Left tries to cover-up surge in violent crime in 2020

 Brandon Morse:

Earlier this month, NBC News pushed the idea that crime had fallen overall last year, citing a “center-left” group called “Third Way” for their info. It was supposed to be a study meant to disprove Republicans who were pointing out that the crime waves hitting blue states was thanks to various Democrat Party-backed causes.

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The truth is that murders and assaults spiked after the media got ahold of the death of George Floyd and began pushing it on America relentlessly during the 2020 elections.

“Many cities saw spikes in the level of violence … in the immediate aftermath of George Floyd’s death and the ensuing protests,” Fain Lehman explained.

These assaults and murders spiked and stayed high throughout the remainder of the year. It has yet to drop back down according to FBI statistics. These spikes, however, were primarily seen in large cities, while small towns saw these violent crimes drop.

The reason for the rise in crime in large cities also contained movements supported by the left:

Preliminary FBI data for 2020 show a big disparity in how different areas fared. Cities with more than a million people saw a 3.9% rise in violent crimes, and those with between 500,000 and a million saw a 5.8% rise. Towns with fewer than 10,000 residents saw a decrease of 5.2%. Large cities had more “defund the police” movements and related activism.

As Fox News pointed out, Third Way ignored these differences and even went so far as to focus on states instead of cities in an attempt to pass off some of the blame to Republican governors instead of Democrat mayors or county heads.

“Most criminal justice decision-making happens at the local level,” said Fain Lehman.

It didn’t help that police were either restricted from, or too afraid, to do their jobs.

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This looks like a cover-up to benefit Democrat politicians who were responsible for defunding police and restricting their law enforcement efforts.  Minorities were hardest hit by the restrictions on law enforcement.