Bestselling authors Mitch Albom and Piper Kerman are headlining East Tennessee State University’s Festival of Ideas. Albom wrote the No. 1 bestselling memoir “Tuesdays with Morrie,” and Kerman is the author of “Orange is the New Black.”
Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin in a tweet last month claimed he reduced homicides by 40% during his first year in office. Experts say using percentages instead of actual numbers to describe crime trends is misleading.
Irvin chose to compare the two years that reflect the largest downturn in homicides. Six were committed in Aurora in 2017 and four in 2018. Overall, however, homicides have fluctuated under his tenure. Using his math, the homicide rate during his second year in office jumped by 200%, from four in 2018 to 12 in 2019.