FBI stats show that South Bend, Indiana among America's most violent cities

As Joe Biden's presidency crumbles--and the unpopularity of his vice president, Kamala Harris, exceeds his--there is already talk of who will be the Democratic nominee in 2024. 

One of those possibilities is Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg. Prior to his 2020 president run Buttigieg was mayor of South Bend, Indiana. 

How are things now in South Bend? Yesterday the FBI released crime statistics for 2020 and the Detroit News compiled a list based on those numbers and creating a worst-ten for violent crime in cities. 

Memphis topped the list with Detroit placing second. Rounding out the list is St. Louis, Little Rock, South Bend, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Kansas City, Missouri, Lansing, Michigan, and Springfield, Missouri. 

Yes, Mayor Pete's South Bend is among the ten with the northern Indiana city suffering from 1,765 violent crimes in 2020 that translates to a rate of 1,706.09 violent crimes per 100,000 residents.

Okay, okay, I get it. Buttigieg hasn't been mayor of South Bend since New Year's Day in 2020. But the spike in violent crimes goes back years, beginning in 2012, when Mayor Pete was sworn into office. 

Buttigieg's successor, James Mueller, was a childhood friend of Mayor Pete as well as a onetime chief of staff of his. Buttigieg endorsed Mueller in the 2019 Democratic Primary for South Bend mayor and Mueller easily won in the general election in this heavily Democratic city.