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So does this mean that unless something really crazy happens, Boston ends up with roughly the same homicide rate as last year which is roughly in the ballpark of 2019, but substantially down from 2018 and 2020? It's kind of hard to see any trendlines here. I'm wondering if there's something more visible with a larger metropolitan area look over the past several years.
So does this mean that unless something really crazy happens, Boston ends up with roughly the same homicide rate as last year which is roughly in the ballpark of 2019, but substantially down from 2018 and 2020? It's kind of hard to see any trendlines here. I'm wondering if there's something more visible with a larger metropolitan area look over the past several years.
The MSA declined pretty substantially, Boston was on track to have less than 30 all the way through September.. but there was 7 murders in October and 3 in November.
Boston, a city with just under 700,000 people has much less homicides than Gary, IN or San Bernardino, CA.
It's really not that bad and certainly not at the body in trunk level.
Raleigh is currently at 39, a city record. Hasn't been a murder in at least 2-3 weeks, so we've slowed down in December. Gonna be interesting to see how city leaders approach violence next year after a record homicide year...
This is still an extraordinarily safe city, and while 39 murders to date is the most ever, this isn't the highest murder rate the city has had. There were years in the 90s that crossed 10 per 100,000...
Boston, a city with just under 700,000 people has much less homicides than Gary, IN or San Bernardino, CA.
It's really not that bad and certainly not at the body in trunk level.
I don’t think anyone is insinuating its that bad though- just stating it is what it is. And that NYC and even LA are not that bad, they’re a lot more Boston than Baltimore- much more.
Last population estimate for Boston was 654k census was 676k.
So does this mean that unless something really crazy happens, Boston ends up with roughly the same homicide rate as last year which is roughly in the ballpark of 2019, but substantially down from 2018 and 2020? It's kind of hard to see any trendlines here. I'm wondering if there's something more visible with a larger metropolitan area look over the past several years.
Andrew Lelling was a US Attorney for MA who I think fundamentally changed things. Prior to him Massachusetts frequently had the highest violent crime rate in the northeast. Every urban city in MA is much safer than it was in 2013.
Lelling had a laser like focus on criminal gangs in Massachusetts.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/u...nces-departure
Leading a coordinated group of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, the U.S. Attorney’s Office prioritized rooting out drug trafficking and violent offenders in Lawrence, Mass., a city in which crime has dropped 46% in the last two years.
Since late 2017, Lelling’s gang and organized crime prosecutors have convicted dozens of members of the violent transnational gang MS-13, and indicted more than 70 members of the Latin Kings gang, substantially dismantling both gangs in Massachusetts.
https://edition.pagesuite.com/popove...2a3&appid=1165
Massachusetts US Attorney Andrew Lelling (above) said Wednesday that MS-13, the murderous international street gang, had been “all but eradicated’’ in the Boston area.
Gang members often target target middle and high school students for recruitment. Members operate throughout Massachusetts, including in East Boston, Everett, Chelsea, Somerville, Lynn, and Revere.
Fifteen members and associates of the NOB gang were arrested Tuesday by Boston police and federal authorities, and six others remain fugitives on federal warrants, U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling told reporters. Another 11 already in state custody are now facing federal charges.
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There was a good deal of this and in my opinion he’s directly responsible for drive the Homicide rate down in Massachusetts in general. Connecticut and Rhode Island have not had the same dramatic results in the last 5-10 years. Lelling had hundreds of major players around the state put in federal penitentiaries
I don’t think anyone is insinuating its that bad though- just stating it is what it is. And that NYC and even LA are not that bad, they’re a lot more Boston than Baltimore- much more.
Last population estimate for Boston was 654k census was 676k.
Nah I'm just giving you shid lol. I know there's gangsters, rude boys, tough guys everywhere.
Friday afternoon, a 14- and 15-year-old boy were fatally shot outside of Benito Juarez High School in the Pilsen neighborhood on the west side. Today, a 36-year-old man was killed on the near west side.
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