"“Crime by Migrants in Germany Increase.”
The headline on the story, buried deep within the Wall Street Journal, was so innocuous it might as well have said, “Nothing to See Here, Folks — Please Move Along.”Despite the mild headline, however, the article by Ruth Brenner was filled with statistics that spun a tale of terror.
From 2015 to 2016, crimes committed by refugees and other migrants to Germany soared by 52.7%, a figure sure to attract attention.
Except it didn’t.
I saw a few references to the stats on conservative websites, but not even the crickets chirped in the mainstream media.
The pure numbers are just as startling: Migrants were charged with 114,238 crimes in 2015 and 174,438 last year.
Meanwhile, crimes committed by German citizens plummeted by 3.4% in the same period.
Despite the drop in misconduct by natives, the country’s overall crime rate was up by 0.7 percent..."
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