Washington, D.C. has now gone over 17 days without a homicide...

And like the collapse in Fentanyl deaths, no one will dare acknowledge that Trump’s policies have played a role.

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I mean, the trend (for both) started before Trump.

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There was no trend of murders all across the country falling to multi decade record low levels

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There was no trend of murders all across the country falling to multi decade record low levels

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They're only historic today b/c of the trend started in mid-2023

For example, DC in 2024:

Violent Crime in D.C. Hits 30 Year Low

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Total violent crime for 2024 in the District of Columbia is down 35% from 2023 and is the lowest it has been in over 30 years, according to data collected by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and announced by United States Attorney Matthew M. Graves. A breakdown of the data is available here.

In addition to the overall violent crime reduction, homicides are down 32%; robberies are down 39%; armed carjackings are down 53%; assaults with a dangerous weapon are down 27% when compared with 2023 levels, with the District reporting the fewest assaults with dangerous weapons and burglaries in over 30 years.

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That trend continued

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Your article states nothing about mid 2023.

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I'm telling you that the post Covid spike started the opposite trend in mid-2023

2024 was the first full year with that trend.

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Recharge your leftist talking points and try again.

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Uh, wut? You're attempting a diversion to ignore the 2024 data. I didn't think you were ready (or capable) of this discussion.

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I'm telling you that the post Covid spike started the opposite trend in mid-2023

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Nope you’re wrong. Multiple multiple large cities are experiencing 30-50 year record low murders. Has nothing to do with Covid.

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I didn't think you were ready (or capable) of this discussion.

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Well, I have 15-20 IQ points on you. So what’s up?

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Are you giving the trend credit for the trend?

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Naw.

A large part of the decline was simply return to normalcy after whatever in the Covid-era caused all the pathologies to increase. We don't know exactly why that happened, yet.

We also don't know why the trend continued so emphatically, reversing course somewhat from the stall from 2014-2021. Prior to that we basically had almost 25 years of continued decline in societal pathologies. We don't know yet why that happened, either.

Giving Trump credit, especially for areas who have had no direct impact similar to DC (among which are almost every major city), is a weaker argument than giving Rudy credit for the crime decrease in NYC in the 90s.

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Holy fricking shite.

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Lily white corny liberal uses curse words. More at 10

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Are you giving the trend credit for the trend?

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He is.

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The police chief gives credit to the additional federal help in high crime areas

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DC is the only area that can use this, as it's our only federal city. Federal impact on crime is low, generally, because it simply doesn't have the resources. DC, being our only federal city, is clearly different.

If Trump's help was making that large of a difference, why are we seeing similar trends in almost every other major city that isn't receiving the same bump?

New Orleans went about 3 months without a homicide after Katrina because most of the murderers were shipped on buses to Houston. As expected, Houston's homicide rate jumped.