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Jacob Frey: “Crime is lower than it has been in more than a decade.”

Featuring: Jacob Frey, Democratic–Farmer–Labor | Mayor of Minneapolis | Minnesota

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Jovonta Patton Podcast with Mayor Jacob Frey (Special Episode)

Published | Video Starts at 27:47

No shade on the dads and the granddads. No, no, no. But I hear what you're saying, and I'll tell you, it's working again. Crime is lower than it has been in more than a decade. Man. When I tell you, when y' all did that Puerto Rico, the North side felt like Puerto Rico, okay. It was just like. I didn't hear no fireworks, AKA gunshots. (27:47–27:52)

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Reasserts that crime rates are at their lowest in over a decade.

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