92% of Republicans, 78% of independents and 58% of Democrats believe crime is rising, as crime rates plummet - eviltoast
Most people think the U.S. crime rate is rising. They're wrong.
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Almost 80 percent of Americans, and 92 percent of Republicans, think crime has gone up. It actually fell in 2023. An expert blames a familiar culprit for the mistaken impression.

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If people aren’t panicked, they wouldn’t elect panic-pandering politicians, so there must always be a panic — crime, drugs, commies, libruls, etc.

  • DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    11 months ago

    Probably just fireworks, my neighbors constantly shoot them off for any reason on any day that ends with “y”, people who don’t know what gunshots sound like often confuse the two.

    • smort@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      Fireworks, cars backfiring, and construction noises. I lived in a nice part of Oakland for years and Nextdoor was full of people terrified of these spectres

      • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        11 months ago

        My Nextdoor is filled with people fearfully asking why there are helicopters overhead … when we live near numerous hospitals with helipads.