Statement·other·said 2024-09-15
“In Springfield, Ohio, "murders are up by 81%."”
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Verdict
Mixedby PolitiFact
2024-09-23Reasoning
The figure cherry-picks a 2021 to 2023 jump from five to nine murders; longer-term FBI data show homicides fluctuating with no clear trend, and experts say annual comparisons of rare events are unreliable.
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