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Originally Posted by iheartthed
This doesn't explain why the homicide increases were limited to Chicago and a couple of other cities. Other places had high profile killings of black residents, mass protest of policing, an a re-examination of excessive policing tactics, but didn't have the increase in violence.
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Actually, I think this is a pretty common scenario. After Cincinnati experienced race riots in 2001, the city experienced a steep rise is crime and homicides for the next few years before things settled back into the normal range. I think Baltimore experienced the same things following the Freddie Gray murder and acquittal.
I don't think it's fair to blame BLM as an organization, seeing how the Cincinnati story predates BLM by over a decade. But there is a historical trend of cops fucking up ---> community rises up in outrage ---> police feel demonized and take a hands off approach ---> homicides spike