psychothumbs@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

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

www.latimes.com

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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 · 2 years 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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Nobody wants to kill anymore. I guess it’s not woke enough.
- creamed_eels@toast.ooo
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  When I was a kid I walked uphill, barefoot in the snow to kill!
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    It would only rain bullets!