[Yo-Yo]

I grew up in the Detroit area in the early 1970s, and that would have been a slow Wednesday night back then.

In spite of the sensationalism, violent crime is down by half from its peak.

[Undecided 2012]

yoyo, your numbers are skewed because once the brothers took over police departments they down graded all violent crime to make appear their doing better.
Aggravated assault down grades to disorderly conduct.
Armed Robbery - is now theft
Rape - domestic dispute
etc etc