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Bro, I hate to tell you that there is no data that connects crime to race and it has been studied extensively. Every study finds that race alone is not a biological cause of crime.

MAGA/Republicans will have you think differently but like almost everything their opinion is mutual exclusive of facts.
You’re wrong. Please review the data above
 
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The original comment was that crimes are a blue state issue and that race itself is a big decider of who commits crime. I sorry but this is false.
Whether a demographic group accounts for the majority of crime in a specific city depends on local factors and a city's partisan leadership does not determine its overall crime rate. Criminologists consistently emphasize that crime is nonpartisan and primarily driven by structural inequalities, concentrated poverty, and local economic disparities rather than political affiliation.

Extensive research, including a study on the 100 largest U.S. cities, found no evidence that mayoral partisanship dictates overall crime rates or drives differences in arrest patterns. A report on the 21st-century murder crisis indicates that violent crime trends are far more tied to underlying socioeconomic factors than to whether a city votes for Republicans or Democrats.

Nationwide, Black Americans and other minority groups are disproportionately overrepresented in violent crime arrests and victimization relative to their share of the total U.S. population. However, sociologists and criminal justice organizations note that this is heavily linked to spatially concentrated urban poverty, historical segregation, and unequal resource distribution, not race itself.

That is all I am saying.
It wasn’t me, but I basically agree with you. But only one side is saying defund the police and they also just got elected in New York City, so there’s less incentive to not commit crime when they say that. Then the DAs let them off. Case in point the Ukrainian woman who has stabbed in the neck.
 
It wasn’t me, but I basically agree with you. But only one side is saying defund the police and they also just got elected in New York City, so there’s less incentive to not commit crime when they say that. Then the DAs let them off. Case in point the Ukrainian woman who has stabbed in the neck.
I understand your concerns. I do. But the facts are that crime in NYC is at the lowest since the stat was being records and it is much lower per capital that cities such as Tulsa and Jacksonville in solid red states with local republican leaders.
 
The communists who were elected in NYC who hate Jews and scream “free Palestine”.

Whoever claimed I made racist comments needs a mirror.
Can you be more specific who you are referring to? I see a lot of Mamdani criticism intentionally conflating criticism of AIPAC and Israel with antisemitism.

Brad Lander was one of the primary winners. He is not popular among pro-israel and AIPAC supporters, but he's certainly not antisemitic (and is infact Jewish).
 
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In pretty much all my doctor Facebook groups, if you say anything sympathetic towards Palestine or critical of Israel someone will screen shot your comments and try to get you fired. Technically that’s not allowed but it’s not like anyone can get caught
 
In pretty much all my doctor Facebook groups, if you say anything sympathetic towards Palestine or critical of Israel someone will screen shot your comments and try to get you fired. Technically that’s not allowed but it’s not like anyone can get caught
I have been called an anti-semite on this forum some time back simply by criticizing the government of Israel for their role in the Iran War. I criticized our government too which is justified

The irony is that anyone who knows me in real life knows that I preach love of all of our fellow man, as Jesus instructed us to do. The other irony is that my two Jewish friends have said far worse. I guess they are anti-semites too.

Someone on this forum said that people are overly sensitive about characterizing someone's comments as racist. I think that some are even more sensitive about characterizing comments as anti-semitic. Criticizing the Israeli government is no closer to being an anti-semite than criticizing the goverment of Ghana is being racist towards blacks.
 
I am definitely not in the camp with the far left socialist movements but I find it amusing that the right wing media says that they are destroying America.

What do you think that Trump is doing but yet you support that?
 
I have been called an anti-semite on this forum some time back simply by criticizing the government of Israel for their role in the Iran War. I criticized our government too which is justified

The irony is that anyone who knows me in real life knows that I preach love of all of our fellow man, as Jesus instructed us to do. The other irony is that my two Jewish friends have said far worse. I guess they are anti-semites too.

Someone on this forum said that people are overly sensitive about characterizing someone's comments as racist. I think that some are even more sensitive about characterizing comments as anti-semitic. Criticizing the Israeli government is no closer to being an anti-semite than criticizing the goverment of Ghana is being racist towards blacks.

How is the increase in racism?
Any KKK tattoo sporting Senate candidates?
Anyone shouting death to blacks?

Oppression Olympics: no winners.
 

How is the increase in racism?
Any KKK tattoo sporting Senate candidates?
Anyone shouting death to blacks?

