Rising Murder Rate Analysis

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AoW #2 Rising Murder Rate The argument made by Thomas P., is that the murder rate has been going up a lot the last couple years and the United States is not handling it right. Thomas P. argues that the government is trying to cover up how big of a deal the rising murder rate is. In this passage he writes, “ In 2016, there were 17,250 homicides, an increase of more than 8.5 percent from previous year.” That's a tremendous increase in homicides in just one year. In the passage he suggests that we need a new national dialogue. In this dialogue they will go more with evidence rather than blaming. Another idea of his, is that instead of trying to control drugs, poverty, culture and guns we should focus on controlling the small

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