on October 1, 2015 in World News
New FBI Crime Report Omits Kidnapping and Drug Activity, Paints Misleading Picture of Border
New FBI Crime Report Omits Kidnapping and Drug Activity, Paints Misleading Picture of Border by Sylvia Longmire This week, the Federal Bureau of Investigation released its annual Uniform Crime Report (UCR), which summarizes a year’s worth of violent crime statistics from across the country. At a glance, it shows that violent crime is down across the country and in the State of Texas. However, the data used to make these assessments doesn’t include kidnappings or specify what crimes are drug- or cartel-related, painting a skewed picture of everyday life along some parts of the southwest border. According to a Houston… View Article
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