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-Lurid Crime Tales-
How 'America's safest state' became a gun violence hotspot: Vermont's murder-rate DOUBLES in two years as fentanyl deaths spiral out of control
2024-02-04
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Interesting that police staffing is a problem in such a blue state following the Defund The Police fad.
  • Vermont State Police say for the second straight year, murders topped 20 - nearly double what it was in 2021

  • The deadly crime wave comes as the state is battling soaring fentanyl overdoses, with 243 opioid deaths in 2022, a 50 percent increase on 2020

  • There are 51 positions (15%) in the roughly 330-strong force unfilled, cops said - with about 25 percent on some sort of family, military or other leave
Posted by:Skidmark

#2  243 opioid deaths in 2022

Any guesses which number is higher - gun deaths or opioid deaths?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2024-02-04 18:14  

#1  I'm sure that it's mere coincidence that this started after Vermont started down the slippery slop of "common sense" gun control.
Posted by: Too Old To Work   2024-02-04 14:47  

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