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    Stacey Abrams on Violent Crime, Defunding the Police

    by Eugene Kiely Jun 29, 2022 5 minutes

    Stacey Abrams, who faces Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in a rematch this fall, correctly accused Kemp’s TV ad makers of “conveniently” editing her comments about defunding the police, but she falsely claimed that the state’s violent crimes went up 55% in 2020. The actual increase was about 5%.

    Violent Crimes

    Abrams, who narrowly lost to Kemp in the 2018 governor’s race, made her remarks about violent crime in the state on “Fox News Sunday” after host Martha MacCallum asked Abrams if it was “a mistake to defund the police” given that crime is rising across the country.

    The intention that we had in 2020 was to call attention to the harm that was being done to Black people by the police. We have a litany of murders that shocked the conscience of every American. But let’s be clear, in the state

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