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Criminal propaganda
On Tuesday, President Trump pledged to deploy the military in Chicago and Baltimore.
Sep 3
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Rebecca Crosby
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Calling crime data "fake news," Trump seizes DC police
Lies, manipulated data, unsubstantiated allegations, and an unprecedented federal takeover.
Aug 12
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Judd Legum
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Rebecca Crosby
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Noel Sims
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Why you might not know that 2024 was America's safest year since the 1960s
An overwhelming majority of Americans, 64 percent, believe that crime increased across the country in 2024, according to a Gallup survey conducted late…
Aug 7
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Judd Legum
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Cash bail myths debunked by plummeting city crime data
According to President Trump, large American cities are crime-infested hellholes.
Jul 24
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Rebecca Crosby
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Noel Sims
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The secret to Baltimore's extraordinary year
This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.
Jul 16
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Rebecca Crosby
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Noel Sims
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Trump's fake crime wave
On January 19, during a rally held in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump claimed that “crime has gone through the roof” and that it “was up like…
Jan 28
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Lies, damn lies, and shoplifting statistics
For 32 years, the National Retail Federation (NRF) — the lobbying group representing major retailers in the United States — has produced the "National…
Dec 19, 2024
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Judd Legum
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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.
Sep 26, 2024
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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…
Sep 5, 2024
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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.
Aug 20, 2024
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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…
Aug 1, 2024
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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.
Jun 18, 2024
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Judd Legum
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