Rayo77 t1_j9x3bv8 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 4:33 AM

Data. How does it work? [“According to police data, both violent and property crime is down over the last seven years, compared to the seven years before, in Adams Morgan . . . “]

Professional-Can1385 t1_j9x6csz wrote on February 25, 2023 at 5:02 AM

and then they write this:

>Property crime is up 36% in the area, mirroring statistics citywide. (Property crime citywide is up 33% from last year.)

vtsandtrooper t1_j9ycdp3 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 1:41 PM

More four digit user name endings agreeing with each other. Nothing to see

Rayo77 t1_j9zdull wrote on February 25, 2023 at 6:10 PM

Exactly. How does citing that stat support the laughable point the OP made that DCist is “gaslighting” people about crime issues?

PSUVB t1_j9xbpn4 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 5:57 AM

Data says that when crime goes above the the average of the the 7 years preceding than the last 7 years we can worry about it.

Any other increase is basically irrelevant.