In 2019, following a years-long decline, crime rates were flat or at all-time lows nationwide. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and a very different pattern emerged. Though major crimes dropped overall, violent crime surged. Across the U.S., rates of gun violence rose by 30 percent. Nearly 5,000 additional homicides occurred in 2020 compared to 2019—the biggest year-to-year jump in murders since 1960. Several cities reported record-high number of homicides, and non-fatal shootings went up, too.
Just when you thought 2020 couldn't have been any worse, the FBI's Uniform Crime Report presented the data on crime in the United States in 2020.
The gun industry is experiencing something of a golden age. More than 8 million people became first-time gun owners in 2020 alone.
A few days ago, a Columbia University Ph.D. student from Italy described as 'brilliant' by the institution's president (in an understatement), was stabbed dead in a random act of violence by a thug with a monster rap sheet
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Oakland officials are eyeing an expansion to the city's police force to confront the increase in violent crime, which has resulted in more than 115 homicides so far this year.Oakland Mayor Libby
Inappropriately and dangerously low bail recommendations have been a hallmark of the Milwaukee District Attorney’s Office since Democrat John Chisholm was first elected.
In Los Angeles, where left-wing lawmakers and activists have pushed a litany of progressive reforms that help violent criminals spend less-time behind bars, justice is not only fleeting -- it's twisted, critics say.
The suspect stabbed the 32-year-old victim in the neck - unprovoked - as the train entered Manhattan's Penn Station. He was caught on surveillance camera fleeing the scene. He is now wanted.
Republican candidates for governor in Illinois are trying to shift the focus from the coronavirus pandemic to violent crime in an effort to recapture suburban voters.
The liberal mayor of Oakland, California, blamed "defund rhetoric" for the lack of police recruits as she explained that the city was in great need of more police officers to combat a surge in violent crime.