Louisville Named One of America’s Safest Cities (crime, live)

[Off Topic]

I always wonder how accurate these things are, but still, it's pretty darn impressive!

LouisvilleKy.gov - 2007 - Louisville Named One of America’s Safest Cities

[K. Dunn]

Always nice to hear! Keep it up Louisville.

[Peter1948]

Out of all the cities I have lived in, I certainly feel the safest in Louisville. I mostly agree with the rankings. Still, you must be careful with any such rating system.

[dion9146]

I'm moving from Cleveland (bottom 25) to Louisville (top 10). I don't know what I'm going to do with all of my new found security.

This makes me happy.

Dion

[Peter1948]

Originally Posted by dion9146

I'm moving from Cleveland (bottom 25) to Louisville (top 10). I don't know what I'm going to do with all of my new found security.

This makes me happy.

Dion

true....but be careful anywhere. I feel sorry for the recent tragedy in Omaha and the victim's families, but I am kind of glad it happened at a wealthy suburban mall versus an urban ghetto. Crime can occur anywhere, and does, and the loss of life is no less important any time. So, Louisville is extremely safe for being a fairly large city, but be safe and use your common sense as in any major city!

[Steve_W]

Originally Posted by stx12499

true....but be careful anywhere. I feel sorry for the recent tragedy in Omaha and the victim's families, but I am kind of glad it happened at a wealthy suburban mall versus an urban ghetto. Crime can occur anywhere, and does, and the loss of life is no less important any time. So, Louisville is extremely safe for being a fairly large city, but be safe and use your common sense as in any major city!

Well, it was not a suburban mall by the way.

Anyway, what is your logic behind being glad that it happened at a more affluent mall as opposed to a ghetto? Just curious.

[Miss Blue]

Congratulations to the law enforcement and the good citizens of Louisville

[Peter1948]

Originally Posted by Steve_W

Well, it was not a suburban mall by the way.

Anyway, what is your logic behind being glad that it happened at a more affluent mall as opposed to a ghetto? Just curious.

First off, that area is VERY suburban. I have been to Omaha and if that area is not surbuban, you guys do not know urban out there. Just because it is in the "city limits" does not make it "urban." That area is complete with cul de sacs and strip malls and big box stores and if you go 10 minutes down the road to the west, you are in the wide open country.

Now, I am sad to see this event occurred. But I am kind of glad it happened in a nicer, white suburban area if it HAD to happen. Why? Would it be getting this kind of attention if it were in the inner city? No. And, what about the fact that every major city has 50+ homicides every year and it is not nationally sensationalized in the media (much more than the few deaths that happened here)? Why is that? Is it because most of the victims of those crimes are inner city minorities? Something to think about for sure. Certainly we will see more of these copy cat crimes from the mentally ill with all the media sensationalism. The troubled young man prophesized that he would be famous in his own suicide note:

“he was sorry for everything, that he didn’t want to be a burden to anybody, he loved his family, he loved all of his friends. He was a piece of **** all of his life and now he’ll be famous."

This is the kind of crap that is sad, but I really wish the media would not choose to sensationalize it so much! That said, my heart goes out to the victim's families. What an unlikely and untimely way to die.

[Steve_W]

Originally Posted by stx12499

First off, that area is VERY suburban. I have been to Omaha and if that area is not surbuban, you guys do not know urban out there. Just because it is in the "city limits" does not make it "urban." That area is complete with cul de sacs and strip malls and big box stores and if you go 10 minutes down the road to the west, you are in the wide open country.

Now, I am sad to see this event occurred. But I am kind of glad it happened in a nicer, white suburban area if it HAD to happen. Why? Would it be getting this kind of attention if it were in the inner city? No. And, what about the fact that every major city has 50+ homicides every year and it is not nationally sensationalized in the media (much more than the few deaths that happened here)? Why is that? Is it because most of the victims of those crimes are inner city minorities? Something to think about for sure. Certainly we will see more of these copy cat crimes from the mentally ill with all the media sensationalism. The troubled young man prophesized that he would be famous in his own suicide note:

“he was sorry for everything, that he didn’t want to be a burden to anybody, he loved his family, he loved all of his friends. He was a piece of **** all of his life and now he’ll be famous."

This is the kind of crap that is sad, but I really wish the media would not choose to sensationalize it so much! That said, my heart goes out to the victim's families. What an unlikely and untimely way to die.

I suppose I took "suburban" too literal.

As was stated in a different thread, the media coverage was so big because average Americans could put themselves in the position of the innocent victims in that case. They can put themselves in a nice mall instead of shopping in a ghetto where homicide rates are much, much higher.

Inner city shootings most often do not have "innocent" victims. Yes, it sometimes happens, but they don't have large massacres of innocent victims.

I will agree the media is pretty disgusting in many other ways though.

[Peter1948]

Originally Posted by Steve_W

I suppose I took "suburban" too literal.

As was stated in a different thread, the media coverage was so big because average Americans could put themselves in the position of the innocent victims in that case. They can put themselves in a nice mall instead of shopping in a ghetto where homicide rates are much, much higher.

Inner city shootings most often do not have "innocent" victims. Yes, it sometimes happens, but they don't have large massacres of innocent victims.

I will agree the media is pretty disgusting in many other ways though.

an interesting article:

Mass murder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia