ER301 t1_jc7tn4e wrote on March 14, 2023 at 5:50 PM

Reply to comment by marcsmart in Teen brutally attacked in NYC subway station; hate crime probed: NYPD by OpinionPoop

I’m pretty sure back when you were sleeping on trains, stuff like this was still happening. You just may not have known about it, because we just weren’t as hyper aware of everything back then.

BenHogan1971 t1_jc91fb8 wrote on March 15, 2023 at 3:49 AM

this is an underappreciated part of commenting on crime in the current age. if you look at the crime numbers in the 80's and 90's it's like comparing apples and....cumquats. the difference is that in 2023, we have Reddit, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, etc, ad infinitum. anyway, this story is sad, and I feel for the kid