Recommend you cite your data source for your statements that the government is falsely reporting data. Otherwise, it's just brushed off as conspiracy (I'm not s

Recommend you cite your data source for your statements that the government is falsely reporting data. Otherwise, it's just brushed off as conspiracy (I'm not saying it's impossible that a conspiracy exists, I'm just saying that for your comment to hold any weight on HN, supporting citation is needed). As a two-decade resident of Baltimore City (and roughly semiannual tracker of Baltimore's crime stats), this prompted me to look, and to my surprise the homicide rate is indeed low (1). We used to get at least a murder a day. You can literally feel the tension walking down the street. I know that's a qualitative remark, but recently I've felt those subconscious tensions ease up (I remarked to my wife) - and damned if the homicide rate isn't lower. My uncle is a cop and we have another friend who is a police officer. At least in Baltimore, myself being curious, they've assured me that all homicides are reported. The driving force is quite the opposite from the politically-motivated homicide deflation conspiracy picture you paint. Instead, fewer murders (asside from showing poorly on governance) means less demand for police which means less funding allocatio. And you can't easily artificially inflate murder stats. They regrettably admit due to the volume of crime, a random subset don't get the investigative attention needed to bring murderers to justice. 1. https://homicides.news.baltimoresun.com/ https://homicides.news.baltimoresun.com/