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That and similar feelings explains the increase in massacres, hatred, ... Violence has been falling substantially in the US: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact
by tonyedgecombe 5y ago
That and similar feelings explains the increase in massacres, hatred, ...
Violence has been falling substantially in the US:
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/11/20/facts-about-crime-in-the-u-s/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/11/20/facts-about...
- xyzzyz 5y agoThe time series in your link end in 2019, when the trend of falling violence has ended. There has been a huge, unprecedented spike in violence in 2020, and this new normal has wiped decade or two of previous gains.
- tonyedgecombe 5y agoDo you think that could be an outlier?
- xyzzyz 5y agoNo, because if you look at data, there has been clear inflection point around Memorial Day last year that shifted us to new regime of higher violence that seems to persist instead of subsiding.
- tonyedgecombe 5y agoRight at the height of Covid. I'm willing to bet it will be back where it was when this is all over.