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KwisatzHaderack | 1 year ago

Here’s an article basically saying that crime is declining in Sweden and claims of migrant crime are exaggerated: https://www.thedailybeast.com/john-oliver-unloads-on-damaged...

> commented Oliver, although the segment wasn’t even focused on immigrants and Sweden, a country whose crime rate has steadily declined since 2005

> Selin completed a study recently focusing on negative news reports about Sweden’s acceptance of refugees. It found numerous exaggerations and distortions, including false reports that Sharia law was predominant in parts of the country and that some immigrant-heavy neighborhoods were considered ‘no-go zones’ by the police.

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CRConrad|1 year ago

Yeah sure, the total crime rate may be declining.

That's because it's comprised of everything else, like shoplifting kids and gangs of bicycle-stealing thieves in student towns like Uppsala.

"Oh yippee, we had six hundred fewer cases of shoplifting and two hundred fewer cases of bicycle theft, and only two hundred more cases of deadly gun violence and one hundred more cases of deadly use of explosives -- minus eight hundred, plus three hundred, a net reduction of five hundred cases of crime!"

Don't fall for the obvious white-washing.