Murders Are Rising

New York Times: “Violent crime is expected to be addressed during the first presidential debate Tuesday, and President Trump has long attacked ‘Democrat cities’ for not doing enough to stop it … A deeper dive into publicly available 2020 crime data paints a more complicated picture than the party-driven explanation President Trump and the Department of Justice have offered. More cities are run by Democratic mayors than by Republican ones, but murder is rising pretty much everywhere, regardless of a mayor’s political party.”

“What is clear is that murder is rising across a wide swath of America — irrespective of ruling political party and of designations of ‘anarchist’ havens — while other types of crime are generally flat or falling.”