Violent Crime Steadily Rising in America, and the ‘Defund the Police’ Aftermath Could Hurt Dems in 2022
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(Worthy News) – From coast to coast, violent crime is rising in American cities. In just one recent weekend more than 120 Americans were killed in shootings.
It’s a pattern across the country. Homicide rates in large cities rose more than 30 percent on average last year and climbed another 24 percent for the beginning of this year.
The issue of rising crime has quickly become a political one as seen in a recent survey by YouGov:
Asked which issues were “very big problems,” 49 percent of Americans place violent crime at the top of the list compared to 39 percent for the economy with COVID-19 coming in at just 32 percent. [ Source: CBN News (Read More…) ]
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