re: Trump gives "alternative facts" again- Philly Murder rate "terribly increasing"

Let me see if I got this right. Obama began this term in office in Jan '13 (same month black lives matter was formed). Using the Philly police numbers, '13 had 246 murders. Obamas term ended post '16, which had 277 murders (in '15 there were 280). So if my math is correct that's an increase of close to 15%.

Now you may not consider 15% 'terribly increasing', but when its a bad thing for someone, 15% is 'terrible'

Now looking at Jan '17, compared to Jan '16, the murder rate is up 37%. So whether you want to look at a year to year trend, or a 4 year trend, murder rates are up 15-37% since the month BLM was formed

So you can choose whatever adjective you want to go with increasing, but increasing at a double digit pace = No Bueno. And could easily be defined as terribly increasing

Oh, and FYI, terribly means: fearfully, frightfully, appallingly, dire, horribly. So yeah, it fits in this scenario

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