5 People Shot Within 24 Hours In Allegheny County (Pittsburgh, North Versailles: college, gated)

[Craziaskowboi]

Violent crime is up in every major U.S. city. We're reliving the 1970s all over again, except this time with ****ty music.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by Craziaskowboi

Violent crime is up in every major U.S. city. We're reliving the 1970s all over again, except this time with ****ty music.

And it’ll get worse in areas where police are defunded, which is what Gainey has planned.

I’m looking forward to seeing social workers, outreach folks, community residents, etc…, fixing the problem.

[erieguy]

https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021...on-south-side/

[szug-bot]

Originally Posted by erieguy

https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021...on-south-side/

and, currently on the PG webpage, "Two in custody after apparently unprovoked assault on southside"

im too cheap to buy an account (that I dont need), but maybe someone can cut/paste.

i love how naive some people are. they want to re-route traffic. they want to get to the root of the problem, blah blah blah.... where are these people from - the more exclusive suburbs or the ritzier parts of the city? there ARE people that are simply thugs. they're out there, and they do not read citi-data. they dont care about communities and all that. no one will admit there are guys that are just jerks, for no other reason.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by szug-bot

and, currently on the PG webpage, "Two in custody after apparently unprovoked assault on southside"

im too cheap to buy an account (that I dont need), but maybe someone can cut/paste.

i love how naive some people are. they want to re-route traffic. they want to get to the root of the problem, blah blah blah.... where are these people from - the more exclusive suburbs or the ritzier parts of the city? there ARE people that are simply thugs. they're out there, and they do not read citi-data. they dont care about communities and all that. no one will admit there are guys that are just jerks, for no other reason.

What are you talking about as far as these people possibly being from “the more exclusive suburbs or the ritzier part of the city”?

Of course they’re jerks, and there’s many folks that defend them. The jerks know that consequences aren’t severe so they commit and continue to commit crimes, and folks defend that too.

Many folks also don’t want to admit there’s a problem because it proves where they live has problems. The only way these folks will admit the problem is when they’re personally affected.

[erieguy]

More Southside violence
https://www.wtae.com/article/couple-...-side/37426282

[gg]

Originally Posted by erieguy

More Southside violence
https://www.wtae.com/article/couple-...-side/37426282

A family leaving a restaurant before 7pm on a Sunday night gets attacked around 18th St for no reason? I am sure there is video, but not out there...yet. Latae Young, 27 and Wesley Brown, 27 both of North Versailles have been charged. I used to think at that hour things are pretty mellow and on a Sunday night. The South Side is really nuts these days. Hope this family is okay. Wow.

[2x3x29x41]

This really isn't statistically anomalous.

About 330 people in the United States suffer a gunshot would every day. That's a per capita rate of one per million. Allegheny County has a population of 1.25 million. So on average the county should see 1.25 gunshot victims per day.

Of course, the county never sees 1.25 shooting victims on any specific day. And while the brain might think the statistical trend should be a bunch of 1's and an occasional 2 to make the average, that's not a normal data distribution. On many days throughout a year it is 0. And days where it's 3 or more are not uncommon. It's like flipping a coin 330 times times. One can expect to see several instances therein of runs of 5 or more heads (or tails) in a row.

Question:
On those days when the number of gunshot victims is 0, does anyone start a thread talking about how that?

Answer:
No.

[Reggiezz]

There are fewer shootings in the County outside the city limits than within. And there are more people outside the city limits than within.

How do your national statistics on shootings explain this? Oh yeah they don't.

[norcider]

Originally Posted by Craziaskowboi

Violent crime is up in every major U.S. city. We're reliving the 1970s all over again, except this time with ****ty music.

This is funny and I mostly agree, but what about that disco?