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[quote=Anonymous]A couple points:

-Just because crime is "up nationally" doesn't mean we should throw up our hands and say, oh well. Guess we just sit back and ride the wave. And to repeat, many city leaders denied crime was up, or that residents should be overly concerned.

-Murder is NOT up nationally this year. DC is now an outlier, and not in a good way.

From a story last month (June 8):

Homicides in some of America’s largest cities are falling after soaring during the first two years of the pandemic. ... So far this year, killings are down 12% overall in nine of the 10 most populous cities compared with the same time frame last year ... Homicides are down in six of those cities, including 27% in Los Angeles, 22% in Houston, and 16% in Philadelphia. In Texas, the cities of Dallas, San Antonio and Austin reported slight upticks. (Note: DC was not included in this list, but would have shown our murders up. Also, Philadelphia's murder rate was truly horrific, and remains very high, just down from last year.) https://www.wsj.com/articles/homicides-are-falling-in-major-american-cities-7b0bd906[/quote]

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