Crime & Justice

Homicide Rate Shoots Up Across Major Cities as Lockdown Stress Turns Lethal

EVERYDAY TRAGEDIES

Donald Trump claims the rise is due to police being undermined—criminologists say it’s not that simple.

Tom Sykes
Tom Sykes 

European Editor at Large

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