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by xyzzyz 1831 days ago
The time series in your link end in 2019, when the trend of falling violence has ended. There has been a huge, unprecedented spike in violence in 2020, and this new normal has wiped decade or two of previous gains.
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Do you think that could be an outlier?
No, because if you look at data, there has been clear inflection point around Memorial Day last year that shifted us to new regime of higher violence that seems to persist instead of subsiding.
Right at the height of Covid. I'm willing to bet it will be back where it was when this is all over.