07-01-2025, 12:46 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-01-2025, 01:05 AM by Durian Fiend.)
(06-30-2025, 08:27 PM)Obie Wrote: The article you linked states that the arrest rates went up 585 % since 2024.
It went from .14 per day to .8 per day.
585 % is sensationalized reporting.
Well, they must have been rounding a wee bit because I only get 571%.
Otherwise, I don't see how reporting a statistic can be construed as sensationalizing.
The number given for Hawaii on the map for ICE arrests through June 10 is 120. An increase of 585% means that for the same time period last year there were 20 arrests. That's a big jump!
Or more precisely, dividing 120 by 5.85 gives 20.51.