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El Paso border fence cut crime dramatically
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<blockquote data-quote="evoeth" data-source="post: 73562629" data-attributes="member: 348079"><p>That is a completely out of context use of that article. </p><p></p><p>The entire rest of the article is about how the official, Paxton, cited no evidence for his claim and is wrong.</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">Paxton did not offer statistics to support his claim or specify which iteration of El Paso's border fence he was referring to, although he did reference border barriers erected under former President George W. Bush.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">...</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>What do crime statistics show?</strong></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">In his remarks, Paxton said El Paso had a high crime rate before the fence was constructed and that the rate of crime dropped substantially after it was completed.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">That was not the case.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Using Uniform Crime Reports from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the rate of violent crime in El Paso can be calculated by combining data reported by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office and the El Paso Police Department.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Looking broadly at the last 30 years, the rate of violent crime reached its peak in 1993, when more than 6,500 violent crimes were recorded.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Between 1993 and 2006, the number of violent crimes fell by more than 34 percent and less than 2,700 violent crimes were reported.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">The border fence was authorized by Bush in 2006, but construction did not start until 2008.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>From 2006 to 2011 — two years before the fence was built to two years after — the violent crime rate in El Paso increased by 17 percent. </strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="evoeth, post: 73562629, member: 348079"] That is a completely out of context use of that article. The entire rest of the article is about how the official, Paxton, cited no evidence for his claim and is wrong. [INDENT]Paxton did not offer statistics to support his claim or specify which iteration of El Paso's border fence he was referring to, although he did reference border barriers erected under former President George W. Bush. ... [SIZE=5][B]What do crime statistics show?[/B][/SIZE] In his remarks, Paxton said El Paso had a high crime rate before the fence was constructed and that the rate of crime dropped substantially after it was completed. That was not the case. Using Uniform Crime Reports from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the rate of violent crime in El Paso can be calculated by combining data reported by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office and the El Paso Police Department. Looking broadly at the last 30 years, the rate of violent crime reached its peak in 1993, when more than 6,500 violent crimes were recorded. Between 1993 and 2006, the number of violent crimes fell by more than 34 percent and less than 2,700 violent crimes were reported. The border fence was authorized by Bush in 2006, but construction did not start until 2008. [B]From 2006 to 2011 — two years before the fence was built to two years after — the violent crime rate in El Paso increased by 17 percent. [/B][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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