Homicide statistics alone don’t convey the full costs of rising crime in Minnesota’s largest city.
This past summer, a judge in Hennepin County, Minnesota, ruled in favor of the “Minneapolis 8,” a group of minority Minneapolis residents who sued the city last fall for violating its charter by failing to maintain a large enough police force. The ruling, which directed the city to hire more officers, sparked a glimmer of hope among residents that they would be spared from the worst policy impulses of police-abolitionist activists and politicians.
And… Murders in the US rose 30% in 2020 with multiple cities hitting historic highs – FBI
The latest crime report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shows a historic rise in murders in the US for 2020.
Murders in the US rose by 30% from 2019 to 2020, according to FBI data released on Monday. The surge represents the biggest year-to-year increase that has been seen since such records began being kept in the 1960s.
