LA gangster who shot and paralyzed a 16-year-old girl now works for California's Department of Public Safety after Gavin Newsom slashed his 162 year

[DudleySmith]

Which facts are those?

Exactly; you have zero idea what they are. Thanks for admitting it.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Here are two words for you (x 5).

o'tay!

 

[DudleySmith]

Nope......democrats destroy everything they touch....

Red states blue cities...

One problem with that: In most of these red states, the high murder rates are driven by the lethal violence in their blue cities.

Take Missouri. Yes, it voted for Trump. But it is also home to two of the most dangerous U.S. cities -- St. Louis and Kansas City -- both of which are run by Democrats. Earlier this year, CBS News did an analysis of the "deadliest U.S. cities" using the latest FBI and other crime data. In 2019, it found, St. Louis had the highest murder rate in the nation, with 64.54 murders per 100,000 residents. Kansas City, meanwhile, had the eighth-highest murder rate, with 29.88 murders per 100,000. According to the FBI, the state had about 520 murders in major metropolitan areas that year, 20 in cities outside metropolitan areas, and 28 in nonmetropolitan counties. So, the vast majority of Missouri's homicides took place in its Democrat-run cities.
The same is true for Louisiana, which has two of the most lethal Democratic-run cities in the country: Baton Rouge, which in 2019 had the sixth-highest murder rate in the nation with 31.72 murders per 100,000 residents, and New Orleans, which had the seventh-highest rate with 30.67 murders per 100,000. Without those cities, the state's murder rate would significantly drop.
That's not all. Tennessee's homicide rate was driven up by Democratic-run Memphis, which ranked ninth in the country with 29.21 homicides per 100,000 residents. Also powering the state's murder rate: then-Democratic-led Chattanooga (No. 29) with 18.15 murders per 100,000 in 2019 (note: the city elected an independent in 2021); Democratic-run Nashville (No. 59) with 12.08 per 100,000; and Democratic-run Knoxville (No. 62) with 11.66 per 100,000.
The same goes for other red states: In Alabama, Democratic-run Birmingham, which ranked third with 50.62 murders per 100,000 citizens, drove up the state murder rate, as did Democratic-run Tuscaloosa (No. 21) with 20.77 per 100,000. Kentucky's murder rate was run up by its largest city, Democratic-run Louisville, which had the 46th-highest murder rate in 2019, with 13.92 homicides per 100,000 residents. Arkansas's rate was driven up by Democratic-run Little Rock, the capital and largest city, which had the 24th-highest murder rate with 19.15 homicides per 100,000 residents. Mississippi's was driven up by the homicides in its Democratic-run capital Jackson, which had a murder rate of 46.5 per 100,000 in 2019.

See a pattern here?
Third Way also claims that 3 of the 5 states with the largest increase in murder rate between 2019 and 2021 were "decidedly rural" red states -- "Trump-voting Wyoming at 91.7%, South Dakota at 69%, and Nebraska at 59.1%." Sounds terrible. Here's what they left out: According to FBI data, Wyoming had a grand total of 13 murders in 2019, or 2.2 per 100,000 residents, while South Dakota had 17 and Nebraska had 45. So even if Wyoming's murder rate nearly doubled, it still saw fewer than 30 murders in 2021. What else are these red states missing besides large murder numbers? Large, crime-ridden, Democratic-run cities.
Third Way does not provide city-by-city data for 2020 in its report, perhaps because this would undermine its red state murder narrative. But the Manhattan Institute's Rafael Mangual gathered data on the 2020 murder rates in the 50 largest U.S. cities -- 34 of which had Democratic mayors, while 14 were led by Republicans (two were led by independents). "The homicide rate in the blue cities was 15.8 per 100,000, compared to 9.4 per 100,000 in the red cities," he found.
And in a May report, his Manhattan Institute colleagues Robert VerBruggen and Christos Makridis examined the growth in the homicide rate per capita in the largest U.S. counties between 2019 and 2020 -- and then compared the rates in GOP-leaning and Democratic-leaning counties. They found that "counties with higher shares of GOP voters have a much lower homicide death rate and a lower number of deaths in 2020" and "also a lower growth in homicide rates."



The 'Red State Murder Problem'? That's Just A Democratic-Driven Myth.


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The Heritage authors' data analysis revealed that, if the homicide rates of Democrat-run cities and counties in Republican-led states are subtracted, the overall homicide rates for those states are dramatically reduced.
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As noted earlier, however, most crime is hyperlocalized, so the funda- mental flaw with the study and the reason it does not deserve any serious consideration is that the “murder rate” in each state is largely a function of the large number of murders in a state’s biggest city or cities.21 A super majority of those cities, even in otherwise red states, are deep blue and runby left-wing ideologues.
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When you remove the crime-infested, homicide-riddled cities from the state murder rate featured in the Third Way study, you dramatically lower the murder rate for that state, upending their conclusions and exposing the piece for what it really is: a straightforward attempt at political projection dressed up as a “study.”

Said another way, Kessler and Murdock did their level best as political operatives to blame their political opponents for the very thing—rising crime—that leftist policies at the city and county levels have caused.


While a state’s murder rate is perhaps politically interesting, a more accurate reflection of what is actually happening on the ground is gained by reviewing localized murder rates, such as murder rates in a city or county. What does this review show?

Table 1 lists the 30 cities with the highest murder rates in the United States as of June 30, 2022.
Not surprisingly, of those 30 cities, 27 have Democratic mayors, the exceptions being Lexington and Jacksonville, which have Republican mayors, and Las Vegas, whose mayor is an Independent. And within those 30 cities there are at least 14 Soros-backed or Soros-inspired rogue prosecutors. Those Soros bought-and-paid-for or inspired rogue prosecutors include:

Study debunks ‘red state murder’ claim from Hillary Clinton, Democrats
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Bureaucrats also like to count latino thugs as 'white' in order to massage the stats.

 

[Desperado]

Just another indication that inmates are running the asylum

 

[The Irish Ram]

Here are two words for you (x 5).

lol. One for each Dante...

 

[Catsnmeters]

And obesity rates?

Kentucky....largest city in Kentucky.....total control by democrats since 1969

List_of_mayors_of_Louisville,_Kentucky

Go down the list and the major cities in those states are all controlled by democrats.....

So how come WA and OR don't have higher obesity rates because of Seattle and Portland?

 

[Catsnmeters]

larger proportions in blue cities in red states with smaller overall populations skew the murder rates.

That sounds like WA and OR.

Blue cities in Blue States often are larger, but have larger "red/purple" rural/suburban areas to provide a cushion for the numbers.

Ahhh, and of course you aren't making this up as you go along. Lol.

Link please?

And nowadays, it's overall crime, including unreported petty crime that people are pissed about.

You have me at a disadvantage. You seem to have your finger on the pulse of what people are talking about. Good job.

 

[Catsnmeters]

Exactly; you have zero idea what they are. Thanks for admitting it.

Nice dodge.

 

[Catsnmeters]

You keep playing the red vs blue game. That is what the globalist need from low IQ's.

Cool story bro. You should create a thread about globalism and send me an invite.

 

[The Irish Ram]

Cool story bro. You should create a thread about globalism and send me an invite.

I would but you don't have the IQ to understand it. You still think this is a red vs blue issue.
We have a global vs national problem. You'll figure it out when your CBDC card won't let you buy liquor...

 

[bripat9643]

What is the main reason for prison terms?

One: it keeps criminals off the street. Two, it functions as a deterrent.

 

[BluesLegend]

So how come WA and OR don't have higher obesity rates because of Seattle and Portland?

LMAO there's no shortage of 300 to 400 pounders in Portland and Seattle. Probably all the 90 lb Dem meth addicts are pulling the average down.

 

[Catsnmeters]

Yes.....small population Red States have blue, democxrat party controlled cities that throw off their stats.....

You mean like Seattle and Portland do to WA and OR? Oh wait, they aren't anywhere near the highest murder rates, obesity or low education.

 

[Catsnmeters]

I would but you don't have the IQ to understand it. You still think this is a red vs blue issue.

Red states tend to have higher murder rates, lower education and higher obesity then red states...of course it is a red vs blue issue.

We have a global vs national problem. You'll figure it out when your CBDC card won't let you buy liquor...

I already figured it out when I lived in Georgia and you couldn't buy beer or liquor on Sundays because of religious blue laws.

Is that what you are talking about?

 

[The Irish Ram]

No, I'm more in the present. I'm talking about the 2030 takeover of our country, while you can't see past the bullshit political red vs blue. Is it red or blue that wants to give up our sovereignty to the NWO or haven't you evolved far enough to be able to answer?

 

[Catsnmeters]

No, I'm more in the present. I'm talking about the 2030 takeover of our country, while you can't see past the bullshit political red vs blue. Is it red or blue that wants to give up our sovereignty to the NWO or haven't you evolved far enough to be able to answer?

Are you talking to me?

 

[Catsnmeters]

LMAO there's no shortage of 300 to 400 pounders in Portland and Seattle. Probably all the 90 lb Dem meth addicts are pulling the average down.

Yeah, that's it. Create a narrative to protect yourself from confronting that red states have more obesity then blue states.

Gotta keep the cult pure.

 

[AMart]

Leftists will do anything to justify these horrible decisions. Why not hire a bunch of cartel bros.

 

[BluesLegend]

Yeah, that's it. Create a narrative to protect yourself from confronting that red states have more obesity then blue states.

Gotta keep the cult pure.

I live here dummy.

 

[Catsnmeters]

I live here dummy.

So?