Urban‑crime narrative weaponization

Political actors convert local crime anecdotes into broad claims of metropolitan collapse to score rhetorical points, even when aggregate evidence does not support a citywide emergency. Those manufactured narratives travel internationally and reshape policy debates (immigration, policing, tourism) by amplifying isolated incidents above baseline data. — If this tactic is accepted as normal, it will systematically distort policy choices and public fear, making government and media accountable for provenance and comparative scale instead of emotion‑driven spectacle.