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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Lapsody   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Wise Words from Merrick Garland
Date: 01/05/24 9:25 PM
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BMH: Surely you recognize these giant mobs doing coordinated looting is a new sort of crime. And the frequency and violence has certainly worsened over the last few years, as no cash bail and de=funding the police has produced the entirely predictable result.

The term is street takeovers which began in 1980s, but we had similar things earlier usually centered around gangs.

"Gallup recently came out with their annual poll of American perceptions of crime trends and it’s a real doozy. Gallup has asked Americans how they would describe crime in the United States and locally every year since 2000, and a record 63 percent of respondents described crime in the United States as “Extremely Serious” or “Very Serious” in the most recent survey (conducted in October 2023). Moreover, 77 percent of respondents said there was more crime in the US than there was a year ago, largely on par with recent years."

jasher.substack.com - Americans are bad at perceiving crime

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