The murder rate is going down
Not that it will stop the Republicans from screeching like rabid harpies but it appears that the pandemic spike may be over:
Crime, murder and mass shootings have dominated headlines this year. Just over the weekend, a shooting in Cincinnati wounded nine people, and another in Detroit killed one and wounded four.
But the full crime data tells a different story. Nationwide, shootings are down 4 percent this year compared to the same time last year. In big cities, murders are down 3 percent. If the decrease in murders continues for the rest of 2022, it will be the first year since 2018 in which they fell in the U.S.
Take a look at the good old days of Bush Sr’s reign. Those were the good old days I guess.