yea thet got the boj to fudge the fbi criome numbers for them the dirty dogs
Mhm. So if you extrapolate on Media Matters' reported statistics, illegals are actually much less likely to commit crimes than American citizens.
I totally buy that.
So, if we granted them amne*COUGH* I mean a path to citizenship, then they'd all become American citizens and therefore more likely to commit crime. That's a big +1 for the status quo, right there. Or, maybe numbers can lie as well as people can.
It is beyond argument that liberal "news sources" tend to cherry-pick data which reinforces which point they wish to make. Media Matters is not a credible source for any information beyond the reporter's own name.
So what has the national crime rate been doing in the same period? I'd be willing to bet a jelly doughnut that the drops in border-state crime levels have paralleled a national drop.
Your crime comparison website does not seem to correspond with more detailed numbers. I'm a fan of City-Data for crime statistics and although they are not as current as they could be(they only have numbers through 2008), they do offer more than an apparently arbitrary "based on FBI data" 1-10 rating without any explanation or time frame.
Compare
Atlanta and
Phoenix.
Their bar graphs also seem to show that while Atlanta's crime rate has dropped precipitously over the ten years of reporting, Phoenix's has stayed pretty steady(although there was a sizable drop through 2007 and 2008).
You're pretty bothered by the deputy's violation(which I do not defend) of courtroom rules. Out of curiosity, are you bothered more, less, or about the same amount by the home invasion perpetrated by members of the Mexican Army, wearing uniforms and carrying full-auto carbines?
