And ^^ the government was aware and enabling this increase in drugs/drug-related crime to disrupt political movements for, specifically equality:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#:~:text=COINTELPRO%...

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:3jedcY... (cached for the ease/convenience)

That and wars happening at the same time and also in the near past that uh, also killed a lot of people.

It’s not really the same thing, but US and European governments have lawfully sent more of their own innocent citizens to the grave in this century than any criminals ever. Then again the commenter was trying to equivocate opposition to civil rights as a law and order issue.

Don't forget lead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%E2%80%93crime_hypothesis

History has _a lot_ of moving parts.

Of course, there are many confounding factors - I'm not hinting otherwise.

What I am pointing out - is the near total social decay that broke out in many areas, and the otherwise obvious malaise introduced in many places throughout America that for some reason, people want to totally ignore over when it suits their agenda.

There's a generational divide between people who actually remember what Manhattan was like before it was 'cleaned up' (by hook or by crook, even that is controversial).