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> Yet this crime still happened

Or it might not, because the prison is a deterrent.

> You’re going to have to be more specific with your stats.

People shot in NYC: up 206% compared to last year.

https://abc7ny.com/nyc-crime-increase-in-violence-gun/630297...

https://www.amny.com/police-fire/crime-stats-show-that-shoot...

Chicago: murders more than double compared to 2019

https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/08/03/chicago-sees-its-mos...

https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-crime-shootings-weekend-viol...

Seattle's CHAZ/CHOP zone (the left-wing socialist anti-police project, "summer of love", as the mayor describes it): 525% rise in crime.

https://www.the-sun.com/news/1073428/chop-zone-seattle-rise-...




Strange that in all those NYC/Chicago links, none of the police quoted blamed the surge on the release of criminals from prison, a lack of policing, or a lack of police resources.




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