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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMurder Rate Rose In Republican Cities, Too
Joe Conason
July 31 | 2021
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Murder rates are indeed going up in cities around the country. And because most cities are governed by Democratic mayors, it is accurate to say that violent crime rates are rising in "Democrat-run cities." But, as the Republicans parroting that line of propaganda know, it's also accurate to say that violent crime is rising in "Republican-led cities."
While the murder rate has gone up in Chicago and Detroit and Philadelphia, all run by Democrats, the murder rate has likewise gone up in Tulsa and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; in Fort Worth, Texas; in Fresno, California; and in Miami, Florida. Every one of those cities is run by a Republican mayor and overseen by a Republican governor. Jacksonville, Florida, is known as the "murder capital" of the Sunshine State and has had a Republican mayor for the past six years. Fort Worth survived its most violent year in the past quarter-century in 2020, with a murder rate that nearly doubled from the previous year. Betsy Price has been the city's Republican mayor for the past 10 years.
The point is not, of course, that Republican mayors are culpable for the shocking upsurge in violence that beset their cities last year nor were they probably responsible for the sharp drops in crime that the entire country experienced over the past two decades. The underlying causes of crime rates, whether trending up or down, have puzzled criminologists, cops and other honest experts for many years.
Equally inaccurate is the claim that "defund the police" a wrongheaded and confusing slogan briefly popular in the aftermath of George Floyd's 2020 murder has sparked the growing number of urban killings. But the data show clearly that the same trend is evident across cities, whether they increased or decreased police funding. Even stupid slogans don't kill people.
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Murder Rate Rose In Republican Cities, Too (Original Post)
DonViejo
Aug 2021
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Diamond_Dog
(32,091 posts)1. This is good information to know
the next time some smug republican tries to tell me that only Democrat-led cities have rampant violence problems. Thanks!
thucythucy
(8,087 posts)2. Thank you for this info. nt
crickets
(25,983 posts)3. K&R for visibility.