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Post-debate, separating crime facts from fiction
Crime was a big topic in Monday night’s debate. Along with other claims about crime, Donald Trump said that almost 4,000 people have been killed in Chicago since President Obama took office, and Hillary Clinton said that violent crime is one half of what it was in 1991.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readCrime was a big topic in Monday night’s debate. Along with other claims about crime, Donald Trump said that almost 4,000 people have been killed in Chicago since President Obama took office, and Hillary Clinton said that violent crime is one half of what it was in 1991. Well, just in time for that debate, the FBI released new data on crime in America. Murders are up across the country, with 10 percent more murders last year than the year before. In Los Angeles, the increase was nearly 9 percent. Other cities saw a much more significant spike, including Baltimore, Chicago and St. Louis..
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The full episode
3 of 5Debate recap: The highs, lows, and the effect on the undecided- 0:30The highs and lows of the first presidential debate
- 12:21Did the debate help undecided voters decide?
- 20:31Post-debate, separating crime facts from fictionYou’re reading this
- 30:04Colson Whitehead on his imagined real 'Underground Railroad'
- 44:31WeHo wants to save Barney's Beanery despite its intolerant past