Re:2020 Saw Unprecedented Murder Spike in Major U.S. Cities
by mandelbrotwurst on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @10:17PM
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Maybe there were less stabbings, poisonings, murders without a weapon, etc?
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Re:2020 Saw Unprecedented Murder Spike in Major U.S. Cities
by rory on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @11:17PM
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~72% of murders are shootings [0], which makes the math on that pretty much impossible. Maybe the increase is all in wild shooting / firefights, while targeted and determined gun murders have stayed around the same level?
[0] https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-...