On: U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests

[themaninthedark]

I'm sure that was hyperbole, CHAZ/CHOP has 2 deaths and 4 wounded in a 24 day period.

So the murder rate is 2/24=0.0833_

Somalia had a murder rate of 599 deaths in 2015. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intention...

599/365=1.641

That being said, at least 1 of the killings at the CHAZ/CHOP was by the self proclaimed security forces. As far as I know no one has ever been identified or held accountable. If the idea is that you do not need police/ want to hold them to greater accountability because they are violent and kill innocent people but your replacement does the same thing...then what is the point?

[bumby → themaninthedark]

Murder rates are typically reported on a per capita basis, not per day rate.

Siri is reporting CHAZ had a population of 80(??) and Somolia a population of 15MM. The respective per capita rates would be 0.025 and ~3.99e-5

[themaninthedark → bumby]

I apologize, some how I misread the parent as saying that there were more murders per day....

I am not sure how I misread that.

[bumby → themaninthedark]

No reason to apologize, just trying to add some context/clarity

[viridian → themaninthedark]

Murder rate is a per capita statistic. Larger populations have more of all types of crime, almost by definition.

[themaninthedark → viridian]

I know that, for some reason I had misread the parent as saying that more murders occurred per day. My brain may have translated rate as change over time....

[8note → themaninthedark]

At least one of them was also by a cop's buddy, who drove in, shot somebody then wandered over to the cops for a high five and to be arrested.