Claim: Says under Mayor Cory Booker, Newark has seen "violent crime up five years in a row, murder up five years in a row."
Fact-check: Cory Booker has overseen "five years in a row" of increases in violent crime, murders in Newark, Steve Lonegan claims
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Bill Wichert
Date published: 2013-08-25T00:00:00