https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/09/25/fbi-violent-crime-increases-second-straight-year/699161001/Crimes in America rose up in 2016. FBI reported a growing priority of the Trump administration. Since his inauguration crimes increased. Officials in Boston said that there was a dangerous spike in violence. Overall violent crime was up 4.1% last year, while murder increased by 8.6%, according to new FBI statistics. Chicago accounts for about 20% of the country's murders. We don't know what is causing this increase in crimes. The nation had to send out warnings, that we are vulnerable to violence which had been at an all time higattacked local communities in the 1980s and 90s. Officials described recent spikes in violence as "a frightening trend that threatens to erode so much progress that had made our neighborhoods and communities safer – over 30 years declines in crime are being replaced by increases."
Questions:
- Why do you think violent crimes increased so much?
- What can we do as a nation to try to stop these crimes from increasing so much?
1 comment:
I think that violent crimes increased because some people, especially in the south, believe that Trump supports white supremacists. These white supremacists then commit hate crimes, that they believe are okay since Trump agrees with them. The United States needs to denounce hate crimes towards any minority group, so that people understand that hate crimes are unacceptable and will be punished no matter what. In addition, our law enforcers need to actively find ways to make sure hate crimes are very hard to commit, meaning they need to stop hate crimes from happening.
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