“Police defunding is to blame for “skyrocketing murder rates” in Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Portland, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.”
Social media posts
in a Facebook post. Claim dated 26 May 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
Homicides rates have gone up in the seven places highlighted in the post. But a link between higher homicide rates to police budget cuts has not been proven.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 26 May 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 28 May 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
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