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When people say crime is getting out of hand, while it's actually decreasing in the context they mean it, they are just wrong and ignorant.

This is common bias. People consistently think that crime is getting worse.

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So there are people out there, not in this thread, who are wrong when they say things that are incorrect?

In many metro areas crime is higher than it was before COVID. Sure the levels may be decreasing below the 2020 peak levels, but relative to 2019 or earlier its oftentimes still higher.

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