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According to the Greensboro Police Chief... of the 29 murder victims.. 26 are black, 2 Hispanic, and 1 white. He had a press conference this afternoon.... since then.... 5 more people have been shot in 2 separate incidents.
According to the Greensboro Police Chief... of the 29 murder victims.. 26 are black, 2 Hispanic, and 1 white. He had a press conference this afternoon.... since then.... 5 more people have been shot in 2 separate incidents.
I lived in Durham until I was 7 and my parents had good friends in Greensboro. I have fond memories of playing there as a kid in the 80's - sad to hear it's being hit hard like this.
Unbelievable numbers out of Chicago right now. After several more murders Monday and Tuesday Chicago now has a total of 352 for the year. That is actually slightly more than it's total to date in the historically awful 2016. Chicago is now on track to record 800 murders this year, which is more than 200 more than last year. In just the last three weeks Chicago has seen around 100 (!) murders. In three weeks.
"Without a doubt"? In terms of big cities, that's a lie. Aside from 2016 and 2017, Philadelphia's homicide rates are higher than Chicago's, and possibly equal to Chicago's by the end of this the year. The media has an obsession on making crime synonymous with Chicago. I'm not "playing with numbers" How can it statistically be the most violent city when Gary, 30 minutes away has a higher homicide rate?
Gary is irrelevant because I made clear that I am talking about major cities (top 15 or 20).
Even assuming that Philly ends 2020 with a higher murder rate than Chicago, and that there is therefore doubt whether Chicago is in fact the most violent major city in America, we can still say that without a doubt Chicago is*either*the first or second most violent major city in America. In other words, "hey at least we're not Philadelphia" is just not going to be something you'll see the chamber of commerce use in their marketing strategy.
Chicago has a serious and mostly unparalleled problem. That isn't a media conspiracy. It's real. The numerous families grieving over their dead kids in Chicago right now should make that clear enough. Chicago has a problem. Whether NYC had a bad weekend or Philly has had a bad year doesn't in any way change the reality that Chicago is the most or at least one of the most dangerous major cities in the US.
"Without a doubt"? In terms of big cities, that's a lie. Aside from 2016 and 2017, Philadelphia's homicide rates are higher than Chicago's, and possibly equal to Chicago's by the end of this the year. The media has an obsession on making crime synonymous with Chicago. I'm not "playing with numbers" How can it statistically be the most violent city when Gary, 30 minutes away has a higher homicide rate?
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Originally Posted by ForeignCrunch
Gary is irrelevant because I made clear that I am talking about major cities (top 15 or 20).
Well Chicago is traditionally the most violent BIG American city. There are dozens of other small/mid size cities with higher crime rates, but Chicago is one of the largest most prestigious cities in the country, therefore a weekend with 30+ murders will not go unnoticed... Philadelphia is no saint, but its nice to see that its not the target of the media, and until 2019, the city was doing decently well with controlling its homicides.
Also, there is more to crime than just homicides. Neither Chicago or Philadelphia are anywhere near the most dangerous mid/large cities when looking at overall crime stats. A blaring example of a city that skirts by is Washington DC.
Even assuming that Philly ends 2020 with a higher murder rate than Chicago, and that there is therefore doubt whether Chicago is in fact the most violent major city in America, we can still say that without a doubt Chicago is*either*the first or second most violent major city in America. In other words, "hey at least we're not Philadelphia" is just not going to be something you'll see the chamber of commerce use in their marketing strategy.
Chicago has a serious and mostly unparalleled problem. That isn't a media conspiracy. It's real. The numerous families grieving over their dead kids in Chicago right now should make that clear enough. Chicago has a problem. Whether NYC had a bad weekend or Philly has had a bad year doesn't in any way change the reality that Chicago is the most or at least one of the most dangerous major cities in the US.
Agreed. Yes, the media has their targets (which is annoying), but turning on the TV and hearing 30 people were killed in a 2 day span is horrific. But, I also realize that crime is very isolated in Chicago as it is in most major American cities.
And also not sure why that poster is trying to pin Chicago and Philadelphia against one another. They both issues with crime that need to be addressed, does it really matter who finishes worse in 2020?
And not to open a can of works, but how do the "defund" the police people respond to there absolutely alarming numbers?
So for cities with a population over 1 million, Philly is the worse.
Cities with a population over 2-3 million, LA and Chicago was neck and neck with LA slightly higher by a few points,
Now if we take each borough of NYC and break em down as seperate cities,The Bronx and Brooklyn are the worse.
But all of that of course is data from the war year's, In today's time we can see that Chicago and Philly is still on bull****...
With Detroit and Baltimore being the worse big cities by far if we're talking murder rate
Actually Chicago hit 34 per 100K in 1992 and had thousands of more murders than Los Angeles between the 1970s and the 1990s. In fact, Chicago outpaced Los Angeles in total number of murders for every single decade in history except the 1980s.
So for cities with a population over 1 million, Philly is the worse.
Cities with a population over 2-3 million, LA and Chicago was neck and neck with LA slightly higher by a few points,
Now if we take each borough of NYC and break em down as seperate cities,The Bronx and Brooklyn are the worse.
But all of that of course is data from the war year's, In today's time we can see that Chicago and Philly is still on bull****...
With Detroit and Baltimore being the worse big cities by far if we're talking murder rate
NYC all time high is 31 per 100k
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