Homicide Effects

“The drop-off spans both red and blue states and has unfolded even as police departments have struggled to fill vacancies and Americans have purchased guns at a staggering pace — a practice often linked to higher rates of violence.
It began during the administration of President Joe Biden and has persisted under President Donald Trump, who has continued to portray cities as lawless while deploying the National Guard and federal law enforcement agents to help local police combat crime.” WaPo (Gift Article): These five cities help explain why homicide rates are down across the U.S. “There is no one reason or no silver bullet for what makes crime go up and crime go down. Anyone who tells you otherwise is lying.” (As is anyone who tells you there’s a current state of emergency that requires deploying troops to cities.)