> The relative absence of policing and prosecution since 2020 have resulted in a sharp increase in crime. This has been going on since ~2014, and you're absolu

> The relative absence of policing and prosecution since 2020 have resulted in a sharp increase in crime. This has been going on since ~2014, and you're absolutely spot-on that it absolutely correlates with reductions in the amount of policing. Roland Fryer (famed Harvard economist) and Tanaya Devi wrote a paper about this a couple years ago (but many other papers have similar findings): https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w27324/w27324.pdf https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w27324/w273...