our country, and especially his disregard of our laws and procedures that have kept us "safe."
Rebecca Crosby has presented documentary evidence that proves Trump's lies. Pray that these forms of documentary evidence are going to remain available to us.
As Trump eliminates all government statistical reporting agencies and factual numbers/data and installs his loyalist's in any remaining government departments, his narrative on alternate reality will be even more accepted. He, Fox (Murdock) X (Musk) and others will control the narrative on crime statistics along with all other assessment related reports, for the public to view. "There eating the dogs and cats".
Without accurate data...very few will be able to know what the reality is or how to apply their resources to solve real vs fake/created problems. Inept leadership within those departments will destroy any hope of their effectiveness. Perhaps the story of the boy who cried "Wolf" might be an appropriate narrative sometime in the future and might just give the Trump voting public pause to reflect?
Our obvious and not so obvious enemies and provocateurs are actually gonna love this new opportunity...on all levels, from national economic to national security.
We are a ship without a rudder, with an inept Captain Queeg at the helm. Our Nations ability to defend itself has been severely compromised and our crew is without access any factual information or competent/knowledgeable leadership.
This dilemma has been brought to you by the fine folks at Project 2025 who mistakenly think they know best. After many, many...many years of planning and scheming they have succeeded in their ultimate goal of effectively taking control of our government. The dog has caught the car it has been chasing for most of its life...yikes...now what?
An inept, sex addicted, alcoholic, bigot in charge of the entire Military complex being directed by the genius of Trump...what possibly could go wrong. Along with the collapse of the "truth" in government and the people's inability to accept facts...which by the way will be incredibly hard to find now, but loving the entertaining alternative of the alternate reality being propagandized along with dangerous life threatening conspiracy theories.
Please refer to the movie "Caine Mutiny" for possible problem solving ideas?
Crime rates are inversely proportional to the economy. When people have jobs that pay a living wage crime goes down, not up. President Biden did more to improve the economy than any previous President except FDR. Crime rates will increase under Trump, but the FBI - also under Trump - will lie about that. Count on it.
The president elect fronts a cabal of constant criminals whose continued assault on reality continues. C'mon. Drink the sauce, put on the red hat and you'll see a "failed America" too!
There's no crime wave so Trump can do nothing (crime-related) and take credit for lower crime. And use it to blast migrants and people of color. And our state media - Fox and its ilk, "conservative" radio, Sinclair, even MSM will tout Trump's amazing accomplishment.
Not to mention his saving the economy, which he inherited from Biden. Maybe not: I'm still looking for a dozen eggs for $1.00 and a gallon of gas for $2.00.
Excellent reporting on the facts. I fear statistics like these will not be kept or made available to the public by Trump's DoJ. I do appreciate the photo accompanying the article. Trump appears dwarfed by the Resolute Desk, making him look like the tiny person he truly is.
As someone who has lived in New York City since the mid-seventies when we truly had a crime problem, I want to call attention to the fact that much (if not most) of the violent crime in NYC is the behavior of people who are mentally ill and/or on heavy drugs. Besides Riker's Island, which the federal government wants to shut down, we have no place to send psychotic criminals who menace people in our subways and streets. Just this week, the NYTimes published a story about a man who was shoved in front of a moving train (and survived!) A couple I know was on that train and held for a prolonged period without being told what had happened. If we want to address random violent crime, we need to create some social services that address the perpetrators rather than return them to the streets.
Excellent report Rebecca. Reports like this should call a spade a spade right off the bat with: "Trump spews bullshit again by claiming..." That will get people's attention.
A nation takes on the characteristics of its leadership just like in a company or any family. Culture created from the “top”. A WH lead by a criminal who just released a heap of violent criminals is just the thing we need, right?
He turns the temperature up on violence and violent rhetoric and emboldens such actions. Watch the crime rate go up!
Shouldn't invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to “eliminate the presence of all foreign gangs and criminal networks...” immediately eliminate MAGA "patriots?" Of course, it should. It should be as immediate and catastrophic as the age-old curiosity of "Gee! I wonder what THIS button does?" And, just as obviously, he'll press a fake button and do something else to harm millions of people then lie about it. Because that's who he is.
Actual violent crimes are down in many cities. But because the proliferation of drug addiction, mental illnesses and homelessness, the right winged media effectively makes everyone feel less safe. Every single criminal act, especially when the perpetrators are people of color or illegal immigrants, are magnified to further sell their story.
Trump is the crime wave.
Exactly!
This is wonderful reporting and analysis. The general population of media consumers does not read stuff like this. WHY ? The answer is multifaceted and will fill studies and reports and books. Personally I am beginning to wonder if human beings have evolved very much at all. You don’t need to have a high IQ to care about the real problems and to try to understand and encourage real attempts at solutions. But you do need to care.
You also need to be able to read above a 5th grade level and have an attention span that is greater than a goldfish.
Trump is throwing so many executive orders daily to eliminate any way to keep transparency on what his administration is and will be doing. A few months from now finding statistics is going to be hard, if not impossible. Perhaps then reporting like this will be the candle in the darkness or heaven forbid, be snuffed out by the Trump/GOP fascists.
The fact he is a felon and just pardoned 1,500 felon insurrectionists illustratrates where the new crime rate is. Did any of you catch Eric Trump's "We are coming for you," tweet yesterday that was removed about 20 minutes later?
Some one reposted it on Blue Sky. Pretty sure it was a Substack journalist.
Send this article to your friends and family. Do it now. Encourage them to subscribe to Substack Journalists. Our future is looking like Project 2025 will come to fruition.
Support the people who are defending Democracy. The first line of defense is people like Judd and his team. Help them, help our country!
