Puerto Rico - 709 murders and counting in 2009

[WIHS2006]

Originally Posted by tropical87

Umm...Cuba actually has the lowest Caribbean crime rate, and the little it has it is all white collar. No wonder Cubans consider PRs as a violent, angry people

Communist nations usually have very low crime rates due to the lack of controls on the police and the harshness of the justice system.

Case in point, when Germany was re-unified in 1990 the officers that were formerly part of the East German Volkspolizei (People's Police) aka the "VoPo's" were totally clueless in how to handle the most basic of investigations without torturing people.

Volkspolizei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

When the army and the Volkspolizei erected the Berlin Wall in 1961, it was declared by the East German leadership that it would protect East Germany against what were represented as the negative elements of East German and NATO societies, particularly fascist sympathizers (the wall was officially called the "anti-fascist protection rampart") and help on the way to a crime-free workers' state.
This partially came true. In comparison to West Germany, East Germany had almost no crime.[citation needed]
This crime-rate increased when the Wall fell in 1989, a common feature of transitions from one-party states. The unfamiliarity of the Volkspolizei with what were everyday occurrences in West Germany meant that the Volkspolizei were suddenly hit with crimes they were not equipped to solve after 1989. In Leipzig, for example, cases of serious theft rose 540% from 1989 to 1990.

I would imagine the situation is very similar in Cuba with it's "Policia Nacional Revolutionaria"

[loinonon]

My family is from a relatively small town in Puerto Rico. At one time, a neighbor who killed his wife for cheating would be talked about for years. Now, when I get news from home, it's one sad story after the next, one young kid killed after another. Usually, there is drug involvement. Either, the kid is involved (using or dealing) or he (usually) has been killed by someone trying to get drugs. It's very sad.

[jay_jay26]

Now you see why I had to get out of that island?! I love my life!!!!!

[pman]

PR is a wonderful place to funnel drugs into the US. When the US gets sensible about its drug laws, crime rates will fall all over the place, esp PR and Mexico as well as Colombia.

[Thomas Jefferson]

Originally Posted by WIHS2006

Communist nations usually have very low crime rates due to the lack of controls on the police and the harshness of the justice system.

Case in point, when Germany was re-unified in 1990 the officers that were formerly part of the East German Volkspolizei (People's Police) aka the "VoPo's" were totally clueless in how to handle the most basic of investigations without torturing people.

Volkspolizei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



I would imagine the situation is very similar in Cuba with it's "Policia Nacional Revolutionaria"

You got the point my friend. Uff, I have friends that were caught with a small quantity of weeds and after getting caught by the PNR they have never seen the light again. Just imagine if you kill a Castro's cow; minimum 15 years.

[Thomas Jefferson]

Originally Posted by tropical87

Umm...Cuba actually has the lowest Caribbean crime rate, and the little it has it is all white collar. No wonder Cubans consider PRs as a violent, angry people

LOL, according to who? The Official Government Newspaper, el Granmma. LOL.