cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/4640011
While headlines tend to focus on falling clearance rates in large liberal cities, the decline occurred nationwide in both red and blue cities, counties and states. The violent crime clearance rate, for example, fell considerably between 2019 to 2022 in big cities, which tend to be led by Democrats, as well as in small cities and suburban and rural counties, which tend to be led by Republicans.
It’s worth mentioning that the clearance rate doesn’t necessarily mean that they got it right, just that they got it done. Police and prosecutors are under greater scrutiny today than ever before.
It turns out they’ve been terrible this whole time