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Historic U.S. Murder Rate Update

April 17, 2024
A surprising silver lining: homicides in major U.S. cities are dropping at “one of the fastest rates ever.”
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New data shows that homicide rates in major U.S. cities are plummeting at “one of the fastest rates” on record. As per data analytics company AH Analytics, a sample of more than 180 U.S. cities shows a 20% decline...
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So we have an update on murder rates.
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What now it's not what you think,
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brother. It's actually a good thing nationwide.
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All murder rates have gone down 20%.
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I mean, I mean it may not look like it from
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social media because it looks like shit has been hitting the fan
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on there and that crime.
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Oh my God. Like what's happening to the world?
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Like everything's bad. I'm on the West Covina 626 Instagram like
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oh fuck my city yo like shit is going down like
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it's crazy. The ring app is popping the ring but no
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it's just kind of like what they pay us to like
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it to be, you know,
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look at Boston 82% drop.
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San Antonio, San Diego.
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Vegas, 40% in Vegas.
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OK. Yeah, dude,
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it's getting lower and lower but you know,
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this is actually the steepest drop off since the nineties.
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So I don't know what the hell is going on.
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I mean, what do you think it is?
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You know what? Maybe I I've been such a,
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I, I feel such a positive and cheerful person and maybe
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the world isn't so bad.
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After all, you know what it shows there's data to back
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that up. There you go.
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Well, I mean,
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I can only hope for it to go,
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keep going lower and lower.
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So we'll just have to see,
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stay safe out there,
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stay safe guys. It's safer.
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Supposedly any who let's move on to our next story.