Houston, we have a problem
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What’s the per capita rate?
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Hey, we got some troll baiting going on in this thread. Don't fall for it. If you start to feel angry, that's the point.
Go after the idea, not the user.
It blows my mind how US americans just accept that they are having such a high murder rate at all. The murder rate in San Francisco is still too high, if you compare it with other nations and their cities. Considering how much surveillance and how much money their government pumps in the police system… you would think they finally would wake up and find out that all those measures are only in place to protect the capital of the ruling class and not the citizens…
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Could really see Newsom becoming president of the future New California Republic. Not saying I like that future. But I am starting to see it how it could come to pass
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Did they really take artistic liberties to make the Bay Bridge coloration look like the Golden Gate?
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Seems to? That's their entire MO: lie about shit to make Republicans look less terrible at governing
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And I just went to look up the homicide numbers for Philly out of instinct. 262 last year.. Which is 36% less than the previous year. And still higher per capita than Houston.
Go birds!
I’d argue about per capita but nobody who sees this cares about that.
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The idea that a Democrat might have done wrong is more important than the reality that a Republican definitely did wrong.
The unfortunate part about real life is that republicans just think democrats are lying about those numbers. They make up whatever stats they need in order to do what they want. Also, Houston has a democratic mayor. So they would probably blame him got the crimes.
There's no such thing as a "Republican state," nearly every state is split somewhere between 51/49 and 60/40. There are "Republican-run states," but inside every Republican-run state is a "Democrat-run city" which has been a convenient narrative for Republicans of late. Houston's mayor is a Democrat, and Harris county has more registered Democrats than Republicans; in 2024 metro Houston voted for Kamala over Trump.
Whether Abbot or Whitmire is more to blame for Houston's violence is just a political distraction. Both bear some responsibility and I'm tired of both sides running finger-pointing narratives rather than trying to find constructive solutions.
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The murder rate in the USA, for a supposed 1st World civilized country is fucking pathetic. Life is cheap in the USA. The labor laws and healthcare system stress out society and one has nothing to lose. Yes, the Red Run Oblasts have plenty of violent crime and gun related deaths.
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Let's see, Houston has ~4X the population and ~10x the murders. So unless that equation is known to be non linear, that seems pretty bad Mr abbot
Mr abbot: who gives a fuck about brown people?!
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Cars are actually a bigger threat than guns in San Francisco. There were 41 traffic fatalities last year, and on average traffic violence seriously injures 8 people each day. I suspect the situation is similar in Houston.
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It's called overreporting.
Make more than one report on the same one crime, so people will think it's multiple different crimes.
this is what right wingers actually believe in general, they believe its higher because of gun control.
Wait, they're biased, and constantly lie? Huh. We should tell everyone, that'll fix it.
Westmob and Big Block got a truce on or something?
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