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Fact Check: Biden, Democrats Claim Crime Is Down Based on FBI Report Lacking Data from Thousands of Police Precincts
Breitbart ^ | 06/24/2024 | AWR HAWKINS

Posted on 06/24/2024 8:33:29 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

CLAIM: President Biden and his fellow Democrats claim crime is down based on an FBI report.

VERDICT: False. Biden and his fellow Democrats do not mention that thousands of police precincts are not reporting crime data to the FBI.

On June 11, 2024, Biden told an Everytown for Gun Safety gun control gathering:

You know, the year before I came to the presidency, the murder rate was the highest increase on record. Last year, we saw the largest decrease of murder in the history of (inaudible). (Applause.) And those rates are continuing to fall faster than ever. Last year, we also saw one of the lowest rates of all violent crime in nearly 50 years. Murder, rape, aggravated assault, robbery all dropped sharply, along with burglary and property crime.

He did not mention that 2021 and 2022 witnessed a decline in crime reports from police precincts around the country.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; crime; down; fbi
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Big clue cities are NOT reporting crime...
1 posted on 06/24/2024 8:33:29 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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2 posted on 06/24/2024 8:36:02 AM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If it’s not reported it didn’t happen.

Same with the MSM..................


3 posted on 06/24/2024 8:36:22 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They lie a lot.


4 posted on 06/24/2024 8:38:27 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of Air Force pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: Mark17
They lie a lot.

They lie always

5 posted on 06/24/2024 8:41:03 AM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: CatOwner

👍👍👍👍👍


6 posted on 06/24/2024 8:43:35 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of Air Force pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Is this the report that failed to include NYC, Phila., and Chicago?


7 posted on 06/24/2024 8:44:52 AM PDT by mware
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To: ChicagoConservative27
I'm going to fact check the fact checker.

Yes, most major cities are not reporting to the FBI, but this was true last year as well. So year-over-year comparisons are fair.

The crime rate for the reported jurisdictions are down from last year, but the overall crime rate is still much higher than pre-COVID/pre-BLM days.

And another factor that plays into lowered crime rates is also lowered crime charging. Many crimes are being dropped by Soros DAs. (But then most of the Soros DAs work in cities that aren't reporting crime to the FBI anyway.)

8 posted on 06/24/2024 8:46:50 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: Red Badger

This is more than likely a set up for taterhead to use it in the debate......and if thats the case, Trumps answer better be “tell that to the families of the women raped and murdered by illegal aliens”....that kills 2 birds with one stone.


9 posted on 06/24/2024 8:48:21 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Back to an election year.

Dems spend their time telling you what your eyes see, isn’t.

Biden isn’t decking if

Crime is down

The border is secure.


10 posted on 06/24/2024 9:00:20 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Earlier this year the Pittsburgh Police announced that they will no longer respond to a whole list of crimes. So if you are a victim of one of these crimes, you are told to just call and report it. You’ll get a report number, and that’s it.

How long before folks catch on, and don’t even bother calling?

Then poof! Crime goes down in the great Democrat-run city of Pittsburgh.


11 posted on 06/24/2024 9:04:08 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“Crime” is down because the multitude of POS Soro-backed DA’s have not been arresting and indicting the scumbag criminals; if they did athe actual crime numbers would be through the roof...


12 posted on 06/24/2024 9:04:56 AM PDT by Common Sense 101
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I recently ran into an old friend that I didn’t realize had gone totally lefty.

He claimed that the right ignores the “facts”. He then proceeded to spout statistics that proved his point. I told him that all statistics could be manipulated. I pointed out the under reporting of crimes and also time when a gun was used to prevent a crime.

His response? “I don’t believe that is true.”


13 posted on 06/24/2024 9:07:26 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: ChicagoConservative27

.........an AXIOM of Communisum is to LIE as a TOOL to accomplish a goal.

This is why the Democratic Party should justly be referred to by all patriots as The Communist Party......formerly known as The Democratic Party.


14 posted on 06/24/2024 9:11:14 AM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: kosciusko51

what a whack job


15 posted on 06/24/2024 9:11:31 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What really gets me is he is ex-military (O-6).


16 posted on 06/24/2024 9:18:53 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: kosciusko51

Wow!


17 posted on 06/24/2024 9:21:11 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Amazing that the libs can be sure there are always enough complete ballots but conveniently forget to send in the crime stats......


18 posted on 06/24/2024 9:31:19 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting…)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Reminds me of how often the Government has to admit they erroneously reported jobs stastics every month”

“There appears to be an increasing distortion of economic data by the government to present an alternative reality of the current state of the economy. In particular, this article discusses the massaging of inflation, GDP, unemployment and U.S. deficit statistics.”


19 posted on 06/24/2024 9:36:36 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I used to use the FBI Crime Statistics Database quite frequently, but I heard that where formerly, 90% of the localities that submitted data (it is voluntary) that number is now around 60%, so...I don’t bother with it anymore.

I have no doubt the police departments have been taken over by Leftists, and they certainly discourage submissions because they view the data as racist.

Think about that. Factual data is viewed as racist.


20 posted on 06/24/2024 9:50:58 AM PDT by rlmorel (In Today's Democrat America, The $5 Dollar Bill is the New $1 Dollar Bill.)
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