Trump’s Debate Assertions on NYC Crime Don’t Jibe With the Stats
- NYC homicides and shootings fell with reduced stop-and-frisks
- Republican candidate insisted murders have increased in NYC
Trump Tells Lester Holt He’s Wrong on Stop-And-Frisk
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump got it wrong during Monday night’s presidential debate when he credited stop-and-frisk police tactics for New York’s two-decade trend of lower crime, and asserted that murders increased in the two years since the city curtailed the practice.
NYPD statistics show the city where Trump lives has recorded 246 homicides as of Sept. 18, down from 257 at the same time last year, which ended with 352 murders. The record low was 333 in 2014.