"It's COVID, damn it! COVID caused this alleged urban crime surge, which really isn't a surge in crime because crime is down in two hand-picked cities of my choice!"
You know how bad it is when CNN...CNN...makes the connection between defunding and BLM and a rise in murders at the epicenter of The Madness of 2020.
Link: https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/25/us/minneapolis-crime-defund-invs/index.html