By alang.consultant New York (Knewz) — As homicide rates tick up in many U.S. cities and communities, people pointed the blame at guns, lack of mental health resources and the defund police movement. A recent Politico/Morning Consult poll asked people across the nation about the increasing crime rate. According to a recent report from the Council on Criminal Justice Violent Crime Working Groupsampling data from 22 cities showed a 44 percent increase in homicides in 2021 compared to 2019. That represented about an additional 1,300 lives lost. The poll asked people about various reasons for the …