45th President Of The United States, Donald Trump (Vol. 14)

As always there’s the tendency to characterize the entire USA as one homogeneous place with conditions in one place representative of the entire landmass and its 335m inhabitants.

For as long as I can remember (been living in downtown Chicago getting on for 15 years), cities across the nation always had stuff locked up that are easy pickings for petit theft, primarily by the homeless/poor. Painkillers, cough/cold meds, razor blades, deodorant, etc. You want some, press the call button on the shelf and a staff member will come and unlock the cabinet for you. No big deal.

It’s not a Rep vs Dem issue, it affects all cities. It’s just the biggest and wealthiest cities are all Dem strongholds so the absolute numbers add up vs actual rates per 100k, playing right into the Rep news media narrative.

However once you’re away from the major city downtown areas (homeless/poor are not out in the suburbs), then it’s like anywhere else. No locked up products or anything.

I will say that it got much much worse during Covid and Trumps reign, but is now definitely getting better. Still a way to go to pre COVID/Trump conditions, but progress seems consistent. Just need to kick the “asylum seekers” into touch, as they’re now the buggers doing a lot of the pilfering.

It's like knife crime in the UK... London steals the headlines but you're more likely to be stabbed in Belfast. Not that you're likely to get stabbed in Belfast mind you.

I totally forgot about Avanetti being jailed. I guess he is now looking for a potential pardon from Trump which is where all the negative stories about Daniels are coming from.

The conservative justices specifically asked about sending it back to the lower court to determine which of Trumps actions could be considered private and which were acts of office.

I think it’s wide open for them to send it back.

Edit: there is a political slant to this, like the mifepristone case. By taking the case at all, the GOP politicians can use it as evidence the court is impartial. There is also the political upside of delaying the decision.

So that's what's obviously going to happen.

I am very much looking forward to when Southendpier returns to the thread to engage with the requested answer.

Calm down Al. Here I am. I don't live on threads getting angry, particularly not this one, you should try it.

Cynic mentioned Pretty crimes. I thought, (fairly in my view) he meant Petty crimes and it was a simple typo. I cannot find information about petty crime for the US so asked the question.

It was a polite question on a forum . ....jeez you lot

Cynic posted information about serious / violent crime that of course anyone can find.

I could always look up Pretty crime I suppose.

"A growing share of Americans say reducing crime should be a top priority for the president and Congress to address this year. Around six-in-ten U.S. adults (58%) hold that view today, up from 47% at the beginning of Joe Biden’s presidency in 2021" https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/24...