New York City is on pace for lowest murder rate in history(and in the country)

[Whogivesafuck]

So Compton only averages a murder every 3 weeks

The sista mayor deserves more credit

She has been putting in work. It was a election year, so she blanketed the city full of cops in the high crime areas. She has also been meeting with companies to attract more jobs in the city.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Balitmore has always been active. The 2008 gang enhancement and injunction has been effective in curving crime in LA.

You ain’t lying when you said always. This city has always been violent glong back to the 1800s. But if you keep your nose clean and mind your business you can thrive here

 

[Black Magisterialness]

Uhh...


Good Job, New York

why would this be a bad thing?

 

[LezJepzin]

My city is tied with Stockton ?

 

[010101]

the biggest gang in nyc is the cops
they pull up on your block in a armored tank
they the ones catching bodies

*

 

[010101]

also when you eating you don't have the motivation like that to up your gun
violence is bad for business
move like the mob do quiet like the church mice be

*

 

[RadaMillz]

I guess NY fell off hard, they need to go back to the drawing board and come up with a plan to increase the murder rate by tenfold

...said no one ever.

Fuk wrong with OP

 

[bigwill100]

Tbh the city isn’t strict. The court system is very lenient. Dudes go in and out of jail every few weeks and are back on the street. This happens with violent offenders as well. As a result there is no difference from the streets and prison. They are literally one in the same. Police know this and they get tired of arresting the same people over and over again so they just ignore them. The increase in opioid use hasn’t helped either

What gangs are the worst ones in Baltimore

 

[hashmander]

and to think they said these numbers would go in the opposite direction due to the ending of stop and frisk. or police being hampered by camera phones not allowing them to choke out citizens in peace and quiet.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

What gangs are the worst ones in Baltimore

Prolly BGF. Gangs are relatively new here considering there weren’t any before the early 2000s. Before that you just repped your block. I do think gangs have contributed to the violence these days tho becuz the murder rate is the same it was during the crack era

 

[HoldThisL]

Why is the murder rate so high in Houston tho

 

[DPresidential]

That is fantastic news. And just because nikkas ain’t getting shot every minute doesn’t mean it’s exactly “safe”. There are still certain parts of the Bronx where I make sure to hit the lock button on my car if I’m sitting at a red light. And you will never catch me in somewhere like Brownsville, just to name a couple.

No shade, breh,
But I dapped you but then undapped you because of the bolded.

I kind of feel like that mentality is exactly what prevents the forward progress of that type of community. I am aware of the reality of Brownsville and I'm aware that one black middle class family moving in there won't change much but if the trend was for black urban dwellers with growing income - such as myself - moving together as a block into such a community, you'd probably see the metrics trend towards a more optimistic outlook.

Curious to your thoughts. And I used to feel the same way, by the way.

On the main topic: I'm proud of my City for this news. It's not surprising, though. I've been keeping an eye on the increased safety in NY even before gentrification was in full swing.

 

[Bakebean]

Mental illness is also a major issue that is often overlooked in our communities as well

 

[NuWorldOrder]

Gentrification smh

 

[DPresidential]

Tbh the city isn’t strict. The court system is very lenient. Dudes go in and out of jail every few weeks and are back on the street. This happens with violent offenders as well. As a result there is no difference from the streets and prison. They are literally one in the same. Police know this and they get tired of arresting the same people over and over again so they just ignore them. The increase in opioid use hasn’t helped either

This is interesting. Do you feel as if a stricter court system with harsher sentences would make it better?

I definitely agree that Court systems with inefficient alternative to prison programs make things worse but from my experience, I can't cosign harsher prison related ramifications.

Gentrification smh

This explains part of it but NYC hasn't lost a considerable amount of its black and brown population and those communities which are overwhelmingly black/brown have significantly lower murder rates compares to the 90s & 70s.

You have to give our black communities more credit.