Oppression Olympics: no winners.
Before you go off the rails like you did before reread my last sentence again. Do you disagree with that? Do you feel that saying any criticism of the Israeli government is analogous with anti semitic talk?

Criticizing the Israeli government is no closer to being an anti-semite than criticizing the goverment of Ghana is being racist towards blacks.
 

How is the increase in racism?
Any KKK tattoo sporting Senate candidates?
Anyone shouting death to blacks?

Oppression Olympics: no winners.
ADL a pro-Israel rightwing group that intentionally equates criticism of Israel with actual antisemitism. Their 'Mamdani Monitor' is ridiculous. They made a hotline after he was elected to report on antisemitism. The guy is a fierce critic of Israel and AIPAC, but in no way antisemitic.

ADL also equates anti-Zionism with antisemitism. So one can't criticize Zionism, a political and nationalist ideology, without being an antisemite.

ADL supported Trump's deporting pro-Palestinian activists - simply for political speech for criticizing Israel. It's hard to take a group seriously that supports human rights of one group but supports totally shafting another.

In pretty much all my doctor Facebook groups, if you say anything sympathetic towards Palestine or critical of Israel someone will screen shot your comments and try to get you fired. Technically that’s not allowed but it’s not like anyone can get caught

It's a real problem. Actual antisemitism is a real problem, but it's getting lost in the noise as people are starting to roll their eyes when everything critical of Israel is screamed as antisemitism.
 
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ADL a pro-Israel rightwing group that intentionally equates criticism of Israel with actual antisemitism. Their 'Mamdani Monitor' is ridiculous. They made a hotline after he was elected to report on antisemitism. The guy is a fierce critic of Israel and AIPAC, but in no way antisemitic.

ADL also equates anti-Zionism with antisemitism. So one can't criticize Zionism, a political and nationalist ideology, without being an antisemite.

ADL supported Trump's deporting pro-Palestinian activists - simply for political speech for criticizing Israel. It's hard to take a group seriously that supports human rights of one group but supports totally shafting another.



It's a real problem. Actual antisemitism is a real problem, but it's getting lost in the noise as people are starting to roll their eyes when everything critical of Israel is screamed as antisemitism.
And the Israeli govt has a lot to be criticized for.
 
mitch, your study is flawed and you should have actually looked at the data.


it was a study from Sweden. Race was not a factor.

what was?

Male and mental health.

Persistence in violence was associated with male sex (OR 2.5), personality disorder (OR 2.3), violent crime conviction before age 19 (OR 2.0), drug-related offenses (OR 1.9), nonviolent criminality (OR 1.9), substance use disorder (OR 1.9), and major mental disorder (OR 1.3).

Conclusions​

The majority of violent crimes are perpetrated by a small number of persistent violent offenders, typically males, characterized by early onset of violent criminality, substance abuse, personality disorders, and nonviolent criminality.
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what is also consistent with crime - besides being male and prior offender - is socioeconomic class. concentrating poverty - that included "official" government policy such as redlining - has lead to pockets of racially specific groups in major cities.

squeeze any type of minority in to a small area with limited options of getting out in a poverty stricken area is always going to lead to increased crime. (fwiw, chinatown and even little italy have higher crime rates than the US average).


in addition, the firearm homicide rate fails to note that most of the US black homicides are black on black deaths with guns initially purchased legally.


if one wanted to "fix" this problem, then one would look into improving access of inner city youth to avenues to improving socioeconomic status outside of sports.

you know, things like DEI.
 
Duct, that is trend seen all over the world. It is a very small number of ppl who commit the majority of the crimes. Repeated offenders.
 
The communists who were elected in NYC who hate Jews and scream “free Palestine”.

Whoever claimed I made racist comments needs a mirror.
nobody hates jews, they hate zionists, equating both is racist. Plenty of beautiful jewish people who condemn israel policies get ostracized by right wing jewish organizations. You spreading this filth on a medical forum is not needed.
 
No, there is a real problem with anti-semitism in America. It’s why there are security guards posted outside every Jewish congregation school. Mass shooting at Tree of Life was not that long ago. It’s foolish and shameful to ignore that.
 
something I dislike about all religions is that they need to follow everything they believe. Hate comes from that. Islam, Jews, Catholics etc have there own morals and think they are right. I believe religion should be used to motivate themselves to do better in the world and love everyone. Now in days every religion just brings hate.

