Posted on 06/03/2010 8:51:27 AM PDT by Dallas59
MEXICO CITY – It's one of the safest parts of America, and it's getting safer.
It's the U.S.-Mexico border, and even as politicians say more federal troops are needed to fight rising violence, government data obtained by The Associated Press show it actually isn't so dangerous after all.
The top four big cities in America with the lowest rates of violent crime are all in border states: San Diego, Phoenix, El Paso and Austin, according to a new FBI report. And an in-house Customs and Border Protection report shows that Border Patrol agents face far less danger than street cops in most U.S. cities.
The Customs and Border Protection study, obtained with a Freedom of Information Act request, shows 3 percent of Border Patrol agents and officers were assaulted last year, mostly when assailants threw rocks at them. That compares with 11 percent of police officers and sheriff's deputies assaulted during the same period, usually with guns or knives.
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PURE propaganda
It’s just as safe as living in Chicago. ;)
AP should set up shop in Laredo for a few months.
BS...we need the hemoraging from Mexico to stop or they will never deal with their own problems.
We have defeated the americans at the airport....there are no american tanks in bagdad...
*M1 rumbles by in backround*
That's because there are no border agents and the illegals have already infiltrated the cities.
“Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it”. Adolf Hitler
I see “AP Impact” & I think “here we go, what’s today’s agitprop?”
LOL...comparing assaults on Border Patrols with those on cops.
Illegals are limited by what they can haul thru the long stretch of entry. So they should weigh down their backpacks further with guns/ knives, ammo etc vs. food, bottled water and maybe a change of underwear?
Apples and oranges, and like the post above, pure propaganda.
AP Mege Barf Alert!
Austin is a border city?...Since when? Austin is far from the border.
My roommate (legal)insists that I stay put instead of going to Mexico with him to get his paperwork renewed. His company pays for the trip and they advise me not to go. When a major corporation and a Mexican tells you it ain’t safe...it ain’t safe.
AP owes me a new BS meter.
Mine just exploded....
Phoenix is the kidnapping capital of the world but it is one of the four safest cities...............OK.
“NEWS” from Yahoo and the AP. And in further updates, Al Gore actually DID win the 2000 election. And Bill Clinton didn’t REEELY have “sex” with that woman.
This propaganda is from Mexico City.
I’d like to see what the folks from Phoenix have to say. I have a feeling it’s a whole lot of a different story.
Besides, there aren’t any police patroling the border, so how can they compare to urban streets? By comparing apples and aardvarks, they can produce what looks like there isn’t any problem at all.
And the ones not found.
First draft:
“It’s one of the most dangerous parts of America, and it’s getting more dangerous.”
Edited:
`most’ ungood strike `dangerous’ doubleplus ungood stop crimespeak
stop sub fullwise `safest’/’safer’ stop strike `more’/report Room 101
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