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Big City Crime Will Fall This Year, Brennan Center Projects
The Brennan Center for Justice disputes a Trump administration claim of a crime wave, estimating that crime in the nation’s largest cities will drop this year. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, using apparently dated FBI figures, said on Monday that violent crime is up.