In the absence of police participation- robberies, shootings and homicides have soared in these cities and other similar cities The latest FBI report on gun violence in American cities, especially in specific liberal Democratic-controlled cities- discloses a very inconvenient truth. The relentless bashing and public criticism of urban cops by the activist BLM (Black Lives Matter), the liberal press+ liberal civic leaders have had the unintended consequence of producing a huge increase in black on black killings in certain visible minority cities. To be specific, we are talking Chicago, Baltimore, St. Louis, Charlotte and Milwaukee.