I find it hard to believe in a city controlled by Liberals (unions, politicians etc), that you would get on one of their lists for "protesting Republicans" and "being Muslim". If anything, I didn't think they allowed Republicans to live in NYC, outside of Manhattan that is. I could see the tracking though, just not for the reasons you state.
I've got to say, this is the most dreadfully unclear use of statistics I've ever seen in an article. What does it even mean to say:
"As of September, incidents involving Apple products represented 204 of the 1 percent rise in bruglaries, 160 percent of the 4 percent bump in robberies and 69 percent of the 9 percent increase in grand larcenies overall" ??
Was there no-one in the office who had taken Stats 101 who could have helped with the writing of this article?
I agree. It didn't make much sense to me, either.
Furthermore, they really didn't define anything. From the way I read it "recorded thefts of Apple products" would include a crime where they stole everything in a house which happened to include one three year old Apple iPod and $50,000 in jewelry and collectibles. It's not really a useful statistic.
Many cities around the world would give their left testicle to have 14% of all major crimes be Apple-related, as opposed to, I dunno, genocide, murder, war, pollution, terrorism...
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The mayor is a Republican.
While I disagree with iSteeler for mixing in politics.... He's an (I) as of 2007. He seems to run under any letter that gets him elected.
I won't disparage the thieves of NYC for their great taste and business acumen. They know what [re]sells.
http://www.jailguide.com/glossary_m.php
I agree. It didn't make much sense to me, either.
Furthermore, they really didn't define anything. From the way I read it "recorded thefts of Apple products" would include a crime where they stole everything in a house which happened to include one three year old Apple iPod and $50,000 in jewelry and collectibles. It's not really a useful statistic.