𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙽𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝙾𝚏 𝙼𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝙸𝚗 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚄𝚂 𝙸𝚜 𝚄𝚙 𝙰𝚕𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝟺𝟶% 𝚂𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝟸𝟶𝟷𝟿
Violence in AmericaLast week's violent shooting in
Brooklyn as well as recent killings in
New Orleans and three mass shootings over Easter weekend are the latest tragic examples of a nationwide uptick in killings in the US over the last 3 years.
Preliminary estimates for 2021 show the murder rate in the US hitting
6.9 per
100,000 people, up
38% on the numbers for 2019.
Coming up with reasons why violent crime might be rising isn't hard. Since 2019 we've had a global pandemic, lockdowns, high profile police killings, civil unrest, intense economic uncertainty, a fraught election, and now rising inflation on essential goods. Those things, and others, seem to be taking their toll.
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