- Violent crime is down nationwide, but in many Michigan cities, it remains far higher than 2020
- Different data sets allow Trump to claim crime is ‘through the roof’ and Harris to claim it is ‘falling’
- Neither is wrong. But neither is 100% correct, since both data sets have limitations
In late August, former President Donald Trump came to Livingston County and, surrounded by uniformed law enforcement officers, asserted that crime is “out of control.”
“The Kamala crime wave that is going on at levels that nobody’s ever seen before,” said Trump, referring to Vice President Kamala Harris.
“It’s just insane. But you can’t walk across the street to get a loaf of bread. You get shot, you get mugged, you get raped, you get whatever it may be.”…