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>>locopa+(OP)
Huge disconnect between these narratives:

- Crime is out of control, requiring deployment of active duty military to multiple cities.

- Police are so bored they are sifting through security cameras on fishing expeditions to maybe find someone accessing medical care.

>>runako+1n
Crime is actually at its lowest point in 40 years, but you wouldn't know it looking at the constant fearmongering by legacy media and conservative politicians alike.

>>thranc+mC
As a person old enough to remember the War on Drugs, I can agree that people who think things are worse now must have spent the late '80s/early '90s sheltering in libraries or something.

>>runako+OH
It was also before the "if it bleeds, it leads" explosion of crime reporting starting in the 90s.