"Only a few weeks following the officious fact check at the #debate, we now have new data from the National #Crime Victimization Survey. The Wall Street Journal reports: 'The urban violent-crime rate increased 40% from 2019 to 2023. Excluding simple assault, the urban violent-crime rate rose 54% over that span. From 2022 to 2023, the urban violent-crime rate didn’t change to a statistically significant degree, so these higher crime rates appear to be the new norm in America’s cities.'" https://brownstone.org/articles/lockdowns-codified-a-world-of-violence/