Exactly one year ago today, television pundit Nancy Grace predicted that Colorado and its then-newly legal marijuana sales would set the state up “for one of the biggest crime waves !”
And no, we didn’t add the exclamation point. That was Grace’s.
I guess I should say congrats Colorado, b/c you’re setting yourselves up for one of the biggest crime waves you’ve ever seen!
— Nancy Grace (@NancyGraceHLN)
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While , the truth is most general crimes haven’t seen .
As Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson : “We look to the economy and other factors as to why crime goes up and down. Traditionally, it’s been trending downward for the last few years.”
Have we witnessed “one of the biggest crime waves you’ve ever seen”? Certainly we have not.
For an alternate perspective, read this Washington Post opinion piece from April:
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