In most of America's largest cities, crime, especially violent crime, is down. But the fear of crime is increasing. Donald Trump has made a career out of ignoring the reality of crime rates and of stoking that fear. Well before he entered politics and throughout his political career, he has talked about city life as life in a proverbial jungle.
"Sometimes, the cruise lines don't want to report this information on the front end... which brings unfortunate attention to them, just as it would when we have airplane situations or the delays in airplanes that we're having now..."
But the human rights group Jamaican for Justice has raised concerns about a corresponding significant and alarming increase in fatal police shootings in the same period.
It is unclear what the government hopes to achieve by publishing this data in this way, but the dangers are very clear.
South African police successfully rescued an American pastor, Joshua Sullivan, who was abducted during a sermon last week, amidst a rising trend of kidnappings in the country.