Homicides Higher In 2020 And COVID Lockdowns Are Likely Cause – OpEd

By Ryan McMaken*

Twenty twenty was an unpleasant year for so many reasons. It was a year of riots, unemployment, and the trend in overall rising mortality continued unabated.

Homicides also increased.

In fact, in preliminary homicide data, it looks like homicides increased a lot in 2020.

According to the FBI’s...