Trump’s Republican National Convention speech massively distorted national crime statistics

Trump’s Republican National Convention speech massively distorted national crime statistics

When Donald Trump took the stage in Cleveland on Thursday night (July 21), he immediately made some strong comments about law and order. They were, however, in typical Trump fashion, a rather blatant distortion of the facts. “Homicides last year increased by 17% in America’s 50 largest cities. That’s the largest increase in 25 years.”…