It is not hard to understand why “reforms” such as ending cash bail, defunding the police, refusing to prosecute entire categories of crimes, letting thousands of convicted felons out of prison early, significantly cutting the prison population, and other “progressive” ideas have led to massive spikes in crime-particularly violent crime, including murder-in the communities where those on the Left have implemented them. Those on the Left know that their soft-on-crime policies have wreaked havoc in the cities where they have implemented those policies. Unfortunately, some on the Left have tried to advance their arguments by using facts about state murder rates that, while technically true, are at best meaningless when taken out of context and at worst misleading and downright dangerous when used as the basis for public policy decisions.Įnter the “Red State Murder Problem.” It sounds ominous, but it’s not.
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