That guy over there fell backwards onto some bullets. Must have been suicide! How did they do it in the documentary film "Hot Fuzz?" Use any non-violent accident or whatever category you can get away with.

But actually, here's the real truth, buried in the article:

"In Mosby’s last two years in office, 2,186 people faced felony gun charges. Mosby dismissed about 34% and another 30% received plea bargains, mostly without imprisonment. In Bates’s first two years, the number of cases increased a bit, to 2,443. Bates only dismissed 19% of the cases, and only 10% received plea agreements. The rest were convicted – an increase of about 1,000 people sent to prison – which includes a 70% increase in homicide convictions."

They put more violent people behind bars.

And that led to under reported statistics?

Well, The Wire shows how Baltimore’s police department attempted to underreport crimes as well.

Well, if a fictional drama said so...

It was based on a true story, but whatever I guess

And the last episode came out almost 20 years ago, based on things David Simon had heard about in the years before that.