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Ridgewood NJ, The FBI’s recent fourth-quarter crime report for 2023 paints a picture of a country seeing significant drops in violent crime and murder. According to the agency, murder is down 13.2%, and violent crime has fallen 5.7% compared to 2022. News outlets have eagerly reported this as a major success, with headlines proclaiming that violent crime has “declined significantly” and is approaching pre-pandemic levels.
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