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DC at 15, on pace to break last year's 50 year low of 88. Increasingly, we have hipsters killing us with ironic viewpoints, and making neighborhoods unsafe for anyone who doesn't separate their compost items from recyclables.
I'm trying to find out how many homicides Seattle has had this year so far, but all I've found is an article from Jan. 27 talking about a shooting at a bar that was the first homicide of the year - and it was a Seattle PD officer who killed the shooter (who had gone to the bar to shoot his girlfriend). That was actually the first homicide since October. Not sure if our count is still at 1 for the year or not.
In 2003 the Chicago media falsely reported that Chicago was the Murder Capital when it was Gary that had the nation's highest murder rate. Could've been an honest mistake ....but they falsely reported same thing in 2008 and again last year in 2012. So the Chicago media has been wrongly attaching a label to their hometown, yet they haven't come under fire from the city's residents. Why is that?
In 2003 the Chicago media falsely reported that Chicago was the Murder Capital when it was Gary that had the nation's highest murder rate. Could've been an honest mistake ....but they falsely reported same thing in 2008 and again last year in 2012. So the Chicago media has been wrongly attaching a label to their hometown, yet they haven't come under fire from the city's residents. Why is that?
Maybe because Gary is so small at only 80,000 residents. I think there are small towns in America with higher murder rates than many of the big cities and Gary is one.
Maybe because Gary is so small at only 80,000 residents. I think there are small towns in America with higher murder rates than many of the big cities and Gary is one.
Gary's population was over 100k in 2003 and with the highest murder murder rate among cities with population's over 100k it was the true murder capital of 2003. As far as smaller cities...they're not mentioned by the Chicago media as some of them are far worse. This is why they only compare Chicago with NYC & L.A. but not to Detroit & New Orleans. 508 murders for Chicago in 2012 with a population of 2.7 million, while Detroit & New Orleans combined logged 575 murders in 2012 but with a combined population that was 2 1/2 times smaller than Chicago's
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