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‘Ferguson Effect’ may have led to 6% Increase in Murders in early 2015

by Spencer Irvine on

FBI released crime data and it appears that the “Ferguson Effect,” where police were reluctant to do their jobs due to potential backlash, may have led to more murders.

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