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NPR

Researchers say latest FBI statistics on hate crimes nationwide are flawed : NPR

The FBI annualized collection of data from law enforcement agencies saw 7,262 crimes motivated by race, religion, gender or other factors last year. That's a decrease from 8,263 incidents in 2020. But those numbers offer misleading conclusions as they are drawn from a pool of 3,255 fewer law enforcement agencies.

Only 11,883 agencies out of 18,812 city, state, municipal and tribal law enforcement agencies around the county sent data to the FBI, down from 15,138 in 2020.

Clayton, NY – One of New York’s Two New Urban areas

As of yesterday, New York got two new urban areas in 2020 Urban Areas, which changed the definition of what an urban area is:
  • Clayton, NY
  • Fire Island, NY

https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/geo-areas/urban-rural/2020-ua-facts.html

I bet the people of Clayton must be thrilled that they now live in an urban area. I wonder how they woke to the news that now live in an urban area as of this morning?

Rush Hour

I really find it hard to understand why they call it rush hour when traffic moves so slow… πŸš— πŸš• πŸš™ 🚌 πŸš“ 🚚 πŸš—