In the past seven years, almost 80 percent of murder suspects in Baltimore have prior arrest records, according to Sean Kennedy, visiting fellow at Maryland Public Policy Institute. Baltimore, the largest city of Maryland, has one of the highest murder rates in the country and is often ranked No.2 behind only St. Louis. Almost half…
Most Baltimore Murder Suspects Have Prior Arrest Records, Researcher Finds
Safety of Small Town America Suffered in 2020
The historic violence wave of 2020 that sent the national murder rate up some 30 percent was in no way limited to large cities. Smaller cities and towns saw a hike nearly as large, according to data provided by local police departments to the FBI. While rural or suburban living still offers much greater safety…
The Media Soft-Pedals the Root Cause of Murder
Commentary Sad to say, we keep killing each other. New FBI statistics show that, even though we practiced widespread isolation during the pandemic, the nation’s murder rate grew last year at the fastest rate ever—up 29.4 percent. There are fewer homicides now than during the peak years of the early ’90s, but not since the…
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