Kansas City Isn't Really So Dangerous?!?

Local progressive newsies attempt to dial down public frustration with rising local violence that seems to be trending across the metro.

Their contention . . .

PAY NO ATTENTION TO STATS!!! VIOLENT CRIME ISN'T SO BAD FOR EVERYBODY IN KANSAS CITY?!?!

Sure . . . Numbers can be misleading . . . Prez Trump recently fired some lady for posting weak job stats and even Republican supporters admonished him for the move. Here on our silly blog, there's longtime curmudgeons fans in the comments get more than a bit angsty when MAGA figures aren't supported by a deservedly skeptical public . . . Thankfully, we favor our right-wing friends who are more clever and share dank memes & snark instead of constant acrimony.

Nevertheless . . .  

We'll stipulate that stats don't tell the entire story of any trend.

However . . . 

Peer-reviewed numbers that CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE rising crime in KC proper shouldn't be downplayed if only because the info helps people AVOID TROUBLE and realize that public safety is of primary importance to every local voter.

In fairness, here's the report so readers can decide for themselves . . .  

Kansas City was recently dubbed the eighth most dangerous city in America. Local experts want residents to better understand the conditions that drive violent crime — and what will fix them.

2023 was Kansas City’s deadliest year, with 185 homicides. Then, it was ranked eighth on a list of the most dangerous U.S. cities, based on FBI crime reports.

“There’s a statistic that follows the homicide rate, right?” said Dr. Seth Fallik, the chair and associate professor at University of Missouri-Kansas City’s department of criminal justice and criminology department.

“The reality is… that was a community member that was lost. And that qualitative effort to understand that is lost sometimes in a numeric value.”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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