Baltimore having its lowest crime spree isn't an accident at all. Their mayor is a lefty and has this proactive community outreach he's doing. Like, he's deliberately moved away from policing to fix violent crime. The lowering of violent crime in Baltimore far exceeds what we'd expect to see for the national average.

The way you put it makes it seem like their efforts there haven't been useful and that flatly untrue.

[–] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 28 points 1 week ago

Didn't mean it that way. Im from the Baltimore area originally think his policing reforms are great and definitely were a huge contributor to the lower murder rate.

But it is also true that rates were already declining before he entered office and have been declining across the country. He accelerated the trend in his city but the trend was already happening.