Reported incidents of violent crime dropped 15%, according to the FBI data.
The first three months of 2024 saw a continued drop in levels of violent crime and murder across the country, according to data released by the FBI on Monday -- a trend that Attorney General Merrick Garland called "historic."
"This data makes clear that last year's historic decline in violent crime is continuing," Garland said in a statement highlighting the new statistics. Biden himself put out a statement late Monday afternoon as he returned to the White House from Delaware. Trump is touting the role he played in enacting the First Step Act, a criminal justice reform law that reduced some mandatory minimum prison sentences, gave judges the power to sentence nonviolent drug offenders to less time behind bars and more, such as increasing job training to lower recidivism rates. Last month, Trump became theThe number released Monday further build off data released earlier this year by the FBI, which showed murders dropped nationwide by 13% through 2023.
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