Violent crime rates really have stayed fairly flat over the last decade, dropping ~3% from 2013-2023. While they fell 15.2% from Q1 2023 to Q1 2024, it seems unfair to cherry-pick that data vs. longer-term trends. Maybe Muir referenced quarterly data Glenn Kessler didn't know he was using. 🤷

Sources: ncvs.bjs.ojp.gov/quick-graphi...cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webap...

Read the quote he's "fact-checking". Does it say "over ten years"? Or does it just say "down"? With year to year data being a very standard way of measuring that