Crimes rates have not been flat for the last 50 years. Don't you read any newspapers?I see you've read Freakonomics. If you look at this link, violent crime has been virtually flat since 1960-2010. That's 50 years. You didn't provide any citation for your information, I will.
Crime has been dropping steadily since the late 80s, about 15-16 years after Roe vs. Wade (1973) started reducing the number of unwanted teenage boys who would be reaching the start of their criminal careers.
But before that, crime had been steadily rising.
So, if crime is now back down to the rate it was at in 1965, that doesn't mean it was flat for 50 years.
Climbing to a peak and then dropping off is not "flat" in any sense of the word.
And the War on Cops graphic is idiotic. It goes back past 1875.
The War on Cops only refers to an alleged rise in attacks on cops that has occurred in the last year or so.
I'm not saying its true that there is a War on Cops. I'm just saying the graph is utterly useless. Originally Posted by ExNYer
http://leftcall.com/4557/u-s-crime-r...-surprise-you/