Boston crime thread - all posts go here. (Boston: safety, car)

[massnative71]

Originally Posted by Lampert

https://www.ipsos.com/ipsos-mori/en-...ote-approaches



Places that received large numbers of migrants from Eastern Europe saw a significant increase in anti-European sentiment after 2004, measured by vote shares for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in elections to the European Parliament.
Does Migration Cause Extreme Voting? | Thiemo Fetzer
(UKIP voters voted 95% to leave)

Not one word about Poles, bud.

[Lampert]

Originally Posted by massnative71

Not one word about Poles, bud.

Eastern Europeans are in large part Poles.
There were 60k Poles in the UK there were 700k in 2015. For comparison there were 467k Indians in the UK in 2001, there were 776k Indians in the UK in 2015. In 2019 there were 900k Poles, more than Indians.
The 2nd Eastern European country in the list is Lithuania at 115k.

Again, I already posted links, you aren't bringing any sort of source. I don't have much else to add.

[Lampert]

Originally Posted by lrfox

He went with Peace Corps. Which paid for the flight and not much else. He got a job there after his term was up. But none of that matters, the point was that you’re treated better in most places if you’re white. Nobody can see your bank account balance, but the assumption is that you’re wealthier, more successful, and your presence is beneficial.

400$ a year.

You are American, you are not white. The assumptions people make on you outside the US are based on you be American (and they are right btw, your brother wasn't living on 400$ a year).
Try going around as a white Albanian.

Originally Posted by lrfox

Brexit was largely about complex issues pertaining to sovereignty and immigration. Not “The Poles.” That’s reductive and nonsensical.

Yes Immigration is "the Poles". In 20 years Poles went from a small community to the largest foreign born population in the UK. Leaving the EU means mostly curtailing immigration from other European countries.

Anyway. I already posted a bunch of links, I don't have much to add.

[massnative71]

Originally Posted by Lampert

Eastern Europeans are in large part Poles.
There were 60k Poles in the UK there were 700k in 2015. For comparison there were 467k Indians in the UK in 2001, there were 776k Indians in the UK in 2015. In 2019 there were 900k Poles, more than Indians.
The 2nd Eastern European country in the list is Lithuania at 115k.

Again, I already posted links, you aren't bringing any sort of source. I don't have much else to add.

I asked for data concluding your assertion that the pro-Brexit vote was motivated primarily by Polish immigration. It either exists, or it doesn't.

[CaseyB]

Stay on topic, please.

[bigfatdude]

Four shootings yesterday, sounds like a rough summer ahead indeed! And speaking of defunding the police, each case of gunshot wound emergency surgery costs the taxpayers six or even seven figures if shooter's aim was better than average Take that number, multiply by several hundred we get here every year and just imagine what else could be done with all that money...

[msRB311]

Originally Posted by bigfatdude

Four shootings yesterday, sounds like a rough summer ahead indeed! And speaking of defunding the police, each case of gunshot wound emergency surgery costs the taxpayers six or even seven figures if shooter's aim was better than average Take that number, multiply by several hundred we get here every year and just imagine what else could be done with all that money...

And people complain about police OT, lol. I feel much better having it go to the gunshot wounds of criminals. Money well spent for sure.

There were actually 8 shootings:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/whdh.co...shootings/amp/

[bigfatdude]

Looks like two more which brings the total to ten, probably around a million taxpayer dollars down the drain. Just to put things in perspective, two weekends like this one would have paid for a brand new iPad for every student enrolled in BPS.

Originally Posted by msRB311

And people complain about police OT, lol. I feel much better having it go to the gunshot wounds of criminals. Money well spent for sure.

There were actually 8 shootings:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/whdh.co...shootings/amp/

[GeePee]

Originally Posted by msRB311

And people complain about police OT, lol.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/whdh.co...shootings/amp/

ummmm. I think people mostly complain about police FRAUDULENT OT

[msRB311]

Originally Posted by GeePee

ummmm. I think people mostly complain about police FRAUDULENT OT

Nope...doesnt matter if it's fraudulent or not. People get angry when they see a cop making more than 150k a year. They seem to think they don't deserve it and they should be making like 70k a year at most.