Example is the world. We got Jews again Islam. Or Christianity against Islam and now Jews. All this stuff is dumb we all going to die anyways and no one knows where we going after
 
Duct, that is trend seen all over the world. It is a very small number of ppl who commit the majority of the crimes. Repeated offenders.
And as he said this study suggest that it is males, the mentally ill, and those using drugs.

Our treatment (or lack of treatment) of the mentally ill is another long story.

Concerning illicit drug use, whites and blacks have a nearly identical rate of illicit drug use. Yet blacks are arrested for drug charges about 25% of the time with being only 12-14% of the population.
 
And as he said this study suggest that it is males, the mentally ill, and those using drugs.

Our treatment (or lack of treatment) of the mentally ill is another long story.

Concerning illicit drug use, whites and blacks have a nearly identical rate of illicit drug use. Yet blacks are arrested for drug charges about 25% of the time with being only 12-14% of the population.

Agree mental illness is criminally under treated in the US. The answer to the last part is clearly racism.
 
The descent into socialism will continue if we allow AI to take over white collar jobs.

I was listening to a little bit about Alan Greenspan since he just died. Apparently he was good friends with Ayn Rand and applied a lot of her philosophies to his approach to the market. Explains a lot.
Which Ayn Rand books have you read that leads you to say that?
 
Your missing the point Memphis is democratic. And who’s making the most crime blacks and Hispanics. All these socialism bs will make it worst bc it will get more incentives to these people. Free stuff. These people need an education, work abd just change there way of living. There culture is the worst.
Can you elaborate on the Hispanic data and crime? That's a large diverse group.

There's a big difference between immigrant Hispanics vs those born here. If those born here commit substantially more crime, what is it about being US born that leads to an increase crime rate?

I'm not Hispanic.
 
The original comment was that crimes are a blue state issue and that race itself is a big decider of who commits crime. I sorry but this is false.
Whether a demographic group accounts for the majority of crime in a specific city depends on local factors and a city's partisan leadership does not determine its overall crime rate. Criminologists consistently emphasize that crime is nonpartisan and primarily driven by structural inequalities, concentrated poverty, and local economic disparities rather than political affiliation.

Extensive research, including a study on the 100 largest U.S. cities, found no evidence that mayoral partisanship dictates overall crime rates or drives differences in arrest patterns. A report on the 21st-century murder crisis indicates that violent crime trends are far more tied to underlying socioeconomic factors than to whether a city votes for Republicans or Democrats.

Nationwide, Black Americans and other minority groups are disproportionately overrepresented in violent crime arrests and victimization relative to their share of the total U.S. population. However, sociologists and criminal justice organizations note that this is heavily linked to spatially concentrated urban poverty, historical segregation, and unequal resource distribution, not race itself.

That is all I am saying.
Do you honestly feel that in today's day and age they can say anything else?

Is IQ a risk factor for committing crime? Is IQ a risk factor for remaining in poverty? Do different racial groups differ in IQ scores?

These are reasonable questions? Do you think academics are free to study these important questions?

These conversations are important but make many Americans uncomfortable.
 
Haha trust in metropolitan areas it’s all Hispanics and blacks doing the crime. You don’t find data bc they don’t report lol. Cops on these areas can’t even respond to majory of crimes Bc there not funded or not enough cops. All the blacks and brown go to different areas to do the crime. Back in the day they used to report anything taht was crime such as robbing a store for candy. Now they don’t report a homeless person playing with himself in the streets. **** is crazy.

I bet you if they put only white and asain in these areas less crime will happen. Race with crime might not be on the data Bc these politicians hide what’s really happening.
There is a lot of data on race and crime straight from the FBI. It's easily accessible and interesting.
 
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nobody hates jews, they hate zionists, equating both is racist. Plenty of beautiful jewish people who condemn israel policies get ostracized by right wing jewish organizations. You spreading this filth on a medical forum is not needed.
So you hate the Israeli government. Got it. But having broad hate against israel affects innocent Jews. Apparently the left cannot differentiate. These same people hate America. They hate Trump. They hate capitalism. They hate millionaires and billionaires. The left and their proxies are screaming free Palestine, but not free Palestine from Hamas. I personally cannot hate the left enough, but I don’t choose violence or fascism.

 
I understand your concerns. I do. But the facts are that crime in NYC is at the lowest since the stat was being records and it is much lower per capital that cities such as Tulsa and Jacksonville in solid red states with local republican leaders.
I think it’s due to the nationwide crack down on illegals and maybe the FBI. Plenty of theories regarding statistics. I don’t think it’s due to the mayor. He’s only been in office for a few months.
 
