> The data shows that violent crimes are lower today than they've been in decades. Ever recorded, technically in the US. Homicides are indeed lower than they w

> The data shows that violent crimes are lower today than they've been in decades. Ever recorded, technically in the US. Homicides are indeed lower than they were in the height of the cocaine boom of the 70s and 80s and crack wars of the 90s. But they're about 20% higher than they were a decade ago[1], and that's really bad. Murder is one of those things that should be zero tolerance don't you think? [1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/187592/death-rate-from-homicide-in-the-us-since-1950/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/187592/death-rate-from-h...