Nope, sorry, it was Covid. 83% of homicides are family or aquaintences. Lock people up for months at a time, increase the number of guns out there, and you are going to have increased homicides. The Drive By gets the splashy headline, the guy who shoots his wife because she burned dinner doesn't.
Yes, they abolished the "Let's hassle black people" unit 8 years ago... and crime didn't go up until we started locking people in their houses
Oh, I think the NRA flooding our streets with guns has had a lot to do with it. How about this. You allow any muncipality that wants to ban private gun ownership to do so, and then let's see how it goes. If you are so in love with your gun, you can always move somewhere else.
Try employing some critical thinking skills.
How did Don Lemon KNOW that the Police suspected Smollet of faking the crime?
Someone on the CPD told him or told one of his colleagues.
Why would they do that?
In the hope it would get back to him and he might change his story.