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Six Major Cities to Surpass 2021 Totals of Violent Crime Halfway through 2022

In six of America’s largest cities, the rate of violent crime is already well on track to surpass previous record highs reached in 2021, with six months still left to go in the year 2022.

As reported by Fox News, the cities of Atlanta, Baltimore, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. are all seeing even greater numbers of violent crime than last year. The largest increase is in New York, the largest city in America, with a 25.8 percent spike in crime compared to the same time in 2021. Violent crime is generally described as including the acts of homicide, assault, robbery, and rape; homicides in particular have been on the rise, with a 30 percent increase from 2019 to 2020, followed by an additional 5 percent increase from 2020 to 2021.

In the other five cities, the rates of violent crime rose compared to last year by: 12 percent in Washington D.C., 8.6 percent in Los Angeles, 7 percent in Philadelphia, 6.1 percent in Baltimore, and 5.5 percent in Atlanta.

Among the causes that are generally agreed upon as being responsible for the historic crime rates are the lingering impacts of coronavirus shutdowns, the various decrease in police forces during the “Defund the Police” movement, and the race riots that began in 2020.

“Violent-crime increase, call it Ferguson Effect 2.0 or the Minneapolis Effect, has come on with a speed and magnitude that make Ferguson 1.0 seem tranquil,” said the Manhattan Institute’s Heather Mac Donald on the subject.

Joe Biden, despite supporting the riots and initially taking the side of the “Defund the Police” crowd, eventually tried to claim that crime could be stopped by his coronavirus stimulus package, known as the “American Rescue Plan.”

“Use these funds we made available to you to prioritize public safety,” Biden said in May. “Do it quickly, before the summer, when crime rates typically surge. Taking action today is going to save lives tomorrow. So, use the money. Hire the police officers.  Build up your emergency response systems.  Invest in proven solutions.”

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About Eric Lendrum

Eric Lendrum graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was the Secretary of the College Republicans and the founding chairman of the school’s Young Americans for Freedom chapter. He has interned for Young America’s Foundation, the Heritage Foundation, and the White House, and has worked for numerous campaigns including the 2018 re-election of Congressman Devin Nunes (CA-22). He is currently a co-host of The Right Take podcast.

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