Effect of Black Lives Matter on Murder Rate
Even more obvious than the effect an “inflation refund” will have on inflation is the effect Black Lives Matter — which was aggressively promoted by the liberal establishment — would have on the murder rate:
According to the Major Cities Chiefs Association, a police group that tracks crime levels, murders rose 44% from 2019 to 2021 across 70 of America’s largest cities.
Finally BLM mania passed:
But then something happened – big city murders fell dramatically from their peak from over 9,600 in 2021 to 6,900 in 2024 – a 39% decline.
It’s called the Ferguson Effect. When liberals hamstring law enforcement in the name of Critical Race Theory, murderers run riot.
That more policing would cut crime is not only commonsense, it is borne out by numerous academic studies showing proactive policing reduces violent crime.
But it has disparate impact, so liberals don’t like it. Never mind that letting crime flourish also has a disparate impact regarding those victimized.
Post-George Floyd de-policing – when demoralized, debilitated, and depleted police forces step back from aggressive anti-crime activities fearing political, professional, or personal consequences for doing their jobs – exacerbated the growing violent and serious crime problem.
Derek Chauvin could tell you all about these consequences.
Emboldened criminals stepped into the vacuum and mayhem ensued.
The violence was a fit tribute to the patron saint of modern liberalism, career criminal George Floyd.
By 2021, the CDC recorded over 26,000 homicides nationwide – 7,000 “excess” killings compared to 2019 levels…
Liberals who signaled their warped notion of virtue by donating money in reaction to the BLM riots have blood on their hands.
On a tip from Bluto.