I think it’s due to the nationwide crack down on illegals and maybe the FBI. Plenty of theories regarding statistics. I don’t think it’s due to the mayor. He’s only been in office for a few months.
Why the crackdown on illegals? Do illegals commit more or less crime than the average US citizen? If illegals commit less crime on average, deporting them would increase crime per capita, not decrease it.
 
So you hate the Israeli government. Got it. But having broad hate against israel affects innocent Jews. Apparently the left cannot differentiate. These same people hate America. They hate Trump. They hate capitalism. They hate millionaires and billionaires. The left and their proxies are screaming free Palestine, but not free Palestine from Hamas. I personally cannot hate the left enough, but I don’t choose violence or fascism.


I don't follow. Was it not just said criticism of Israel and their government is not antisemitism?

I don't care to send billions to Israel. I don't care for the majority of our elected officials to visit Israel on behalf of the pro-Israel lobby. I don't care for AIPAC and allies to dump tens of millions in Congressional races through shell PACs using misleading ads on domestic issues that have zero to do with Israel (except the candidate is critical of Israel). I don't care to be involved in an Iran war due to Israeli special interests.

I don't care for Hamas, but we aren't sending them money, and their lobby isn't interfering in local issues.
 
There illegal so it’s a crime dud ???!
The conversation regards crime in NYC. Being in this country illegally is a violation of federal law, not the law of the state or city of NY. Can you tell me which code of NY illegals are violating by being here "illegally?"

Silly discussion anyway as you know that the conversation refers to violent crime, etc in NYC, not immigration crime.

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So back to the original point.

Do illegal immigrants commit more or less crime than the average American or NY'er?
What does the data show?


These are very straightforward questions. Should be easy to find.

If they commit less crime, deporting them would lead to an increase in crime per capita since the average would now increase and vice versa. Can we at least agree on that?

You may want illegals out, which is fine, but it's important to try and be honest about the things we post.

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There is a group that is disproportionally responsible for violent crimes in NYC but it isn't illegal immigrants. Needless to say the reasons for this can be debated.
 
The conversation regards crime in NYC. Being in this country illegally is a violation of federal law, not the law of the state or city of NY. Can you tell me which code of NY illegals are violating by being here "illegally?"

Silly discussion anyway as you know that the conversation refers to violent crime, etc in NYC, not immigration crime.

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So back to the original point.

Do illegal immigrants commit more or less crime than the average American or NY'er?
What does the data show?


These are very straightforward questions. Should be easy to find.

If they commit less crime, deporting them would lead to an increase in crime per capita since the average would now increase and vice versa. Can we at least agree on that?

You may want illegals out, which is fine, but it's important to try and be honest about the things we post.

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There is a group that is disproportionally responsible for violent crimes in NYC but it isn't illegal immigrants. Needless to say the reasons for this can be debated.
What kind of stupid nonsense are you contorting yourself into?
Illegal federally. End game.
 
What kind of stupid nonsense are you contorting yourself into?
Illegal federally. End game.
Kindly review what this conversation is about. I'll help emphasize to make it easier for your caliber:

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Post:
"But the facts are that crime in NYC is at the lowest since the stat was being records and it is much lower per capital that cities such as Tulsa and Jacksonville in solid red states with local republican leaders."

Response: "I think it’s due to the nationwide crack down on illegals and maybe the FBI. Plenty of theories regarding statistics. I don’t think it’s due to the mayor. He’s only been in office for a few months."


Thesis: The deportation of illegal immigrants led to a decrease in crime in NYC
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I'll ask for the third time:

Do illegal immigrants commit more or less crime than the average American or NY'er?
What does the data show?


These are very straightforward questions. Should be easy to find.

If they commit less crime, deporting them would lead to an increase in crime per capita since the average would now increase and vice versa. Can we at least agree on that?

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...and again, for the third time, you'll refuse to answer
 
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Kindly review what this conversation is about. I'll help emphasize to make it easier for your caliber:

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Post:
"But the facts are that crime in NYC is at the lowest since the stat was being records and it is much lower per capital that cities such as Tulsa and Jacksonville in solid red states with local republican leaders."

Response: "I think it’s due to the nationwide crack down on illegals and maybe the FBI. Plenty of theories regarding statistics. I don’t think it’s due to the mayor. He’s only been in office for a few months."


