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right, we should just ignore unpleasant facts and pretend everything is just great. I've always said, the less information and understanding we have as a society, the better off we will be!
I know, what a morbid and sad topic. It seems like some of you get off on how many murders your city has, like it makes it more interesting or more important.............
I think its more like the lower the numbers, the more pride they have in their city. I wish Atlanta's numbers would be low, but realistically that's not the case.
Chicago is at 343 - tied with it's lowest tally to date since they started keeping track back in the early 1960's.
It's quite skewed across the city:
White:
9 victims out of 920,000 people
2.6% of victims; 0.9/100,000
Hispanic:
63 victims out of 850,000 people
18.4% of victims; 7.0/100,000
Black:
271 victims out of 1,100,000
79.0% of victims; 24.0/100,000
2009 estimates show the Black population fell below a million. Anyway the stats are ugly. Blacks make up 33% of the population, yet nearly 80% of the victims are Black. With all the gangs occupying the Hispanic community, amazing that only 18% of the victims are Hispanics.
I had a question, the ones that I put in bold are those the entire years total or is that for the same time compared to the 2010 numbers?
Like for 2010 the year isn't over yet, so Dallas has had 207, Houston 184, & Philadelphia 241 but the ones for the previous years are the entire years total or just the same time frame?
The bold numbers are the year total, but the numbers for Dallas are way off since he doesn't take the time to read the reports and can't comprehend the fact that exclude traffic fatalities and Murders that are U classified (justified homicides).
Dallas has 117 murders & 68 traffic fatalities.
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Offense date October 3, 2010
Incident category Murder
Incident MURDER - JUV W/M - FIREARM - 1800-0600
Service number 0276233-X
Beat 431
Premises 503 - APARTMENT R
Description CAPITAL MURDER
Method
SUSPECT TIED COMP UP THEN SHOT THE COMP AS HE TRIED TO GET AWAY
Narrative
COMPLAINANT WAS AT HIS RESIDENCE WHEN SUSPECT 1 AND ANOTHER UNKNOWN SUSPECT KNOCKED ON HIS DOOR AND WERE ALLOWED INSIDE. THE COMPLAINANT WASWITH TWO WITNESSES WHEN THE SUSPECTS DISPLAYED FIREARMS AND TIED THE COMPLAINANT AND WITNESSES UP. THE COMPLAINANT WAS ABLE TO JUMP OUT A WINDOW WITH A WITNESS WHEN SUSPECT 1 WAS DISTRACTED. SUSPECT 1 WENT AFTER THE COMPLAINANT AND SHOT HIM CAUSING HIS DEATH.
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Location 10400 block of WEBBS CHAPEL RD
Offense date October 3, 2010
Incident category Murder
Incident MURDER - ADULT W/M - INTOX MANSLAUGHTER (DWI FATAL) - 0600-1800
Service number 0275636-X
Offense time 10:55 a.m.
Beat 554
Premises PUBLIC STREET
Description INTOXICATION MANSLAUGHTER
Method
INTOXICATED DRIVER COLLIDED WITH MOTORCYCLE KILLING THE DRIVER
Narrative
AP,DRIVER OF VEH 1, COLLIDED WITH COMP, DRIVING VEHICLE 2. COMP WAS KILLED FROM BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA.
FATALITY # 68. OFFICER XXXXX # XXXX COULD SMELL ALCOHOL INSIDE VEHICLE 1 AND REQUESTED BLOOD FROM THE DRIVEROF VEHICLE 1 IF THE OFFICER GOING TO PHM SUSPECTED THE DRIVER OF VEH 1 TO BE INTOXICATED. OFFICER X XXXXX #XXXX WITNESSED THE BLOOD WITHDRAWAL AND PLACED IT AT LEW STERRETT JAIL FOR EVIDENCE. NFI "END OF ELEMENTS"
2009 estimates show the Black population fell below a million. Anyway the stats are ugly. Blacks make up 33% of the population, yet nearly 80% of the victims are Black. With all the gangs occupying the Hispanic community, amazing that only 18% of the victims are Hispanics.
I guess I didn't realize the trends were reversing that much. It looks like from 2000:
White population increased by 40,000
Hispanic population incraesed by 30,000
Asian population increased by 25,000
Black population decreased by 130,000
The first time in a few decades there were more whites in the city than blacks.
I guess I didn't realize the trends were reversing that much. It looks like from 2000:
White population increased by 40,000
Hispanic population incraesed by 30,000
Asian population increased by 25,000
Black population decreased by 130,000
The first time in a few decades there were more whites in the city than blacks.
so what black areas in the city are going through demographic shifts?
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