The good side of lockdown: Low crime rate in SA, 7 weeks without homicide in Miami

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The good side of lockdown: Low crime rate in SA, 7 weeks without homicide in Miami
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Miami, a city known for its iconic beaches, also has a crime rate 62% higher than the national average of the US. Covid19SA LindaMoreotsene

Miami, a city known for its iconic beaches, also has a crime rate 62% higher than the national average of the US.

However, CBS has reported that for the first time since 1952, the Florida city has gone seven weeks without a murder."We can say that it's due to our police high visibility, attributed to the pandemic," a Miami police source told CBS NewsCloser to home, police minister Bheki Cele said murder, rape, hijackings and robbery had gone down significantly, a state of affairs he ascribed to the ban on alcohol, which is a part of the lockdown rules.

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