Thesis: The deportation of illegal immigrants led to a decrease in crime in NYC
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I'll ask for the third time:

Do illegal immigrants commit more or less crime than the average American or NY'er?
What does the data show?


These are very straightforward questions. Should be easy to find.

If they commit less crime, deporting them would lead to an increase in crime per capita since the average would now increase and vice versa. Can we at least agree on that?

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...and again, for the third time, you'll refuse to answer
Lowkey we have already Americans doing crime especially minority groups. We can’t offer to have illegals doing crime. Just with that conclusion they need to be out. We need to protect our people. Then probably the minority groups will behave. Minority group I refer to blacks and browns(Latino)
 
Lowkey we have already Americans doing crime especially minority groups. We can’t offer to have illegals doing crime. Just with that conclusion they need to be out. We need to protect our people. Then probably the minority groups will behave. Minority group I refer to blacks and browns(Latino)
What is lowkey?

You will always have criminals in every group, no matter what. It's just human nature.

..but with your argument, since we're dealing with groups as a whole, we should concentrate our police forces on the groups that cause the most crime. Unfortunately for you, since you claim to be Hispanic and I'll assume you're also a US citizen, we should focus on you, since your particular group causes more crime than the average American and also the average illegal immigrant, since on average this group tends to cause less crime than the average American.

So, you must agree that if we need to start deporting groups that commit violent crimes, you would be one of the first to go, since per capita, your group (US citizens of Hispanic heritage) commits fewer crimes than blacks but more crimes than whites, which commit more crimes than Asians.

Maybe we should just have Chinese and Jews running around here. Damn it, can't do that, we don't like those two groups either. Better idea, let's just get rid of everyone, then there will be no crime.

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...and here's the FBI data that you said didn't exist if you want to play around with the data. Have a field day.

 
What is lowkey?

You will always have criminals in every group, no matter what. It's just human nature.

..but with your argument, since we're dealing with groups as a whole, we should concentrate our police forces on the groups that cause the most crime. Unfortunately for you, since you claim to be Hispanic and I'll assume you're also a US citizen, we should focus on you, since your particular group causes more crime than the average American and also the average illegal immigrant, since on average this group tends to cause less crime than the average American.

So, you must agree that if we need to start deporting groups that commit violent crimes, you would be one of the first to go, since per capita, your group (US citizens of Hispanic heritage) commits fewer crimes than blacks but more crimes than whites, which commit more crimes than Asians.

Maybe we should just have Chinese and Jews running around here. Damn it, can't do that, we don't like those two groups either. Better idea, let's just get rid of everyone, then there will be no crime.

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...and here's the FBI data that you said didn't exist if you want to play around with the data. Have a field day.

I'd be ok with Chinese and Jews. But need some Italian and Mexican. And Sushi. And Pho. And Greek, Pakistani, etc. Culture. Tradition, food.
 
What is lowkey?

You will always have criminals in every group, no matter what. It's just human nature.

..but with your argument, since we're dealing with groups as a whole, we should concentrate our police forces on the groups that cause the most crime. Unfortunately for you, since you claim to be Hispanic and I'll assume you're also a US citizen, we should focus on you, since your particular group causes more crime than the average American and also the average illegal immigrant, since on average this group tends to cause less crime than the average American.

So, you must agree that if we need to start deporting groups that commit violent crimes, you would be one of the first to go, since per capita, your group (US citizens of Hispanic heritage) commits fewer crimes than blacks but more crimes than whites, which commit more crimes than Asians.

Maybe we should just have Chinese and Jews running around here. Damn it, can't do that, we don't like those two groups either. Better idea, let's just get rid of everyone, then there will be no crime.

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...and here's the FBI data that you said didn't exist if you want to play around with the data. Have a field day.

No no I actually acknowledge that my peopel are causing a lot of crime. I agree they should go after this people to the fullest including blacks. Trust me I grew up in the ghetto of la and all the crime that happens in good middle and upper class neighborhoods come from low life’s in ghettos. They go and rob or just look for trouble. I feel the best way forward is to in force laws and don’t be empathetic to a group of people. If an immigrant broke a law get out of USA. If an immigrant isn’t assimilating get them out, trust my parents are immigrants and they believe the same stuff. Growing up all immigrants knew that if they get caught then they will go home. They came here for a mission to make money and have stuff in their country if they got deported. But now they think the government will safe them. All I’m asking is to enforce laws and to manage this immigrantion problems in our border states.