there is so much conflicting information about life in the US.
local news/mass culture makes a lot of hay out of violent crime events by minorities, painting urbanized as lawless zones to suburban whites.
a whole contingent of pseudo social scientists point to the decline in "violent crime" rates, which sidesteps a lawless law enforcement system, not to mention the all too real phenomena of people not contacting the authorities due to their a.) uselessness and b.) likelihood of making any situation worse.
i've learned from personal experience not to report jack shit to the cops, because they don't do anything besides try to get you to incriminate yourself about literally anything they feel like dreaming up on the spot. and even if you go through all of it, they still won't file a report even for insurance purposes, unless you climb up their ass about it repeatedly. then it's a coin toss if making them do their job one time will get you put on a list for retaliation.
there is so much conflicting information about life in the US.
local news/mass culture makes a lot of hay out of violent crime events by minorities, painting urbanized as lawless zones to suburban whites.
a whole contingent of pseudo social scientists point to the decline in "violent crime" rates, which sidesteps a lawless law enforcement system, not to mention the all too real phenomena of people not contacting the authorities due to their a.) uselessness and b.) likelihood of making any situation worse.
i've learned from personal experience not to report jack shit to the cops, because they don't do anything besides try to get you to incriminate yourself about literally anything they feel like dreaming up on the spot. and even if you go through all of it, they still won't file a report even for insurance purposes, unless you climb up their ass about it repeatedly. then it's a coin toss if making them do their job one time will get you put on a list for retaliation.