Well, Trump is marginally literate (note his reliance on “like” in his response), so we can hardly expect him to understand accuracy in numerical terms. He says whatever proves his point or makes him “right.” I am amazed that so many Americans tolerate such self-serving behavior in a President, but it is of a piece with tolerance of cheesy forms of entertainment. Thanks for calling him out, Judd.
Unfortunately "so many Americans tolerate" what comes from Trump because we no longer value education, and reading books (versus digital or social media info) is no longer popular. Except--I find that the children of Indian and Chinese and Korean are studious and perform at higher levels than our homegrown children.
Here we go as usual: "President Donald Trump claimed that 'crime has gone through the roof'"--he is PROJECTING! Trump has increased his ability to commit crimes, and we learn through Popular Information about his crimes or breaking of the laws of our country, and especially his disregard of our laws and procedures that have kept us "safe."
Rebecca Crosby has presented documentary evidence that proves Trump's lies. Pray that these forms of documentary evidence are going to remain available to us.
See my post. My great worry is Kash Patel will silence those who present the truth.
He's just a pathological liar, always has been.
As Trump eliminates all government statistical reporting agencies and factual numbers/data and installs his loyalist's in any remaining government departments, his narrative on alternate reality will be even more accepted. He, Fox (Murdock) X (Musk) and others will control the narrative on crime statistics along with all other assessment related reports, for the public to view. "There eating the dogs and cats".
Without accurate data...very few will be able to know what the reality is or how to apply their resources to solve real vs fake/created problems. Inept leadership within those departments will destroy any hope of their effectiveness. Perhaps the story of the boy who cried "Wolf" might be an appropriate narrative sometime in the future and might just give the Trump voting public pause to reflect?
Our obvious and not so obvious enemies and provocateurs are actually gonna love this new opportunity...on all levels, from national economic to national security.
We are a ship without a rudder, with an inept Captain Queeg at the helm. Our Nations ability to defend itself has been severely compromised and our crew is without access any factual information or competent/knowledgeable leadership.
This dilemma has been brought to you by the fine folks at Project 2025 who mistakenly think they know best. After many, many...many years of planning and scheming they have succeeded in their ultimate goal of effectively taking control of our government. The dog has caught the car it has been chasing for most of its life...yikes...now what?
An inept, sex addicted, alcoholic, bigot in charge of the entire Military complex being directed by the genius of Trump...what possibly could go wrong. Along with the collapse of the "truth" in government and the people's inability to accept facts...which by the way will be incredibly hard to find now, but loving the entertaining alternative of the alternate reality being propagandized along with dangerous life threatening conspiracy theories.
Please refer to the movie "Caine Mutiny" for possible problem solving ideas?
Crime rates are inversely proportional to the economy. When people have jobs that pay a living wage crime goes down, not up. President Biden did more to improve the economy than any previous President except FDR. Crime rates will increase under Trump, but the FBI - also under Trump - will lie about that. Count on it.
Deja vu.
Trump has become a good bellwether for truth. If he says something, the opposite is truth. Completely Orwellian.
The president elect fronts a cabal of constant criminals whose continued assault on reality continues. C'mon. Drink the sauce, put on the red hat and you'll see a "failed America" too!
There's no crime wave so Trump can do nothing (crime-related) and take credit for lower crime. And use it to blast migrants and people of color. And our state media - Fox and its ilk, "conservative" radio, Sinclair, even MSM will tout Trump's amazing accomplishment.
Not to mention his saving the economy, which he inherited from Biden. Maybe not: I'm still looking for a dozen eggs for $1.00 and a gallon of gas for $2.00.
You’ll need to travel a long way back in time to find a dz eggs for $1.00, more than 20 yrs. When inflation is factored in - more than 40+ years.
https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/egg-prices-adjusted-for-inflation/
Non white or immigrant = criminal to MAGA.
Excellent reporting on the facts. I fear statistics like these will not be kept or made available to the public by Trump's DoJ. I do appreciate the photo accompanying the article. Trump appears dwarfed by the Resolute Desk, making him look like the tiny person he truly is.
I noticed the same thing about the photo: a huge Resolute Desk with a tiny person behind it. How fitting.
As someone who has lived in New York City since the mid-seventies when we truly had a crime problem, I want to call attention to the fact that much (if not most) of the violent crime in NYC is the behavior of people who are mentally ill and/or on heavy drugs. Besides Riker's Island, which the federal government wants to shut down, we have no place to send psychotic criminals who menace people in our subways and streets. Just this week, the NYTimes published a story about a man who was shoved in front of a moving train (and survived!) A couple I know was on that train and held for a prolonged period without being told what had happened. If we want to address random violent crime, we need to create some social services that address the perpetrators rather than return them to the streets.
Excellent report Rebecca. Reports like this should call a spade a spade right off the bat with: "Trump spews bullshit again by claiming..." That will get people's attention.
A nation takes on the characteristics of its leadership just like in a company or any family. Culture created from the “top”. A WH lead by a criminal who just released a heap of violent criminals is just the thing we need, right?
He turns the temperature up on violence and violent rhetoric and emboldens such actions. Watch the crime rate go up!
Shouldn't invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to “eliminate the presence of all foreign gangs and criminal networks...” immediately eliminate MAGA "patriots?" Of course, it should. It should be as immediate and catastrophic as the age-old curiosity of "Gee! I wonder what THIS button does?" And, just as obviously, he'll press a fake button and do something else to harm millions of people then lie about it. Because that's who he is.
Actual violent crimes are down in many cities. But because the proliferation of drug addiction, mental illnesses and homelessness, the right winged media effectively makes everyone feel less safe. Every single criminal act, especially when the perpetrators are people of color or illegal immigrants, are magnified to further sell their story.