Surge Of Violent Crimes

US – US President Donald Trump as said in the news that according to him there is a surge or spike of violent crimes on US major cities like New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Detroit, etc. He has send a federal law enforcement agents to these cities to tackle the situation.

“President Donald Trump has said major US cities are seeing a spike in crime, and has offered to send in federal law enforcement to tackle the situation. He has denounced a string of Democrat-run cities which are "plagued by violent crime".” (BBC)

But according to BBC website in their data presented from the police department source of respective major US cities, violent crime is down since 1990s. But murders and shootings is seen to surge currently according to the news.

“But in many major US cities, including Chicago and New York, violent crime overall is down compared with the same time last year.” (BBC)

“Individual years can fluctuate but violent crime across America has been on a downward trend since the 1990s.” (BBC)

“In April and May, violent crime in many US cities declined significantly compared with previous years, due in part to coronavirus lockdown measures. But President Trump has pointed to a string of murders in certain cities, and homicides in contrast have increased sharply in some areas.” (BBC)

According to the news, Chicago and New York have increased a shooting incident recently and Philadelphia in murders. President Trump have sent federal agents to the cities.

US President Donald Trump (image from BBC website)