Murders in Houston Rise to 12-Year High; Mayor Cites Storm [Katrina]

The New York Times ^ | January 2, 2007 | By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

[aculeus]

Gee.

[MeanWestTexan]

Hey, I think Odessa has incalcetrant bums and various other types of street trash on the loose. So does San Antonio, Dallas, and Austin.

Wonder if they'd notice if we got them together and shipped them all to Houston?

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

Implicit in that is the awful truth whose name must never be spoken, that one segment of the population commits crime in much greater proportion than their percentage of the population.

[Zack Nguyen]

Is anyone accusing the Mayor of racism?

[Hi Heels]

How long do you figure the politicians down there are going to blame that storm for all the area's ills?

[Xenalyte]

Until they're out of office and the problem becomes someone else's.

[bmwcyle]

We must pull out of Houston. /sarcasm

[D-Chivas]

I'm surprised the NY Times didn't find some professor to also say that this was more proof that the death penalty doesn't stop murder.

[Kenton]

Hey Houston. Make sure you remember this next time a hurricane wipes out part of Louisiana.

No good deed go unpunished...

[texgal]

No good deed go unpunished...

Isn't that the truth! We didn't ask for them to stay and become permanent welfare recipients. The idea was to give them a place to stay until the aid agencies, insurance companies, relatives, etc. were able to get them some assistance. Bill White should have his butt kicked all the way to New Orleans. Hope the taxpayers of Houston remember this come election time.

I no longer work in the West Chase area after being confronted in a private parking garage by a man wanting money. It scared the living daylights out of me. The company was wanting us to work overtime, late into the night, but not willing to pay for security for us. So I quit. I'm living and working outside the Houston city limits, but you can bet that even the areas outside the city are having some of the same problems.

[TexasRepublic]

Implicit in that is the awful truth whose name must never be spoken, that one segment of the population commits crime in much greater proportion than their percentage of the population.

Actually, there are at least two segments that account for most of the crime I hear about.

[Bringbackthedraft]

How many victims? MSM, we need to know the total number for the USA for the year of 2006!

Aren't they keeping tallies on our national homicides like the KIAs in the mideast?

[weegee]

I'm planning on it. Democrat insurgents have looted the budget for some billionaire business partners.

Criminals run free while the nannystaters "criminalize" the non-violent citizens.

[weegee]

I hope Texans remember this when Bill White runs for Senate.

[Eaker]

Or Governor.

[zeugma]

I hope Texans remember this when Bill White runs for Senate.

Well, if he runs with an "R" by his name, (as anyone who actually wants to win statewide in Texas  must do), he'll get the full support of many freepers, who look no further than party affiliation, and are uninterested in petty details like "competence".

[libs_kma]

"We didn't ask for them to stay and become permanent welfare recipients. The idea was to give them a place to stay until the aid agencies, insurance companies, relatives, etc. were able to get them some assistance"

They got a free ride to another state that was giving them a "free ride" with a clean slate. They'll hang on there like a tick!

Houston won't get rid of them until the free money/food/rent/etc spigot runs dry, and even then they'll hang on with a death grip hoping they'll get something else free to make them leave.

[bannie]

dogs...fleas

[aruanan]

Murders in Houston Rise to 12-Year High; Mayor Cites Storm [Katrina]

Like fumigation in a neighboring apartment drives the pests into surrounding apartments?

[gcruse]

"We had a population growth, and any population growth will drive up crime rates."

I'd like to see the reasoning behind that. The rate should stay the same unless the increase in population growth is coming from a source that has a concentration of criminality. Population growth from childbirth would not cause this.