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howard10011 on September 8, 2025 5:06 am Gee—Where’s that crime wave we all keep having rammed down our throats by Republican fear mongers and their media outlets?
alloutofchewingum on September 8, 2025 5:15 am Haha now compare that to law enforcement spend to show the trend in $/ arrest made lmfao Crime goes down, spend on the prison industrial complex always goes up
dstovell on September 8, 2025 5:30 am **1996:** Leaded gasoline was completely phased out for on-road vehicles in the United States. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%E2%80%93crime_hypothesis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%E2%80%93crime_hypothesis)
lorddevi on September 8, 2025 6:22 am Funny thing is, all this shows is how they’ve stopped arresting criminals. Not that crime has actually gone down.
![[OC] Arrests in the US by Year and Type of Offense since 1980](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/87jyf9itgvnf1-1024x742.png "[OC] Arrests in the US by Year and Type of Offense since 1980")
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Gee—Where’s that crime wave we all keep having rammed down our throats by Republican fear mongers and their media outlets?
This data is ugly. Don’t use blue for every line.
Haha now compare that to law enforcement spend to show the trend in $/ arrest made lmfao
Crime goes down, spend on the prison industrial complex always goes up
**1996:** Leaded gasoline was completely phased out for on-road vehicles in the United States.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%E2%80%93crime_hypothesis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%E2%80%93crime_hypothesis)
Funny thing is, all this shows is how they’ve stopped arresting criminals. Not that crime has actually gone down.