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bpodgursky on Nov 17, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: New Documents Confirm Police Vehicles’ Real-Time A...

Crime rates in the United States (both violent and property) have been dropping for decades-- variety of charts here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States.

I could hunt for more original sources but I promise they are not at all hard to find, it is a very well-established trend.

SwellJoe on Nov 17, 2013 [–]

The trend began before 9/11 and the modern US surveillance state as we know it today began, and has actually slowed since the Patriot Act.

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