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2024-10-16 14:37:55 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: BB62A82DF67EB3403C2670EAFED8A3C5F4566D2E71469D908BC05AB5241EF775
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In 2023, the following YoY decreases occurred: - overall violent crime: 3% - murder & non-negligent manslaughter: 11.6% - rape: 9.4% - property crime: 2% Right-wing media, including FOX News, have made misleading claims as to the veracity of the FBI’s data. https://apnews.com/article/fbi-crime-statistics-trump-harris-election-5bff94ec67f509740bbb53fb99576d5a https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fbi-finds-violent-crime-declined-2023-report-113930319 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/violent-crime-dropped-america-last-year-new-fbi-data-shows-rcna172217 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/us/murder-crime-rate-fbi.html https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/fbi-says-violent-crime-dropped-last-year/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/sep/04/donald-trump/donald-trump-said-violent-crime-is-up-43-but-that/ https://www.mediamatters.org/crime-and-criminal-justice/right-wing-media-are-pretending-violent-crime-out-control-despite-fbi
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