US murder rates soared 30% in 2020 and have 'no modern precedent' amid pandemic and civil unrest,

[Klaralven]

Murder rates in nearly three dozen American cities exploded in 2020, rising 30 percent over the previous year, resulting in 1,200 more deaths from murder last year when compared to 2019, according to a new study examining possible connections between crime, the coronavirus pandemic and protests against police brutality.

'Homicide rates were higher during every month of 2020 relative to rates from the previous year. That said, rates increased significantly in June, well after the pandemic began, coinciding with the death of George Floyd and the mass protests that followed,' states a report from the National Commission of COVID-19 and Criminal Justice (NCCCJ), titled Pandemic, Social unrest and Crime in US Cities.

The group, which was launched in July 2020 by the nonpartisan Council on Criminal Justice to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the justice system and make recommendations, characterized the homicide rate spike as an 'historic' and 'troubling increase that has no modern precedent.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9211217/US-murder-rates-2020-soar-30-cent-no-modern-precedent.html

[uponit7771]

1. My understanding is they let the criminals out cause of COVID

[Merlot]

2. They let out non violent criminals

[VMA131Marine]

3. A majority of homicide victims are killed by someone they know

I’m curious if the data shows the increase was primarily in people who knew their assailant or not.

[uponit7771]

4. +1, that would make sense seeing a lot of people were hold up together for a while.

[dhill926]

5. well...I'm surprised my wife hasn't tried to kill me yet....

[usajumpedtheshark]

6. how do you know she hasn't? maybe you've just been lucky and evaded her attempts without realizing