Murder rates have fallen everywhere since 2000, many with steeper drops than NYC (8.7/100K in 2000 to 6.3 in 2011). Los Angeles' rate, for example, has been nearly halved - from 14.8 to 7.7.
NYC's murder rate is more impressive than LA's, because NYC is 26% black, compared to LA's 10%.
18 posted on 05/03/2013 1:28:42 PM PDT by Zhang Fei
(Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)