Homicide tidal wave in South Bend: Homicides increase from 6 before Buttigieg to 17 in 2015: triple the national average (stats, crime)
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South Bend isn't THAT far away from Chicago. Spill over from Chicago and then spillover from Gary.
Just in support of your post, there is even spill-over from Chicago gangs etc. to the Quad cities (Rock Island, Moline, Bettendorf, Davenport) on the Iowa\Illinois border about 150 miles to the west.
Just in support of your post, there is even spill-over from Chicago gangs etc. to the Quad cities (Rock Island, Moline, Bettendorf, Davenport) on the Iowa\Illinois border about 150 miles to the west.
I know about that. Chicago gangs aren't just going to Indiana and Iowa. They've been in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and in Grand Rapids,MI.
Wonder if he plans to America as dangerous as South Bend.
Seems like in 2010 it had homicide rates similar to national average, then after a few years of his failed leadership it went to three times the national average.
17 homicides that occured two years in a row under his watch when he had already been mayor for years.
Homicides went from 6 just two years before his failed leadership took over to a whopping 17 homicides for a city of 100,000 people.
Odd, how this failure of a mayor who can't even run a city of 100,000 people thinks he qualified to be President.
At least a Bloomberg if he would have run could have showcased low crime rates, South Bend on the other hand has a homicide rate that is triple or more of the national average and four times the rate of NYC.
Like many Democrats are good speaker who is very much like a persuasive lemon car salesman trying to manipulate the gullible.
South Bend has always been violent. The economy imploded after Studebaker left South Bend in the 60s. During the late 70s and 80s, South Bend became a "bedroom community" for many who worked in Chicago, as homes were much cheaper and one could take the South Shore electric train into Chicago.
I went to high school in South Bend. The west side has always been violent and has had a murder rate comparable to Chicago. The north and east suburbs are very nice and like any other Midwestern town. Notre Dame is an island in the city, with green space surrounding it. However, students living off campus to the south and west are often victims of crime, as they perceive South Bend as being safe. As a kid in high school and early college, I worked on the west side working on old houses; I never felt threatened, as most of the violence was drug related and not random.
South Bend always will have crime as the best, high paying factory jobs have left. It is a reflection of the rust belt and the decline of US manufacturing.
Other than that, it is a nice town- I liked living there.
It can certainly be tied to the policies of who is running that city, property crime in Seattle and San Francisco for example is off the charts because of liberal policies.
Also, places like Baltimore where former Mayor, Stephanie Rawlings Blake, told her police to "Let them loot, it's only property". Now violent crime and murder are off the charts in Baltimore as the police are often reluctant to engage.
Gay Pete needs to be held accountable for his city's problems during his time in office.
Yep, good posting to bring these points up to some that may not be in-tune with the region.
My father is a Milwaukee native. He knows about the Chicago gangs.
I also challenge those very persons to think about North Omaha and North Tulsa. Both are located in conservative Omaha and Tulsa. Those neighborhoods are overrun with violence and street gangs. Sounds like political party really doesn't matter.
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