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Bad news for Republicans: violent crime is down across most of the US.

Donald Trump and far right media want people to believe there is a massive crime wave sparked by hordes of bloodthirsty migrants charging in waves across the southern border. In fact, the spike in crime which began with Trump's botched response to the COVID-19 pandemic is over.

To hear the latest version of Donald Trump’s “American carnage” narrative of a country lost without him, you would think law-abiding citizens are cowering in their homes or stockpiling weapons to deal with a massive crime wave that’s due to illegal border crossings caused by various nations emptying their prisons and by leftist “Soros-funded” prosecutors gleefully opening our own penitentiaries. The idea of an ongoing crime wave is incorporated into all sorts of MAGA rhetoric, including claims that prosecutors pursuing cases against Trump in New York, Atlanta, Florida, and Washington, D.C., should instead be frantically trying and jailing predators who are cavorting on the streets. The alleged threat of murderous “animals” who entered the country illegally has been crystalized by Republican agitprop about the tragic death of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, who was murdered while jogging, allegedly by an undocumented Venezuelan migrant. But graphic, horrifying anecdotal evidence does not an actual crime wave make. And the more we learn about what’s actually happening in our major cities, the clearer it is that the surge in violent crime that did occur during the COVID-19 pandemic continues to subside. The COVID crime surge largely ended in 2022. Then the incidence of murder and other violent crimes dropped significantly in 2023, according to preliminary federal data, as CNN recently reported:

Fact check: Trump falsely claims US crime stats are only going up. Most went down last year, including massive drop in murder

To the degree that migrants are involved in criminal activity can now be attributed to Trump's blockage of border security legislation in the House by his spineless minions on Capitol Hill.

Bipartisan border deal hits legislative wall as Republicans say they will block bill

Republicans are now officially the owners of border chaos – not the solution to it.

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[W]hen a long upward trend in crime during the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s — a true crime wave — finally came to an end, then dramatically reversed. The current numbers are beginning to show that we’re more than likely in a long period of stable (and, by past standards, relatively low) crime rates that were briefly interrupted by the many dislocations the pandemic caused in American life (and police effectiveness). So the myth of a deadly threat to Americans stemming from liberal policies on the border and in the justice system is mostly just that. Perceptions of public safety, of course, aren’t always in line with objective reality, and violent crime is horrifying even if it’s not as prevalent as law-and-order demagogues suggest. An October 2023 Gallup survey that coincided with growing evidence of dropping crime rates showed 77 percent of Americans agreed there was “more crime” in the country than in the previous year.

Spectacular crime stories are always going to grab headlines. If it bleeds, it leads has been one of the mainstays of American journalism for centuries. You'll never see a headline in the NY Post like Murder Rate Plummets!.

One thing that is often overlooked is that the "long upward trend in crime during the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s" mentioned in the article came to an end in the 1990s during the Clinton administration.

For ideological reasons, Democrats have been too restrained about publicizing their own law and order successes. As with the 1990s, another drop in crime is taking place under a Democratic administration – despite GOP attempts to exploit individual incidents of crime.

Donald Trump himself is a "one man crime wave".

When Peter got back to the dorm room, he was met with an angry James.

“Want to explain to me why I saw you and Barty together on the map?” James asked. “He’s a death eater, Peter!”

Peter sighed. Someone was bound to find out about them, but why did it have to be James.

“I don’t know, James. It just…” Peter thought for a moment.

James huffed, “Just what, Peter?”

“James, why were you looking for me on the map anyways?”

A look of shock flashed across James’s face. “I wasn’t looking for you.”

“Then who were you looking for?” Peter asked.

He didn’t say anything, but Peter had a strong suspicion that it was Regulus.

“You don’t get to say anything about Barty when you turn around and start making heart eyes at Regulus,” Peter said.

James was giving him a death glare, “You of all people know we aren’t together anymore.”

“Yes, but it doesn’t matter if you still like him.” Peter turned around and left the dorm.

After they all graduated and Barty got the Dark Mark, Peter got it as well to always be with the one he loved.

You can thank copeing-through-marauders for this idea.

We desperately need better gun control laws. Countries with stricter gun control laws (such as Britain, Germany, Japan, and Australia) have murder rates (any method) that are multiple times lower than in the United States. CLICK ON THE LINK TO READ THE FULL PIECE.

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Takeaways

The rate of murders in the US has gone up at an alarming rate. But, despite a media narrative to the contrary, this is a problem that afflicts Republican-run cities and states as much or more than the Democratic bastions.

In 2020, per capita murder rates were 40% higher in states won by Donald Trump than those won by Joe Biden.

 8 of the 10 states with the highest murder rates in 2020 voted for the Republican presidential nominee in every election this century.

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Just found out my city made Top 5 for Murder Rates in the good old USA. Fun Fun. Chicago, who is constantly in the news, has a murder rate about half of my little city. It hasn't been this bad here since the 80's when I was a child and watched my neighbor across the street cut his brothers ear off when they were fighting over a girl. This country is full of bonkers violent people.

Houston crime rate: Violent crime down 10% so far in 2022 compared to same time in 2021, HPD data shows

Houston crime rate: Violent crime down 10% so far in 2022 compared to same time in 2021, HPD data shows

2022-08-31 18:47:16 HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — In a presentation to the Houston City Council on Wednesday morning, the Houston Police Department went council district by district, reporting a 10% overall drop in violent crime citywide compared to this time in 2021. “Robbery, down 7%. Sexual assault, down 28%. Grand total violent crime is down 10%. The numbers don’t lie. They tell the truth, and…

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Americans today, on average, live in far more luxurious conditions than did previous generations, and we’re nowhere near the times of the Great Depression.

I want to see Luffy kill a man for insulting Sanji’s cooking

One Unholy Assassin has to kill someone every tenday per Bhaal’s tenets. So 125 is the bare MINIMUM before you factor in however many other Unholy Assassins in the city. THEN REGULAR CRIME

LMAOOO I DIDNT EVEN THINK OF THAT. that brings us to: