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Gun Violence Spikes in NYC, Intensifying Debate over Policing
- Bostonian 6y ago"In a recent study, Harvard researchers found that, after investigations of police departments following a viral incident of deadly police force (e.g., in Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Ferguson, and Riverside, Calif.), there was a marked increase in both homicide and total crime. Put plainly, the causal effect of de-policing in these five cities resulted in 893 more homicides than would have been expected with no investigation." https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/06/police-reform-ferguson-effect-crime-surge-may-be-on-horizon/ https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/06/police-reform-ferguso...