This means that this attack is either a strong statistical fluke, or it means violent crime is increasing since even congressmen who are (a) few and (b) presumably better protected than typical citizens are affected.
Well, Bureau of Justice statistics show that rates of simple assault have been increasing recently. I didn’t need to read about the Congresswoman being assaulted to be convinced of that; I have much stronger evidence available. You were offering this incident as evidence that the “knockout game” is a thing, I thought, not just evidence that violent crime is up. After all, the latter hypothesis is entirely compatible with this just being a mugging.
Are you suggesting that a knockout game epidemic is the best explanation for the increase in simple assault?
Not many more than one, I’d imagine. Quite possibly just one. What should I be inferring from this?
This means that this attack is either a strong statistical fluke, or it means violent crime is increasing since even congressmen who are (a) few and (b) presumably better protected than typical citizens are affected.
Well, Bureau of Justice statistics show that rates of simple assault have been increasing recently. I didn’t need to read about the Congresswoman being assaulted to be convinced of that; I have much stronger evidence available. You were offering this incident as evidence that the “knockout game” is a thing, I thought, not just evidence that violent crime is up. After all, the latter hypothesis is entirely compatible with this just being a mugging.
Are you suggesting that a knockout game epidemic is the best explanation for the increase in simple assault?