Since #Trump pardoned every member of the #J6 mob, 33 out of the approximately 1,500 released have been convicted of other #violent #crimes, a rate of 2.2%.
Elsenet, sumdood is arguing that this is no big deal because, and I quote, "The national violent crime rate is 4.4%." He argues that therefore, J6ers are less violent than the average person. Unfortunately for him (but fortunately for everyone else!) he's not even close.
There were about 1.3 million violent crimes *reported* in the US last year, out of a population of about 330 million. Assuming one criminal and one victim per crime—which isn't necessarily the case, of course, but it's a reasonable approximation—that's a rate of 0.4%, not 4% or more.
The #arrest and #conviction rates are much lower. There are about 500,000 violent crime arrests each year, or 0.15%. I can't find conviction numbers at the moment, but they must be lower than arrest numbers: for convenience, let's say 0.10% of the population, 2/3 of those arrested, are convicted.
2.2% is a lot more than 0.10%. Even a #Republican ought to be able to figure that out.
@medigoth any particular reason this isn't quotable? I was going to add a bit about how people should be following you.
@fatsam I honestly don't know! Possibly a glitch, from my deleting and re-drafting it. Anyway, if you like please feel free to quote it the old-fashioned way, and add a link to my page.
For anyone who's really looking for an excuse to scrub their brain out with bleach and a wire brush:
https://www.facebook.com/ABCNews/posts/pfbid02s53aJhGXJhqrwFQHpsPjvA1s8WbrEWCwAJvh4YXnthKbooBNh5YhQZ79qQmmFQPkl?comment_id=1215287367194640&reply_comment_id=25452008094465859