New York Times Celebrates Crime Surge Drop In Kansas City

Once again, conveniently before the election, the nation's paper of record goes to great lengths to remind us that crime is down from record highs that scared the sh*t out of all our suburban friends.

Here's the money line . . .

"Violent crime more broadly, including aggravated assault and rape, did not see the same steep increase during the pandemic, but preliminary 2024 data shows declines in these offenses, too. Official 2024 statistics from the F.B.I. won’t be available until next fall. But the findings from the Council on Criminal Justice study show a 7 percent decline in aggravated assault through June this year as well as small decreases in robbery and domestic violence.

"The drop in murder through August this year has been widespread — occurring across the vast majority of the country’s largest cities, and appearing even in places like Washington and Kansas City, Mo., that notably didn’t improve last year."

However . . .

Of course we're obligated to remind close readers: Whilst homicide numbers are down, shootings are up this year. 

And so it might be too early to start celebrating.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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