Well, well, well—looks like the FBI is playing the revision game again. In what can only be described as “stealth mode,” they’ve quietly changed their data on violent crime for 2022, reversing a decrease that Democrats proudly paraded around for the better part of a year.
Remember when we were all “fact-checked” into oblivion for suggesting crime might actually be on the rise? Turns out, those “final” numbers were anything but final. According to Real Clear Investigations, violent crime didn’t decrease by 2.1%, as originally claimed—it increased by 4.5%! Quite the pivot, wouldn’t you say?
Let’s break this down: back in September 2023, the FBI released its much-anticipated data on violent crime for the year 2022, and—surprise!—they told us it had decreased. Democrats, always looking for a win, grabbed those numbers and plastered them everywhere, from campaign speeches to debate stages, declaring that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were restoring law and order. This “decrease in crime” became one of their go-to rebuttals whenever Republicans, especially Donald Trump, brought up the very real concerns of rising crime in our cities.
But hold the applause, folks. The FBI has now revised those numbers to show a significant increase in violent crime for 2022. And when we say “quietly revised,” we mean it. No big press releases, no public apologies for getting it so wrong, and certainly no headlines in the usual left-leaning outlets. The new numbers show thousands more murders, rapes, and robberies than previously reported. And the kicker? The FBI’s new method of generating crime statistics is more about guesswork than actual data.
There it is: FBI “revised” violent crime data, now reporting that instead of a 2.1% drop in violent crime in 2022, it was actually a 4.5% increase. https://t.co/Bvbg0wKy1A pic.twitter.com/h6nfjRRlUb
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) October 16, 2024
That’s right—around 40% of police departments are no longer even submitting their crime reports to the FBI. Instead of being upfront about it, the Bureau has been relying on estimates and filling in gaps for cities that aren’t reporting. And wouldn’t you know it, the “estimates” they relied on seem to have conveniently favored the narrative of the Biden administration, at least until now.
Here’s the real problem: for over a year, we’ve been told violent crime is under control, that Republicans are exaggerating the issue for political gain. Meanwhile, anyone who actually lives in a major city could tell you that something didn’t add up. Neighborhoods are less safe, police forces are stretched thin, and violent crime is on the rise. Now, with the FBI’s latest revisions, we see just how far off the mark their original data was.
And before anyone tries to say these kinds of revisions are normal—spoiler alert—they aren’t. According to Carl Moody from William & Mary College, such massive changes in crime data only started in the Biden-Harris years. Between 2004 and 2020, revisions were either nonexistent or minor. But starting in 2021, these large-scale revisions have suddenly become the norm. Funny how that works, isn’t it?
So, will the media or the Democrats acknowledge that their talking points about crime being “down” were based on flawed data? Don’t hold your breath. For them, this little detail is just an inconvenient blip, not worth correcting in public. After all, when the facts don’t fit the narrative, you can always count on some selective silence.
But hey, we’re not supposed to notice, right?
