Holy cow, these 4 cities are not facing "record numbers of homicide" according to the . What source is the Assistant DHS Secretary using?
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The US is and always has been an especially violent developed nation. So it's always worthwhile to look for ways to reduce crime. But you can't base an entire national conversation on fake numbers
What on earth makes you think this is a matter of "bad sources" rather than, you know, lying?
In fairness, most people are not following day to day crime numbers. When they think about how crime is in their city, they aren't thinking about how many murders there were in the past 24 hours. They are thinking about how many murders there were in the past couple of years.