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Claim: Removing Detroit, Chicago, and Los Angeles reduces US murder rate bellow European countries

1.  FBI Crime Statistics, California - https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/tables/table-6/table-6-state-cuts/california.xls

2.  FBI Crime Statistics, Illinois - https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/tables/table-6/table-6-state-cuts/illinois.xls

3.  FBI Crime Statistics, Michigan - https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/tables/table-6/table-6-state-cuts/michigan.xls

4.  FBI Crime Statistics, National - https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/tables/table-1

5.  World Data Statistics, UK - https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5?locations=GB

6.  World Data Statistics, Australia - https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5?locations=AU

NOTE: It is important to remember that all countries have different methods of calculating homicides and these can be influential.  The FBI includes non-negligible homicide in their data on murders in the US.  It is also important to note that the statistics from the UK and Australia are from 2014 instead of 2016.  However, in 2014, the US still had a murder rate of 4.4.

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