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It isn’t “pointing to hotspots.” Homicides spiked during Covid and still haven’t returned to those previous levels. Pointing to an overall slight dip while pl
by edgyquant 3y ago
It isn’t “pointing to hotspots.” Homicides spiked during Covid and still haven’t returned to those previous levels. Pointing to an overall slight dip while places like Seattle are at 30 year highs seems extremely dishonest.
- ceejayoz 3y agoArguing "it isn't pointing to hotspots" by... pointing to a hotspot again is just goofy. The article has a chart going back to 1960; even the COVID spike is low by 70s/80s/90s standards; 2023's numbers visibly aren't that far off 2014's lowest ever.
- mlyle 3y agoHaving places at 30 year highs is irrelevant to measure the overall trend--- when the US overall is 40% below the peak in the last 30 years. We're not quite as good as the 2014 low, but we've returned to the 5-6 per 100k band that we've spent the majority of the last 30 years in (9 years above, many far above; 5 years somewhat below).