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Crime rates are generally down since the pandemic-era spike and are still extremely low compared to the norms of the 80's and 90's.

And frankly, if anyone deserves credit for creating an "us vs them" mentality between citizens and the police, it's the police. Dating back at least as far as the start of the drug war.

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Calling crime in the 80’s and 90’s a “norm” is quite the soft on crime position you have there and no, crime is still much higher than it was before the derik chovin conviction. Im not sure why you are bringing up covid in this context

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States

Why do you think crime is up?

Crime spiked during the pandemic. Everyone knows this. Now it is down. They're called facts and you can look them up for free on the non-alt-right internet.

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