Stop in for a cup of coffee

Ok, this might be political but I find it funny.
The town/city near by me hasn’t had a murder, shooting, stabbing or other serious attack or death since 1984. Republicans have controlled the place since 1984. This past elections, Democrats narrowly win the city council, literally by one vote. They got Sworn in on Jan 2. Since Jan 2nd, there’s been 3 shooting deaths, and 2 stabbing deaths! Wth!
Not that the deaths are funny, but rather the correlation