[Mpls] Shoefiti

[Scott Moore]

Causation is not the same as correlation. Shoefiti and crime occur in 
the same neighborhood. A study can show the correlation between one and 
the other. There may be some unknown events or actions that are causing 
either the shoes or the crime or both.

To know for certain what is causing what, a scientific study would need 
to be held with precisely controlled variables. Since I don't think that 
is possible in this instance, case histories could be taken and 
observations made. That means talking to the ones committing the crimes 
and the ones tossing the shoes on the power lines.

It might make for an interesting doctoral thesis for a statistical 
student at the U of M. Short of these options, I don't think we may ever 
know what is causing the shoefiti and if it is causing any criminal 
activity.

Mark Wilde wrote:
> It is just as likely that they are not gang related.
> How is it possible to prove correlation between gang
> graffitti and shoes on the line and anything else? It
> isn't because they are not related. Other people have
> tried to link graffitti to crime on this list, but I
> am just not buying it. Now you are saying that the bad
> scary criminal is coming here from Los Angeles and he
> is bringing his shoes? This is starting to sound like
> a fairy tale you are making up as you go along. You
> continue to make this assumption without any proof and
> after you have seen evidence of hundreds of other
> theories as to why those shoes are up there.
> 
> Mark Wilde
> Windom Park
> 
> "I still don't have any solid evidence explaining why
> the shoes appear on lines, but still consider it
> highly likely they signify some kind of nefarious
> activity in problematic neighborhoods of the city. The
> 
> officer in the FOX 9 News report - after stating that
> Shoefiti is somewhat comical mentioned that shoes are
> used to mark gang territory in Los Angeles.
> Wouldn't it make sense for gang members moving here
> from L.A. to bring their tactics with them? The
> shoefiti along E Lake St. between I-35W and 
> Cedar certainly seems to correlate with gang graffiti
> in the area."
> 
> Removing shoefiti one pair at a time.
> 
> - Ed Kohler
> 
> Shoeless in Cooper
> 
> 
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