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The Myth of Falling Crime: Why Americans Don’t Trust the Numbers

The Myth of Falling Crime: Why Americans Don’t Trust the Numbers
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Every election season, mayors and governors step before cameras to boast that crime is down. Charts are waved, statistics cited, and carefully crafted talking points deployed to assure anxious citizens that their streets are safer than ever. Yet when you leave the press conference and walk the sidewalks of Baltimore, Chicago, or Los Angeles, the reality feels far different. The gap between official numbers and lived experience is wide enough to swallow public trust whole.

Armstrong Williams
Armstrong Williams
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Armstrong Williams is a political commentator, author, entrepreneur and is founder of Howard Stirk Holdings.