Just the fact that folks are debating the crime stats tells me there's a crime problem in this country. Recent past and present conditions have made crime, and crime rates a political issue unfortunately. Crime is big money no matter what side you're on. The only difference is what trough the officials in power at the time are eating out of. Of course, the numbers are manipulated. To think otherwise is naive at best. 
Totally agree.
Minstead of using the stats to be helpful they go off on conspiracies and frankly bizzaro accusations that can only go political. I refuse to reply to these replies. Then use a pitical based site to prove a point agsin something I never made.
Someone throws a gum wrapper on the ground and it becomes political analysis into the abyss
People see ghost that are not there because they chose to see ghost that are not there. Politics is like heroin to some.
If I do start a political thread is ain’t done here.
It was not a political post. That side if the fence just can’t shut up, intolerable.