Post AWswTxJBOtIBROyxbU by juddlegum@journa.host
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 (DIR) Post #AWswToDXCWQVFHGp3A by juddlegum@journa.host
       2023-06-20T14:03:00Z
       
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       1. The US murder rate is down an 12% year-to-date, based on 90 cities that have released data. If the trend holds it will be the single largest annual decline in the murder rate ever recorded.And yet, you probably haven't heard anything about it. 🧵
       
 (DIR) Post #AWswTpxeiWugebrAZs by juddlegum@journa.host
       2023-06-20T14:03:02Z
       
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       2. In 2020, along with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a dramatic spike in murders in the United States. This increase in lethal violence, understandably, was covered extensively in national and local media outlets.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWswTrdsT2HTrqcP1k by juddlegum@journa.host
       2023-06-20T14:03:05Z
       
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       3. Yet, much of this coverage lacked critical context. While the increase in murders was significant, the overall murder rate remained far below its peak in the 1980s and 90s.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWswTtU1cdaXZs1Ywq by juddlegum@journa.host
       2023-06-20T14:03:06Z
       
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       4. But now Jeff Asher (@Crimealytics@twitter.com) has published data revealing the plunge in the murder rate in dozens of citiesAsher calls this drop "astonishing"But other than a piece Asher wrote for The Atlantic, the data has not merited any dedicated coverage in major outlets
       
 (DIR) Post #AWswTvOQWQIZV5Q7V2 by juddlegum@journa.host
       2023-06-20T14:03:08Z
       
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       5. The quantity and tenor of crime coverage matters. It shapes public sentiment about crime and ultimately shapes important decisions around public safety budgets, police tactics, and criminal justice policy. https://popular.info/p/us-murder-rate-declines-dramatically
       
 (DIR) Post #AWswTxJBOtIBROyxbU by juddlegum@journa.host
       2023-06-20T14:04:12Z
       
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       6. In many large cities, the decline in the murder rate is even more pronounced. Year-to-date murders have declined 40% in Minneapolis, 28% in Atlanta, 26% in Los Angeles, and 18% in Baltimore. But local coverage of these declines has been sparse or non-existent.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWswTzEeEiqxPusMoS by juddlegum@journa.host
       2023-06-20T14:06:30Z
       
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       7. The Baltimore Sun, for example, features regular coverage of murders in Baltimore City, which is appropriate.But the Sun has not mentioned that the murder rate has declined 18% year-over-year through June 10. https://popular.info/p/us-murder-rate-declines-dramatically
       
 (DIR) Post #AWswU0wdsddeieT11c by juddlegum@journa.host
       2023-06-20T14:08:20Z
       
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       8. For more journalism grounded in facts, subscribe to Popular Information. Not trolls. No Nazis. No Elon Musk-controlled algorithm.It's free to sign up. http://popular.info/subscribe
       
 (DIR) Post #AWteVyu6ppkox51wye by jeff@federated.fun
       2023-06-20T22:11:32.242952Z
       
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       @juddlegum murder was outpaced by suicide during lockdowns bro.