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Take a look at this chart. it shows how police budgets have changed since 1994. the last time crime was completely out of control in this country. those budgets have gone up 46% in the last two decades. now look at the effect on homicide rates. they dropped 32% per capital. in other words, increasing police budgets helps. that's proven. but it's not the full solution. cops can only do so much. you also need prosecutors to punish criminals. one researcher at the university of texas found that about 25% of the 1990's crime drop can be linked to increased incar ration -- incarcerations which does...

It also recorded zero traffic deaths in 2020 and registered a drop in accidents

Pointing out clearly violence is is a major issue in chicago. the chicago pd has seen a historic drop in murders, but all of this is happening agency we see this terrible crime. >> reporter: a lot to unpack. first things first. talk about the 7-year-old girl. dressed at a bumble br bblebee o get treats on the street and gunfire. we know police developed a person of interest and police say it's a good sign showing the community is working with them to try to catch the offender and folks plan to visit that young girl a little later this afternoon. talk about that tweet, look, this started last w...

About dozens being shot. one weekend in chicago and it's something that we become numb to it. the people don't think about this as the crisis in some parts of chicago that it is and that's because of exactly what you brought up which is the narrative that is in play here for mass shootings where automatically you have a left, that's a very antigun, and they see a mass shooting as an opportunity to push the gun control issue, which is fascinating because they don't have the same focus on inner-city crime and crimes that are provided eminently in minority communities because it would raise issue...

Of chicago that it is and that's because of exactly what you brought up which is the narrative that is in play here for mass shootings where automatically you have a left that's a very antigun and they see a mass shooting as an opportunity to push the gun control issue which is fascinating because they don't have the same focus on inner-city crime and crimes that are provided eminently in minority communities because it would raise issues like why chicago, baltimore, st. louis, why are these areas where we have not been able to see the huge dry crime drop that we've had in st. louis the past c...