• tal@lemmy.todayOP
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    6 months ago

    Generally-speaking, people in the US are more-concerned about crime than last year, and generally-speaking, over time, each year, believe that crime is up.

    Overall, crime has actually pretty substantially fallen over the past three decades.

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      6 months ago

      Its very difficult to change peoples minds because the media strives to promote violence as the #1 news story most of the time.

      The belief is ingrained and even data from FBI isnt enough to sway them

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      6 months ago

      I am really disappointed in how crime is reported in the US. I think it contributes to the lack of police reform. If the average person actually had a good picture of what is going on, including with policing, we could have such a better situation in the US. More folks would be pushing for effective law enforcement reform.