Paul Krugman Dismantles the Entire Premise of Trump's Candidacy @alternet:
"The heads of fact-checkers throughout the land exploded last week, as speakers at the RNC in Cleveland piled lie upon lie upon piles of lies. The favorite of all these lies is the one about crime running rampant and Americans in general being so very unsafe. It's just not true."
Showing posts with label Crime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crime. Show all posts
July 24, 2016
Trump Spent A Lot Of His Speech Fear-Mongering About Crime. These 3 Charts Prove Him Wrong.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/07/21/3800968/trump-spent-lot-speech-fear-mongering-crime-3-charts-prove-wrong/
"Donald Trump wants you to think that America is a scary, scary place. In his speech accepting the Republican Party’s presidential nomination, Trump claims that “decades of progress made in bringing down crime are now being reversed by this Administration’s rollback of criminal enforcement.” He unleashes a blizzard of cherry-picked statistics all directed at one purpose — convincing you that crime has run amok and that he is the only thing that can save you. Don’t believe him. The reality is that crime isn’t just on a downward trend, but it has been for a very long time."
"Donald Trump wants you to think that America is a scary, scary place. In his speech accepting the Republican Party’s presidential nomination, Trump claims that “decades of progress made in bringing down crime are now being reversed by this Administration’s rollback of criminal enforcement.” He unleashes a blizzard of cherry-picked statistics all directed at one purpose — convincing you that crime has run amok and that he is the only thing that can save you. Don’t believe him. The reality is that crime isn’t just on a downward trend, but it has been for a very long time."
July 22, 2016
Donald Trump Tries To Trick Americans Into Believing Crime Is Spiking
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-crime-stats_us_579153cae4b00c9876ced6e8?section
"every full year Obama has been in office has been safer than any year under President George W. Bush"
"every full year Obama has been in office has been safer than any year under President George W. Bush"
July 1, 2016
The huge Donald Trump story the media is ignoring
The huge Donald Trump story the media is ignoring
"Donald Trump has done business with major organized-crime figures and performed favors for their associates"
"Donald Trump has done business with major organized-crime figures and performed favors for their associates"
May 26, 2016
Exposing Trump's Decades of Deep Ties to Organized Crime @alternet
Exposing Trump's Decades of Deep Ties to Organized Crime @alternet:
"Trump’s connection to mob figures has an evidence trail that runs through federal prosecutor offices and into federal courtrooms, where his associations are part of the legal record."
"Trump’s connection to mob figures has an evidence trail that runs through federal prosecutor offices and into federal courtrooms, where his associations are part of the legal record."
Why Aren't Trump's Mob Ties A Bigger Story?
Why Aren't Trump's Mob Ties A Bigger Story?
"Trump’s career has benefited from a decades-long and largely successful effort to limit and deflect law enforcement investigations into his dealings with top mobsters, organized crime associates, labor fixers, corrupt union leaders, con artists and even a one-time drug trafficker whom Trump retained as the head of his personal helicopter service. Johnston gives us stories like this: In Atlantic City, Trump built on property where mobsters controlled parts of the adjoining land needed for parking. He paid $1.1 million for about a 5,000-square-foot lot that had been bought five years earlier for just $195,000. The sellers were Salvy Testa and Frank Narducci Jr., a pair of hitmen for Atlantic City mob boss Nicky Scarfo who were known as the Young Executioners. There's a lot more where that came from, including a summary of the many shady aspects of Trump Tower's construction (concrete purchased from mob bosses, mobsters helping to conceal Trump's use of undocumented immigrant demolition workers, etc., etc.)."
"Trump’s career has benefited from a decades-long and largely successful effort to limit and deflect law enforcement investigations into his dealings with top mobsters, organized crime associates, labor fixers, corrupt union leaders, con artists and even a one-time drug trafficker whom Trump retained as the head of his personal helicopter service. Johnston gives us stories like this: In Atlantic City, Trump built on property where mobsters controlled parts of the adjoining land needed for parking. He paid $1.1 million for about a 5,000-square-foot lot that had been bought five years earlier for just $195,000. The sellers were Salvy Testa and Frank Narducci Jr., a pair of hitmen for Atlantic City mob boss Nicky Scarfo who were known as the Young Executioners. There's a lot more where that came from, including a summary of the many shady aspects of Trump Tower's construction (concrete purchased from mob bosses, mobsters helping to conceal Trump's use of undocumented immigrant demolition workers, etc., etc.)."
December 18, 2015
Donald Trump Frantically Trying To Scrub Mob Ties From Internet (VIDEO)
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/12/11/donald-trump-frantically-trying-to-scrub-mob-ties-from-internet-video/
"Sater pleaded guilty in 1998 to one count of racketeering for his role in a $40 million stock fraud scheme involving the Genovese and Bonanno crime families, according to court records. Prosecutors called the operation a pump-and-dump scheme, in which insiders manipulate the price of obscure stocks and then sell them to hapless investors at inflated prices."
"Sater pleaded guilty in 1998 to one count of racketeering for his role in a $40 million stock fraud scheme involving the Genovese and Bonanno crime families, according to court records. Prosecutors called the operation a pump-and-dump scheme, in which insiders manipulate the price of obscure stocks and then sell them to hapless investors at inflated prices."
November 21, 2015
Take a Wild Guess About Why Koch Brothers Got So Interested in 'Criminal Justice' Reform @alternet
Take a Wild Guess About Why Koch Brothers Got So Interested in 'Criminal Justice' Reform @alternet
"House Republicans are ensuring that corporate America also will get what it wants: tougher legal hurdles for prosecutors to go after white-collar crimes."
"House Republicans are ensuring that corporate America also will get what it wants: tougher legal hurdles for prosecutors to go after white-collar crimes."
August 28, 2012
Crime-Ridden New Jersey City Busts Police Union To Save Money
Crime-Ridden New Jersey City Busts Police Union To Save Money: A New Jersey city often described as the most dangerous in the country will no longer have its own police force, as a crunched state budget has intensified an effort to reduce costs by busting the local police union. Camden, New Jersey ranks among the most crime-ridden cities in America — in 2008, it had [...]/p
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