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In reply to the discussion: No one can explain "Defund the Police" or "Abolish the Police" as well as activists can. [View all]WhiskeyGrinder
(27,288 posts)46. Nah, just sharing what I know.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/03/01/most-violent-and-property-crimes-in-the-u-s-go-unsolved/
Only about half of the violent crimes and a third of the property crimes that occur in the United States each year are reported to police. And most of the crimes that are reported dont result in the arrest, charging and prosecution of a suspect, according to government statistics.
In 2015, the most recent year for which data are available, 47% of the violent crimes and 35% of the property crimes tracked by the Bureau of Justice Statistics were reported to police. Those figures come from an annual BJS survey of 90,000 households, which asks Americans ages 12 and older whether they were victims of a crime in the past six months and, if so, whether they reported that crime to law enforcement or not.
Even when violent and property crimes are reported to police, theyre often not solved at least based on a measure known as the clearance rate. Thats the share of cases each year that are closed, or cleared, through the arrest, charging and referral of a suspect for prosecution. In 2015, 46% of the violent crimes and 19% of the property crimes reported to police in the U.S. were cleared, according to FBI data.
In 2015, the most recent year for which data are available, 47% of the violent crimes and 35% of the property crimes tracked by the Bureau of Justice Statistics were reported to police. Those figures come from an annual BJS survey of 90,000 households, which asks Americans ages 12 and older whether they were victims of a crime in the past six months and, if so, whether they reported that crime to law enforcement or not.
Even when violent and property crimes are reported to police, theyre often not solved at least based on a measure known as the clearance rate. Thats the share of cases each year that are closed, or cleared, through the arrest, charging and referral of a suspect for prosecution. In 2015, 46% of the violent crimes and 19% of the property crimes reported to police in the U.S. were cleared, according to FBI data.
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No one can explain "Defund the Police" or "Abolish the Police" as well as activists can. [View all]
StrictlyRockers
Dec 2020
OP
No, slogans like that make it easy to dismiss the problem and possible solutions. n/t
PoliticAverse
Dec 2020
#10
This is not about "bashing Democratic activists" it's about the effectiveness of a slogan.
PoliticAverse
Dec 2020
#13
Democratic activists say they love the slogan and it's the perfect slogan.
StrictlyRockers
Dec 2020
#14
Because to you disagreeing is "bashing" - and you wonder why you can't have a productive dialog. n/t
PoliticAverse
Dec 2020
#15
If the Dems had embraced the causes of the left, they would have won seats
StrictlyRockers
Dec 2020
#65
Are you still with this old argument? We lost 12 House seats, almost our whole...
brush
Dec 2020
#71
Good, then you admit you're wrong, and you have nothing to prove this crazy claim.
StrictlyRockers
Dec 2020
#72
I think the mistake is in thinking that every voter is willing to invest time and energy
Rorey
Dec 2020
#30
While you're insisting on that slogan, why not shoot yourself in the foot for good measure?
Squinch
Dec 2020
#3
Exactly. De-militarize is good. Anything is better than defund the police which...
brush
Dec 2020
#22
Number of people shot to death by the police in the United States from 2017 to 2020, by race
Klaralven
Dec 2020
#7
Sure...a 'slogan' can destroy the strongest of candidates. That is what you don't see.
Demsrule86
Dec 2020
#59
What leads you to allege we're stuck with it and it's "the right thing to do"
LanternWaste
Dec 2020
#20
"DefundThe police"?It is - and will remain - an inane meaningless slogan without definitive meaning.
NotANeocon
Dec 2020
#24
People with marketing experience don't become street activists, because they have figured out
Blue_true
Dec 2020
#52
People with marketing experience don't become street activists, because they have figured out
Blue_true
Dec 2020
#53
And I would add they need experience in winning elections and what it takes.
Demsrule86
Dec 2020
#60
Which is why "abolish the police" is a better one. It speaks for itself.
WhiskeyGrinder
Dec 2020
#29
What are they going to do? Seriously, these scenarios are so rare and even more rarely end...
Humanist_Activist
Dec 2020
#43