The authorities are entitled to say that crimes rates are down and those highlighted in the media are the exception but the public has to take precautions. We may choose to believe or disbelieve all the reports that have been appearing in the social media but why would anyone take the trouble to put up photos of their brutalised faces and body injuries for all the world to see? I'm sure they are not pranks.
It not a ride in the park but a traumatic experience when someone becomes a crime victim. Those who have been through the ordeal would know that it is far from a pleasant experience. We do not want anyone if possible to go through that harrowing moment. Unfortunately, those who compile the statistics would treat those incidents as just mere figures to be reported to the higher management. The policy makers would not be able to empathise with the victims as the crime did not happen to them.
The denial syndrome might be a solution to prevent reality from encroaching their own perceived safe havens. As long as the crime happened to others, they feel safe and secure. Most of us do not have a 24 hour security detail ensuring our safety which some in the upper echelons of society can afford to have. Those who can afford that buffer zone in terms of security are worlds apart from the ordinary folks.
We will eventually have two groups of people living in this nation. A privileged group who enjoys an almost crime free environment and the other who will struggle everyday just to be safe and sound. Can't the first group acknowledge that our crime rate is NOT going down?
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