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Taft_2016 t1_ja8ixvu wrote

God what a hit piece. Violent crime is down. The "Boston Violence" they're describing is 7 homicides this year compared to 3 last year. They're mad because she doesn't show up at more crime scenes for the press.

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EnjoyTheNonsense t1_ja8l1m9 wrote

fatal and non-fatal shootings are up. But none the less this was a complaint about Wu even during the election. The same groups said that she did not go the peace walks and vigils. She was a councilor at large so she was supposed to represent the entire city and some took that to show that she represented places disproportionately.

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BostonUniStudent t1_ja8ncgh wrote

Less bar fist fights and more fatal gunshot wounds could very easily explain those statistics.

While overall incidences of general low level violence have decreased, dead bodies have increased. I wouldn't call that a win for law enforcement.

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Taft_2016 t1_ja8ngd7 wrote

Oh boy, way to chop those data BRIC. 4 more shootings in less than two months is statistical noise.

"Not attending peace walks and vigils" is a different criticism, but also a totally illegitimate one? And you know it is, primarily because she gets just as much criticism for going to too many public events and marches and not "working for the people" or whatnot.

Wu critics don't tend to be terribly consistent, but they're pretty damned loud.

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EnjoyTheNonsense t1_ja8t3sn wrote

Can you show me of an example of Wu being criticized for going to too many peace walks or vigils?

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FuriousAlbino t1_ja99ln6 wrote

Yeah, I am sure the family of the 13 year old that was gunned down will be relieved when I tell them that u/Taft_2016 said that their son’s murder was only “statistical noise”.

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Notorious_mkp t1_jac5z2l wrote

Wu supporters don’t tend to be terribly consistent, but they’re pretty damned loud.

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TouchDownBurrito t1_ja8o11a wrote

It shouldn’t be surprising, it is the herald and Eugene Rivers is a fairly frequent Fox News guest.

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jojenns t1_ja8okt2 wrote

Is channel 5 owned by the Herald or vice versa?

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