My first thought too.

Grandma always said, "figures never lie, but liars can figure."

Maybe not racist but could be the fear of being hanged from them affects criminals.

Must be why parks in the big cities are so safe

in one of Madison WI few murders from 2020 , the boyfriend of the daughter took the mother and father into the arboretum to execute them for not giving them more money to live on during quarantine , he and the daughter were put up in an air bnb rental by her parents so that they could safely quarantine together , the parents were doctors.

brought into the trees and shot execution style on their knees

Were they criminals before killing the parents?

Maybe where there are lots of trees (forests) there are fewer people therefore less crime.

I am pro-tree

anybody who listened to that drivel is dumber from it.

we did that on our farm and ended up with White Walnuts and Black Birch trees.......NOW WHAT?

they can't prove the daughters involvement or lack of

nothing serious apparently
apparently the boyfriend wanted more money out of them though they had it and though threatening them would get the money out of them, they called his bluff and he killed them.
not sure what the guy was thinking , oh they will give me more money and I will get to stay out of jail to spend it , who knows