Murders rates experience an Unprecedented Spike Nationwide per FBI data in 2020

The number of murders in the U.S. rose nearly 30% in 2020 compared with the previous year, according to FBI statistics. It is the largest single-year increase since the record-keeping began. A file photo

– News from elsewhere covered by Quincy Quarry with commentary added.

“Need another body bag.”
A file photo

Murders rates experience an unprecedented spike nationwide per FBI data in 2020.

After decades of homicide rates in the US trending lower, homicides spiked by a gobsmacking as well as a record-setting 30% increase from what was suffered in 2019.

While the FBI did not offer comment on why, one can only reasonably assume that COVID-19 surely fueled a great deal of homicidal rage which then played out into actual homicides.

Source: FBI Data Shows An Unprecedented Spike In Murders Nationwide In 2020

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