Remarkable: in the first half of 2024, Boston has only 3 homicides. true black mecca (28%)

[OfTheCross]

What city doesn't have poor people? What major city has black wealth higher than the national average?

All cities have poor people...they don't have such a low number of homicides, tho. I'm fishing for the reason Boston is so low and how it can be replicated realistically elsewhere (not all City budgets are created equal)

 

[UpNext]

It's bad but not as bad as they say, because

$8: The Complicated Story Behind One Of The Most Repeated Statistics About Boston

It's one of the most mentioned statistics in Massachusetts politics. A 2015 study found the median net worth for white households in Greater Boston was a quarter million of dollars. For Black families, it was just $8. But few people know the full story behind the numbers.

www.wbur.org

A 71 person sample size is horrible work. The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Duke University dropped the ball big time on that.

 

[Pazzy]

I dont believe those numbers for a second to be honest

 

[TheKongoEmpire]

I dont believe those numbers for a second to be honest

We know you don't.

 

[Black Hans]

Boston will never be "The Black Mecca"

Heard you "nikkas" only got $8 of wealth out there.

One star

 

[Hannibal alexander]

The news story alludes to cops/legal system dropping the hammer directly on the people and organizations responsible for most of the violence and deaths.

I'm guessing that they've had takedowns and rico cases to get those lowlifes off the street. And since people are pointing to support systems (education, health, employment) being in place, judges didn't want to hear excuses about why the lowlifes chose a life of crime and threw the book at them. As they should.
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In any area, it's a tiny amount of people responsible for the crime and violence. They need to be put away, fukk the excuses.

they basically told the gang members as a warning, they will get the axe if they don't behave.

 

[bnew]

It's almost like when people have livable wages, great education, and a robust healthcare system, violence declines

the mayor arranged free bus rides for some routes too. she's gonna get re-elected.

 

[Hannibal alexander]

Boston will never be "The Black Mecca"

Heard you "nikkas" only got $8 of wealth out there.

One star

skewed results. sample of 71 . you can always make more life if you are alive. free community college in Massachusetts established in 2023 will also help massively. we will see in 5 years

 

[inndaskKy]

Kyrie about to add two bodies to the total in June.

 

[Premeditated]

It's bad but not as bad as they say, because

$8: The Complicated Story Behind One Of The Most Repeated Statistics About Boston

It's one of the most mentioned statistics in Massachusetts politics. A 2015 study found the median net worth for white households in Greater Boston was a quarter million of dollars. For Black families, it was just $8. But few people know the full story behind the numbers.

www.wbur.org

glad someone did some fact checking because i was trying to read the article in his link and it wanted me to subscribe

 

[Premeditated]

i'm going to the Boston area next week, one of my good guys is getting married to a white woman

bout to be my first time there

only 3 homicides is crazy

 

[get these nets]

The news story alludes to cops/legal system dropping the hammer directly on the people and organizations responsible for most of the violence and deaths. I'm guessing that they've had takedowns and rico cases to get those lowlifes off the street

I imagine that several of these types of stories have happened over the years/decades.
This was from earlier this year


Feb 2024

Heath Street Gang Members and Associates Charged in Federal Sweep

BOSTON – Over 40 members and associates of the Heath Street Gang in Boston were charged today in federal court in Boston with racketeering conspiracy; drug trafficking; firearms; wire fraud; and financial frauds, including COVID fraud, following a two-year investigation into gang violence in Boston.

www.justice.gov

 

[Elim Garak]

Crime has been way down in general so it makes sense.

 

[Luck]

Idgaf if they were bringing nikkas back to life it’s still Boston.

 

[Windows 91]

That's a crazy stat. Homicide detectives probably posted up in the precinct playing Minesweeper for half the shift.