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A major drop in Baltimore murders began right after voters booted their Soros-backed DA.
The timeline is wrong. Mosby lost the July 19, 2022 primary but stayed in office until January 3, 2023, and Baltimore still finished 2022 with 333 homicides; the big decline shows up in 2023, not immediately after the vote.
Full reasoning
Baltimore did not see a major murder drop immediately after voters removed Marilyn Mosby in the 2022 primary.
- Maryland election records show Ivan Bates defeated Mosby in the July 19, 2022 Democratic primary.
- Bates was not sworn in until January 3, 2023.
- Baltimore then finished 2022 with 333 homicides, which WBAL reported was only five fewer than 2021 — not a major drop.
- The large decline appears in 2023, when the Baltimore Police Department's later year-end report says homicides were 261, and 2024 fell further to 201.
So the post's wording compresses the timeline and implies an immediate post-election collapse in murders that the year-end numbers do not show. The substantial decline is visible in the 2023 total, after Bates took office, not "right after voters booted" Mosby in July 2022.
4 sources
- Baltimore City, Maryland - Primary Election Returns 2022
PRIMARY ELECTION JULY 19, 2022 ... STATE'S ATTORNEY DEMOCRATIC PARTY Ivan Bates 34,684; Marilyn J. Mosby 24,415.
- Ivan Bates sworn in as Baltimore City State's Attorney - CBS Baltimore
Updated on: January 3, 2023 ... Ivan Bates has taken over as Baltimore's top prosecutor. He was sworn into the position of Baltimore City State's Attorney Tuesday afternoon.
- Baltimore homicide rate slows in final four months of 2022, lowest since 2018 | WBAL Baltimore News
The final homicide total for 2022 was 333 according to Baltimore Police, which is five fewer than in 2021.
- Baltimore Police Department releases 2024 Year-End Crime Report and Key Highlights
Homicides decreased by 23% (201 v. 261), ... building on 2023's historic record for the largest single-year decline in homicides.