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U.S. media: The number of homicides in multiple U.S. cities in 2021 hit a record high
2022-01-04 18:12:49 Source: Overseas Network Author:
Overseas Network, January 4th. According to a report by CNN on the 3rd, the number of homicides in many U.S. cities in 2021 exceeded that in 2020, and 10 cities set a record new highs.
CNN compared police department data in 2021 and 2020 and found that among the 40 most populous cities in the United States, more than two-thirds of the cities The number of homicides has increased, with homicides in 10 cities including Philadelphia and Portland hitting a record high. There were 797 homicides in Chicago in 2021, the most since 1996. Compared with 2020, the number of homicides in Los Angeles has increased by 12%, and in New York has increased by 4%.
Since the outbreak, almost all major U.S. cities have had more homicides in 2020 and 2021 than in 2019. In the summer of 2020, the number of homicides in the United States surged and has remained high since then. The 2020 Unified Crime Report (UCR) released by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation shows that the number of homicides in the United States has increased by nearly 30% from 2019. This is the largest single recorded since the agency began tracking these crimes in the 1960s. Annual increase. According to the report, about 77% of the homicides reported in 2020 were committed with firearms, up from 74% in 2019.
Thomas Abbott, a senior researcher at the US Criminal Justice Commission, believes that there are three reasons for the surge in homicides across the United States: the impact of the epidemic on the community and emergency personnel; The aftermath of social unrest after the Freud incident; gun sales surged after the outbreak. (Overseas Net/Zhang Min Intern Compilation/Li Jiangshan)
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