92% of Republicans, 78% of independents and 58% of Democrats believe crime is rising, as crime rates plummet
Most people think the U.S. crime rate is rising. They're wrong.
https://1ft.io/proxy?q=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/people-think-crime-rate-up-actually-down-rcna129585
Almost 80 percent of Americans, and 92 percent of Republicans, think crime has gone up. It actually fell in 2023. An expert blames a familiar culprit for the mistaken impression.
If people aren't panicked, they wouldn't elect panic-pandering politicians, so there must always be a panic — crime, drugs, commies, libruls, etc.
Cops are pretty racist though. Like systemically the racism is fueled off of fear of crime. If cops can convince people that crime is on the rise, they get money to do more racism. And the entire system is designed that way. So... take what your cop relatives say with a grain of salt.
This isn't to say that your relatives are racist, btw, but instead its to say that the institution is designed to oppress, and thrives off fearmongering about rising crime.