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On Jan 10, 12:10 pm, "Leroy N. Soetoro" <leroysoet...@usurper.org>
wrote:
> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126282968835719045.html
>
> Violent crime in Los Angeles hit its lowest level in more than half a
> century last year, one of a growing number of U.S. cities reporting its
> streets were remarkably safe in 2009.
>
> Washington, D.C., finished the year with 143 killings, the lowest tally in
> the nation's capital since 1966. San Francisco reported 45 homicides last
> year, its lowest in 48 years. New York, Chicago, Boston and Dallas also
> reported dramatic year-over-year declines in 2009 compared with 2008.
>
> Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced Wednesday there had been
> 314 homicides in 2009 -- the lowest number of killings since 1967, when
> there were 281. In 2005, 489 people were killed in the city. Los Angeles
> also saw declines in rapes, robberies and assaults in 2009, compared with
> the previous year.
>
> Violent crimes nationwide -- including homicide, forcible rape, robbery
> and aggravated assault -- have been shrinking since 2007, after a slight
> increase in 2006, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
> Killings dropped 4.4% in 2008 from 2007. Preliminary FBI statistics for
> the first six months of 2009 showed homicides were down 10%.
>
> Reported statistics showed the greatest drop in cities with populations
> greater than a million people. Violent crime in those cities fell 7% in
> the first six months of the year; homicides were down 13.4% compared with
> the same period in 2008.
>
> Experts believe the fall in violent crime is tied to the aging U.S.
> population.
>
> "The graying of America is a significant factor," said James Alan Fox,
> Lipman Professor of Criminal Justice at Northeastern University in Boston.
> "The largest and fastest growing segment of the population is people over
> 50. People over 50 also happen to be the age group that is the least
> likely to commit crimes. As the group grows, crime rates do decline."
>
> Prof. Fox said a common assumption that crime goes up during a recession
> is wrong. Historic data show there is little connection between economic
> conditions and crime, particularly violent crime.
>
> Prof. Fox said the crimes most likely to increase during a recession were
> such offenses as fraud, check forgeries and insurance schemes.
>
> In Chicago, there were 453 homicides between Jan. 1 and Dec. 27 last year,
> according to preliminary figures from the police department, down 11% from
> 509 over the same period in 2008. The number of killings has fallen
> steadily from about 900 a year in the early 1990s until 2007, when they
> hit 442.
>
> In New York, police reported 466 homicides in 2009, down 10.9% from 2008.
>
> Dallas also hit historical lows last year with 166 homicides, according to
> Dallas police. It was the lowest number of killings there since 1967, when
> the city registered 133. The homicide rate in 2009, which is based on the
> population, is the lowest the city has seen in 51 years. Killings in the
> city have dropped by 33% in the last five years.
>
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> House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel of New York's
> million dollar tax evasion.  Charles B. Rangel is still under
> "investigation" by a "closed door" House Ethics Committee.
>
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 Crime has dropped because nobody has any Money to buy drugs with !!
But,
I've heard that home invasions are on the raise.