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<blockquote data-quote="Ana the Ist" data-source="post: 76296355" data-attributes="member: 302807"><p>I always wonder why people consider the crime increase to be a result of covid and it's economic effect.</p><p></p><p>Murder isn't typically profitable unless it's during the course of a robbery. The same can be said for attempted murder, assault, assault with a deadly weapon. Violent crimes can be driven by profit...but they aren't typically. </p><p></p><p>You're correct of course that defunding the police turned into refunding the police in most cases (with a few exceptions) but that wasn't the only problem police were facing. The scrutiny they were under in many cases, coupled with incidents where they were being condemned by politicians and investigated for doing their jobs according to law and policy, resulted in a lot of cops being unsure of whether or not they could do their job without reprisal. </p><p></p><p>I remember one statistic in Atlanta where a during a time span of two months (I think, maybe only one) they made less than 100 traffic stops and handed out less than 100 tickets. During the same span in 2019, those numbers were in the thousands.</p><p></p><p>Baltimore went through a similar situation post Freddie Gray. </p><p></p><p>I think the jump in violent crime is a result of the pressure they were under keeping them from doing their jobs as they would typically.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ana the Ist, post: 76296355, member: 302807"] I always wonder why people consider the crime increase to be a result of covid and it's economic effect. Murder isn't typically profitable unless it's during the course of a robbery. The same can be said for attempted murder, assault, assault with a deadly weapon. Violent crimes can be driven by profit...but they aren't typically. You're correct of course that defunding the police turned into refunding the police in most cases (with a few exceptions) but that wasn't the only problem police were facing. The scrutiny they were under in many cases, coupled with incidents where they were being condemned by politicians and investigated for doing their jobs according to law and policy, resulted in a lot of cops being unsure of whether or not they could do their job without reprisal. I remember one statistic in Atlanta where a during a time span of two months (I think, maybe only one) they made less than 100 traffic stops and handed out less than 100 tickets. During the same span in 2019, those numbers were in the thousands. Baltimore went through a similar situation post Freddie Gray. I think the jump in violent crime is a result of the pressure they were under keeping them from doing their jobs as they would typically. [/QUOTE]
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