ttsci t1_itxjapn wrote
Reply to comment by FarmerExternal in Reminder that Kittleman and Yungmann have donated THOUSANDS of dollars to repeal the Liberty Act this election by wedoalittlepolling
> Crime went down if you don’t consider illegally entering a country a crime.
That's just flat-out false. Howard County reports crimes in accordance with the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program. You can read the data collection guidelines for yourself.
Crime rates are an apples-to-apples comparison because they use the same standardized metrics. The crime reports are published online here and contain data from 2014 to present. Here's all of the data for you to see for yourself. Crime numbers, using the exact same standards year-to-year, are dramatically lower.
| Year | Violent Crimes | Property Crimes | Total (Part I + Part 2) Offenses |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 613 | 5750 | 15640 |
| 2015 | 733 | 5331 | 15589 |
| 2016 | 730 | 5568 | 15834 |
| 2017 | 785 | 5533 | 15853 |
| 2018 | 655 | 4610 | 14400 |
| 2019 | 523 | 4330 | 13561 |
| 2020 | 396 | 3618 | 11389 |
| 2021 | 419 | 3637 | 11531 |
You're entitled to your opinion on immigration but bad-faith strawmen don't help your argument.
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