The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

Alex · 05-10-2006, 05:16 PM

The numbers are relatively easy to debunk as obviously silly. Somehow I doubt the LA County Sherrif keeps detailed stats on the day in which tagging occurs. I seriously doubt they have details tagging statistics at all.

Also the murder number is assinine on its face. You can't really measure that on a day by day basis. In 2005 LA County had 433 murders. Which works out to 1.19 murders per day. A 28% reduction would mean that 0.85 people were murdered on that day.

The only place on the intenret I can find this posted is on an NRO message board where it was posted and labeled an urban legend.

05-10-2006, 05:16 PM	#10
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	The numbers are relatively easy to debunk as obviously silly. Somehow I doubt the LA County Sherrif keeps detailed stats on the day in which tagging occurs. I seriously doubt they have details tagging statistics at all. Also the murder number is assinine on its face. You can't really measure that on a day by day basis. In 2005 LA County had 433 murders. Which works out to 1.19 murders per day. A 28% reduction would mean that 0.85 people were murdered on that day. The only place on the intenret I can find this posted is on an NRO message board where it was posted and labeled an urban legend.
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