US violent crime is at its lowest in more than a century – but the funding that helped reduce it is disappearing
https://theconversation.com/us-violent-crime-is-at-its-lowest-in-more-than-a-century-but-the-funding-that-helped-reduce-it-is-disappearing-276834
> A historic drop in violent crime, including the murder rate, is at risk after the cancellation of federal funding for programs that helped make the decline possible.
And no, these programs don't involve more cops and more people in prisons. Cops and prisons make things worse, but are an excuse to increase the state's capacity for violence against the population.
Eric Lawton
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