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Common myths about the new FBI crime statistics, debunked
This week, the FBI released its report on crime in the United States during 2023.
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Judd Legum
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Why Trump's spurious attacks on crime are working
One of the central arguments in former President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign is the false claim that the United States is a crime-infested hellhole…
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Judd Legum
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California's shoplifting laws are not broken. California is "fixing" them anyway.
Last week, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signed a package of 10 bills intended to deter shoplifting and other property crime.
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Judd Legum
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Noel Sims
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The truth about "migrant crime" during the Trump administration
"Our crime rate is going up while crime statistics all over the world are plunging," Trump told the crowd at the Turning Point Action Conference last…
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Judd Legum
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Noel Sims
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Why so many Americans have misconceptions about crime trends
According to the latest FBI data, violent crime and property crime are down sharply in 2024.
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Judd Legum
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The most important crime statistics of the 2024 campaign
One of the central arguments advanced by Donald Trump and other Republican candidates in the 2024 election is that violent crime in the United States is…
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Judd Legum
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The truth about crime in DC
On May 15, Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ) went to the floor of the House of Representatives and said he supported a federal takeover of Washington…
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Judd Legum
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The biggest political deception of 2024
In the 2024 presidential election, one of the central attacks that Trump and his political allies are levying against Biden is that Biden is responsible…
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Judd Legum
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Tesnim Zekeria
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New data explodes myth of crime wave fueled by migrants
Republican politicians and sympathetic media outlets are claiming that America is in the midst of a violent "crime wave," driven in part by undocumented…
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Judd Legum
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Tesnim Zekeria
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Organized journalistic crime
On July 19, the Washington Post Editorial Board published an impassioned column calling for an aggressive national response to organized retail crime…
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Judd Legum
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Tesnim Zekeria
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America's zombie "crime wave"
The outset of the pandemic in 2020 coincided with a surge in violent crime in the United States, with murder rates rising particularly dramatically.
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Judd Legum
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Tesnim Zekeria
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Rebecca Crosby
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Target says it's closing 9 stores due to theft. The crime data tells a different story.
On September 26, Target announced it was closing nine stores "because theft and organized retail crime are…contributing to unsustainable business…
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Rebecca Crosby
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Judd Legum
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Tesnim Zekeria
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