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by ineedasername 1229 days ago
Wow, what FUD scaremongering:

>murder rates are up 50%

Overall, multiple sources I found indicated they're up 30% (yeah, still not good at all, but it still means the startup is overstating the relative rate increase by 40%)

And for NYC itself where the startup is focused, the murder rate is now on the decline [1]

And the whole thing, presentation style etc., seem so over the top that I wonder if it's satire or some type of attempt to get viral attention for a product/service yet to be revealed but a bit different than the private-security-as-a-service presented here.

[1] https://www.nyc.gov/site/nypd/news/p00071/nypd-citywide-crim...