  Mrfrench Member Username: Mrfrench Post Number: 61 Registered: 01-2006 |
Any have information about a gunman shooting people near Linwood and Taylor this morning? | ||
Mrfrench Member Username: Mrfrench Post Number: 62 Registered: 01-2006 |
Found it www.clickondetroit.com/news/10 333825/detail.html | ||
Danny Member Username: Danny Post Number: 5203 Registered: 02-2004 |
More BROTHERS KILLING BROTHERS and the ghettohoods of Detroit. | ||
Salvadordelmundo Member Username: Salvadordelmundo Post Number: 64 Registered: 04-2006 |
Detroit News says the shootings were 'apparently random.' That doesn't sound quite right. What's really going on here? | ||
Itsjeff Member Username: Itsjeff Post Number: 7125 Registered: 10-2003 |
That's not inconceivable, Salvadordelmundo. | ||
Jerome81 Member Username: Jerome81 Post Number: 1184 Registered: 11-2003 |
Sounds like a freeway sniper-esque shooting. I hope they find these bastards and lock them up for life. No excuse for this garbage. Glad the ATF is also offering a reward for this one. If it was DPD only these f*ckers would end up walking free. STOP KILLING EACH OTHER! | ||
Cman710 Member Username: Cman710 Post Number: 15 Registered: 07-2006 |
(Reposting, since other thread was closed) One fact that focusing on murder obscures, however, is that the high murder rate only signifies a much deeper crime problem. And these other crimes do happen very frequently and affect people's daily lives. Using data from areaconnect.com, you can find the following, using 2004 statistics. In Detroit you are: 1. Almost 4 times as likely to be a victim of a violent crime than the national average. 2. More than twice as likely to be raped. 3. Over 4 times as likely to be robbed. 4. Over 3 times as likely to be victim of aggravated assault. 5. About 1 3/4 times as likely to be a victim of property crime. 6. About 9(!) times as likely to be the victim of a motor theft crime. The only number that compares favorably to the national average is Larceny/Thefts, which was slightly below the national average. Now, I know that some of you will argue, "Yes, but you need to compare Detroit to big cities, not a national average!" That is true, but (1) we need some basis of comparison that is available for the purposes of this discussion, since this is not a formal study, and (2) most of the nation's crime will occur in big cities, so the national numbers are not entirely misleading. At any rate, the real problem is not that people cannot cope with this level of crime. They surely can, and will. The problem is that high crime rates makes life more difficult, inhibits economic growth, and makes the city generally less attractive. Any solution to Detroit's problems requires that people feel safe. Otherwise, they will leave and go someplace where they can live with less worry. |
