Posted on 07/20/2009 7:27:18 AM PDT by freed0misntfree
Violent crime has plummeted in the Washington area and in major cities across the country, a trend criminologists describe as baffling and unexpected.
The District, New York and Los Angeles are on track for fewer killings this year than in any other year in at least four decades. Boston, San Francisco, Minneapolis and other cities are also seeing notable reductions in homicides.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Thank you, Section 8 housing!
Not in Cecil County MD. During the last five years, and especially since the start of this year, both murders and burglaries have increased significantly. A pregnant woman was murdered two weeks ago by a 14 year old teen. The local paper has news of at least one break every day. Our house was hit last week. The police told us the crime is being committed by addicts and that the courts will only sentence them to rehab, not to jail. Each time they go through the system they get wiser to crime detection and harder to catch.
In the District, the department creates a weekly "Go-Go report," which details where and when home-grown bands are playing, because go-go concerts often bring together rival gangs, causing violence, Lanier said. There is also a weekly gang report that tells officers which gangs or crews are feuding that week.
Somehow I don't think this involves young ladies in miniskirts and high vinyl boots.
because the gangs have spread out to smaller cities and towns. Lancaster PA for example, is turing into a gang hell-hole.”
Exactly— Thread here yesterday says Bakersfield has more gang members than ever before and the police are waaaay behind the curve in dealing with the problems.
I have friends who live there. All their lives..they have had their house broken into 2 times in the past 15 months, and they live in a very nice area. Lots of stuff stolen.
The Guardian Angels have enjoyed steady growth across America and around the world these past few years.”
God Bless Curtis.
Or they’re getting too lazy to steal.
“My guess is that the inner city thugs have killed so many of their own kind, theres fewer and fewer of them to commit more crimes.”
Evolution in action
all of the illegals went home
You see, because they didn’t have health insurance, is why they committed violent crimes, and now that the O has promised it to them... they don’t need to commit crime anymore.
I strongly recommend accomplishing that quickly.
bttt
The Heller decision has a lot to do with it I suspect.
> God Bless Curtis.
Amen. He is a great American and a fantastic guy to work for.
Then again, this article only addresses violent crime.
Reasons?
1. The homies know that many more people are armed.
2. Fewer illegals.
3. Big city police departments more or less as a matter of course are lying about crime statistics by not including crimes or reclassifying them.
All of these things are contributing
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