Summer Brings Highest Crime Stats In Years But Joy Reid Says Its All Hooey

Things have gotten so bad in New York that murders are up 50% compared to this time of year just before the pandemic. Down in Atlanta the murder rate is even higher growing 60% up from last year. Chicago has reports of over 1,900 shootings, up 53% in a city already dealing with its own crime problem. Seattle hasn’t seen a homicide rate this high in over a quarter of a century.

But Joy Reid heard from friends — perhaps over brunch at an expensive restaurant with a nice view of New York’s Central Park — that crime in big cities probably wasn’t something to worry too much about. 

Violent crime? It ain’t so bad, at least according to MSNBC’s far-left host Joy Reid.

Have you heard about the alarming rise in shootings and murders engulfing American cities across the country?

It’s a beast of a catastrophe, one the absentee President of the United States seems to have no real interest in solving, and the polling shows this could be a huge problem for Democrats in 2022 and beyond.

Just 38 percent of Americans approve of the way President Biden is tackling the crime crisis in this country – I’d love to meet that 38 percent – according to ABC and The Washington Post.

Among those 38 percent is Reid, who recently tweeted in response to left-wing journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, “I’ve seen more TV stories about crime than the actual anecdotes from friends in NYC or other big cities bear out. I mean summer is when crime always goes up and Shark Week happens perennially, despite the rarity of actual shark attacks. But it’s … odd for sure.”

Given that actual crime is not at or near a 20-year high, not even close to it, where do you imagine these perceptions have come from? Media cannot help itself. https://t.co/kRUMK3tz6d

— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) July 2, 2021

Solid inquiry. I've seen more TV stories about crime than the actual anecdotes from friends in NYC or other big cities bear out. I mean summer is when crime always goes up and Shark Week happens perennially, despite the rarity of actual shark attacks. But it's … odd for sure.

— Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) July 2, 2021

These aren’t the ordinary seasonal spikes Reid is describing. It’s a dilemma that Americans should not accept as something that comes with the season, like sunscreen or the flu.

Of course, since Democrats are the party in charge of our country and some major cities within it, this crisis won’t get the attention it deserves.