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		albertgoeswoof on July 25, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Treating violence as a public health problem has p... That was an anomaly for February, and is a good example of how statistics are manipulated by the media to fit a narrative: https://metro.co.uk/2018/07/15/new-york-murder-rate-is-much-... London is safer that New York on almost every measure, but NYC has come a long way over the past 20 years.

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