If anything I'm saying stats are extremely important.Are you implying that if statistics were off one time, that throws out the importance of all statistics?
Stats, especially official government stats, must be accurate and reliable above all. Distrust in the government is at an all time high. Inaccurate stats, especially about something as emotionally triggering as crime absolutely cannot afford to be wrong. And they were wrong in the worst way, which is underreporting in the face of viral media reports showing mass looting and daylight carjackings alongside reports of low crime clearance rates by police.