"The good news comes with the caveat that murder is not uniformly falling everywhere. Memphis, for example, has experienced an uptick following the killing of T

"The good news comes with the caveat that murder is not uniformly falling everywhere. Memphis, for example, has experienced an uptick following the killing of Tyre Nichols in January. Additionally, even a record double-digit percent decline in murder in 2023 would still mean that a couple thousand more people will be murdered in America this year than in 2019. Finally, mass shootings are on the rise even as overall gun violence appears to be falling." Taken together, it raises the question of whether it's just showing that the murder increase was due to a police pullback following the protests of 2020, goes away if the police pullback goes away. But, in those cities where yet another killing by police has inflamed things again, the problem persists (or gets worse). Shall we kill the patient with chemotherapy, or let the cancer kill them? I want a third option...