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.
Reminds me of how the news media frames the deficit, like we’re supposed to celebrate when the government puts 1.2 trillion on debt in a year rather than 1.4.
Honestly wtf even is this article. The data is basically saying that it is still increasing, just slower than last year.
Reminds me of how the news media frames the deficit, like we’re supposed to celebrate when the government puts 1.2 trillion on debt in a year rather than 1.4.
Propaganda. It’s just propaganda.
It increased from 2019 to 2020 and 2020 to 2021 and decreased from 2021 to 2022.
The last year on the chart at the macrotrends link is 2021.