While speaking in Jacksonville on Thursday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis repeated a claim that Florida’s crime rate is at 50-year low — but is it true?
DeSantis made the claim while responding to a Black Air Force veteranGov. DeSantis fiercely defends himself against Black veteran who blames him for racist Jacksonville shooting
The statement caused the crowd to applaud, but data analysts with the Marshall Project said DeSantis isn’t telling the full story about Florida’s crime statistics. “Obviously, this patchiness of data creates huge issues in trying to hold politicians accountable,” Li said.— a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization — in Duval County, just 3.1% of the population was covered in Florida’s reported crime data and 92.3% of the population in St. Johns County was covered.
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