psychothumbs@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

Killings in the U.S. are dropping at a historic rate. Will anyone notice?

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Killings in the U.S. are dropping at a historic rate. Will anyone notice?

www.latimes.com

psychothumbs@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

Homicides went up in 2020 and 2021 and are now rapidly coming back down. Violent crime nationwide hasn't increased. But the perception of a crime wave still colors U.S. politics.

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I am being murdered at about the same rate I have always been murdered at. This sounds like some fishy data.