Los Angeles homicides on pace to hit 340 for 2021; would match last year's pandemic surge: report

[rangerrebew]

Los Angeles homicides on pace to hit 340 for 2021; would match last year's pandemic surge: report
Last year’s homicide rate was the highest number in more than 10 years
By Brie Stimson | Fox News
 

The homicide rate in Los Angeles is reportedly on pace to nearly match last year when killings surged during the coronavirus pandemic with around 350 victims.

At least 115 people have already been killed in the city this year as of May 3, mostly due to an uptick in gun violence, the Los Angeles Daily News reported, citing Los Angeles Police Department statistics.

Last year’s homicide rate was the highest number in more than 10 years, and the city could reach around 340 homicides in 2021, the Daily News reported.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/los-angeles-homicides-on-pace-to-hit-340-for-2021-would-match-last-years-pandemic-surge-report

[PeteS in CA]

Between court-ordered release from prisons and jails, making the definition of a felony less stringent, partially de-funding police, politicized prosecution decisions, and Covid-releases, yeah, government idiocy is driving up crime in CA. But many of those factors are true in quite a few states, with similar predictable consequences.