🚨Numbers don’t lie. Violent crime surged under KLB🚨 The facts are simple. The country saw a surge in violent crime starting in 2019 through 2020 and carrying into 2021. We saw a national increase of roughly 30% in homicides across all major cities, the highest increase in a century! And an 11-12% increase in aggravated assaults. Most scholars and analysts agree the violent surge was in part connected to the Covid pandemic. But when compared to the dozens of other major cities Atlanta stands out. Why? Because Atlanta saw 84% increase in homicides, nearly 2.8 times the national average while KLB was in office! The 58% figure cited in the video was just a single year increase. But from 2018 when she took office until she left, Atlanta experienced an 84% total increase in murders and a 22% increase in aggravated assaults, almost double the national figure. The reason citizens in Atlanta felt like it was a bloody war zone while she was in office was because compared to everywhere else it was! But don’t take my word for it. I’ve included sources & links to ten (but there are more) of the most commonly cited sources in academic, policy, and journalistic discussions of the 2020 crime surge. Research the data for yourself. 1. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) 2020 Release – Official FBI data showing murders up 29.4% and aggravated assaults up 12.1%.
fbi.gov/news/press-releases/… 2. Council on Criminal Justice – Homicide Trends Report – Notes ~30% national homicide increase from 2019–2020 and urban city data.
counciloncj.org/homicide-tre… 3. Brookings Institution – Analysis of ~30% average urban homicide surge in 2020.
brookings.edu/articles/why-d… 4. CDC National Center for Health Statistics – Reports 30% homicide rate increase (6.0 to 7.8 per 100k).
blogs.cdc.gov/nchs/2021/10/0… 5. Brennan Center for Justice – Documents nearly 30% murder rate rise and urban violent crime trends.
brennancenter.org/our-work/r… 6. Pew Research Center – Summarizes 30% murder rate increase as the largest in over a century.
pewresearch.org/short-reads/… 7. Washington Post – Coverage of 33% homicide increase in major cities sample.
washingtonpost.com/crime-law… 8. FBI Crime Data Explorer – Primary source for UCR violent crime statistics including aggravated assault.
cde.ucr.cjis.gov/ 9. Council on Criminal Justice – COVID-19 and Crime Impact Report – Detailed urban city homicide and assault trends.
counciloncj.org/impact-repor… 10. Congressional Research Service (CRS) – Reports aggravated assault rate rise from 250.4 to 279.4 per 100k.
everycrsreport.com/reports/I…