@thoughtcrime

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In America in 2023, only 57% of homicides were "cleared". This is a shocking failure of justice.

Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/194213/crime-clearance-rate-by-type-in-the-us/

U.S. crime clearance rate by type 2023| Statista

In 2023, murder and manslaughter charges had the highest crime clearance rate in the United States, with 57.8 percent of all cases being cleared by arrest or so-called exceptional means.

Statista

I can't tell you what an incredible headline this is, given the decades(!) of pressure by the U.S. government advocating for technological backdoors, and all it had to take was China breaching some of America's biggest phone networks to get here.

"U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattack." — @kevincollier

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/us-officials-urge-americans-use-encrypted-apps-cyberattack-rcna182694

U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid cyberattack

Amid an unprecedented cyberattack on telecommunications companies such as AT&T and Verizon, U.S. officials have recommended that Americans use encrypted messaging apps to ensure their communications stay hidden from foreign hackers.

NBC News

Reviewing what's publicly announced so far regarding the "assassination attempt" that wasn't keeps leading me back to the same prospect:

The Republicans staged the whole thing.

Musk's mind control cannot be tolerated in a forum that is supposed to be for public free speech. I do not visit x.com.

The phrase "thoughtcrime" comes to mind.

If you think Republicans are "weird", Musk is saying you've committed a thoughtcrime and will be punished (on x.com presumably).

The phrase comes from the book "1984".

#thoughtcrime
#musk
#1984

You know one large gathering of people where guns are NOT allowed?

The NRA national convention.

I wonder why?

Erdogan regime tells Twitter to censor tweets in Turkey (almost certainly those opposing his reelection). Musk says "Hell yes!"

This comports with Twitter's new policy (since Musk took over) to say "Hell yes" to all censorship request from governments.

Mr. "Free Speech" indeed...

Elon Musk, who claimed to be a "free speech absolutist," is censoring tweets in Turkey ahead of critical elections at the request of the autocrats currently in power

binance going with the classic "we were just moving fast and breaking things!" defense

via https://nytimes.com/2023/04/26/technology/binance-crypto-crackdown.html

Binance Faces Mounting Pressure as U.S. Crypto Crackdown Intensifies

The scrutiny on Binance, the giant cryptocurrency exchange, has sent new tremors through a market that is still bruised by the implosion of FTX.

The New York Times

It seems that 25% of Los Angeles Police Department vehicle pursuits result "in a collision that injured or killed innocent bystanders." That's quite a high Friendly Fire rate.

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/l-a-police-pursuits-injure-more-than-1000-people-in-past-5-years-lapd-report/