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Earlier this week, the FBI trumpeted the news that violent crime dropped 5.5% in 2010 while reported property crimes fell 2.8% during the depths of the worst economic slowdown since the Great Depression. The news, though, is far from positive.
Though most regions of the U.S. saw declines, the Northeast saw an increase in murders (8.3%), forcible rapes (1.4%) and aggravated assaults (0.7%). Why that region was affected by crime more than others isn't clear. Perhaps it was because of the grinding poverty found in some of the area's cities and their high cost of living.
More from 24/7 Wall St.:
• 10 States That Make the Most From Sin
• 10 States Where Pensions Are Running Out of Money
• Cities With Best, Worst Public Transportation
The Police Executive Research Forum polled 233 local law enforcement agencies in 2009, and found that the link between poverty and crime was inextricable. A prolonged recession would only make matters worse, the research showed. After reviewing the data, PERF Executive Director Chuck Wexler told Reuters, "We are not saying there is going to be a crime wave, but we are saying this is a wake-up call and we anticipate the situation will continue to deteriorate."
A 24/7 Wall St. review of 2010 FBI crime data shows violent crime rose in several of the largest and poorest cities in the U.S., particularly those which have been in decline for some time. Even when crime rates dropped, older urban areas still had more violent crime than other cities. Philadelphia, Cleveland, Buffalo and Hartford finished high on the FBI's list but failed to make the final 24/7 Wall St. ranking.
The crime problem is not completely explained by crimes committed. Police forces are supposed to keep crime rates down, but officers have begun to disappear from the streets of some large cities. Pontiac, Mich., part of the corridor of high crime cities that runs from Detroit to Flint, recently turned over its police operations to the sheriff's office of Oakland Country, where Pontiac is located. Old industrial towns need to cut costs as populations fall and tax receipts recede, but the money trouble almost makes it certain that criminal activity will grow because it is mostly unchecked.
24/7 Wall St. looked at the ten most crime-plagued cities in the U.S. with populations of more than 100,000. We used a measurement of crimes per thousand people which is part of the new FBI database to determine the order. We compared these figures to unemployment rates and median income. The recession may have ended, but crime has not eased in these troubled cities nor will it anytime soon.
Our list is dominated by towns like Detroit, New Haven, and Baltimore. Parts of these cities are fortresses of crime. Much of the violent crime in Detroit is committed in the old Palmer Avenue section of the city, which is far from the shiny skyscrapers where GM has its headquarters. Baltimore's Front Street neighborhood is a world away from the new office towers of companies like financial giant T Rowe Price on Pratt Street. The crime-plagued Lamar Avenue section of Memphis is also far from the city's ritzy neighborhoods.
Unemployment will inevitably improve in these cities. The most hard-hit sections, however, may never completely recover. They failed to do so after the last economic upswing -- and the one before that. Some part of all the cities on this list will be home to high levels of violent crime permanently. And, if the money used to keep police on the streets falls in most of these municipalities, containing the problem to a few neighborhoods will be hard. It would be nice to believe that criminals sit out a recovery, but they don't.
These are America's 10 Most Dangerous Cities:
1. Flint, Mich.
Population: 109,245
Violent Crime Per 1,000: 22
2010 Murders: 53
Median Income: $27,049 (46.1% below national average)
Unemployment Rate: 11.8% (2.8% above national average)
The number of violent crimes committed in Flint increased for all categories considered for this list between 2009 and 2010. Perhaps most notably, the number of murders in the city increased from 36 to 53. This moves the city from having the seventh highest rate of homicide to the second highest. The number of aggravated assaults increased from 1,529 to 1,579, a rate of 14.6 assaults per 1,000 residents, placing the city in the No. 1 rank for rate of assaults. Flint police chief Alvern Lock stated late last year that he believed the city's violence stemmed from drugs and gangs. Flint has a relatively small median income of about $27,000 per household. The city also has a poverty rate of 36.2%.
2. Detroit
Population: 899,447
Violent Crime Per 1,000: 18.9
2010 Murders: 310
Median Income: $26,098 (48% below national average)
Unemployment Rate: 12.7% (3.7% above national average)
The city crippled the most in America's post-industrial era is almost certainly Detroit. The Motor City has suffered from high rates of unemployment, homelessness, and crime. The city has one of the ten highest rates for three of the four types of violent crime identified by the FBI. Detroit has the sixth highest murder rate, the fifth highest robbery rate, and the second highest rate of aggravated assault. In 2005, a major reorganization of the city's police department took place after a federal investigation identified inefficiencies within the system. According to an article in The United Press, opponents of Detroit Mayor David Bing called for further intervention by the Justice Department in several shootings that occurred last year.
3. St. Louis
Population: 355,151
Violent Crime Per 1,000: 17.5
2010 Murders: 144
Median Income: $34,801 (30.7% below national average)
Unemployment Rate: 9.3% (0.3% above national average)
Violent crime in St. Louis fell dramatically between 2009 and 2010, and has decreased since 2007. Despite this, crime rates remain extremely high compared with other cities. In 2010, the city's murder rate and rate of aggravated assault were each the third worst in the country. With regards to both violent and nonviolent crime, St. Louis was rated the most dangerous city based on FBI data released six months ago. As of December 2010, the murder rate in St. Louis was 6.3 times that of the state of Missouri. The city's gunshot murder rate for residents between 10 to 19 years old is also the second highest in the country, behind only New Orleans, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
4. New Haven, Conn.
Population: 124,856
Violent Crime Per 1,000: 15.8
2010 Murders: 22
Median Income: $38,279 (23.8% below national average)
Unemployment Rate: 9.6% (0.6% above national average)
New Haven has historically had the highest rate of violent crime on the east coast. The impoverished, crime-ridden parts of the city stand in stark contrast to affluent Fairfield county to the West, and elite Yale University, which is located within the city itself. The number of murders in the city doubled last year. New Haven has the eighth highest rate of robbery and the fourth highest rate of assault in the U.S. The New Haven Police Department is considering adding cameras at every intersection in one of the neighborhoods where shootings are the most common.
5. Memphis, Tenn.
Population: 673,650
Violent Crime Per 1,000: 15.4
2010 Murders: 89
Median Income: $34,203 (31.8% below national average)
Unemployment Rate: 9.9% (0.9% above national average)
Memphis has high rates for all the violent crimes considered for 24/7 Wall St.'s rankings. It has the sixth highest rate in the country. Incidents of violent crime in the city dropped slightly less than 15% between 2009 and 2010 though. Memphis Mayor AC Wharton attributes this decrease to Operation Safe Community, a citywide plan developed in 2005. The plan consists of a number of strategies meant to increase crime prevention, through toughening punishments for criminals, and the effectiveness of the city's legal system, through changes such as expanding court programs so that they operate consistently and at full capacity.
6. Oakland, Calif.
Population: 409,723
Violent Crime Per 1,000: 15.3
2010 Murders: 90
Median Income: $51,473 (2.4% above national average)
Unemployment Rate: 11% (2% above national average)
Oakland's violent crime dropped about 5.5% between 2009 and 2010, from about 6,800 to 6,260. The city nevertheless has the tenth-highest rate of rape, the ninth-highest murder rate, and the second highest robbery rate in the country. In 2010, there were 7.12 robberies for every 1,000 Oakland residents. According to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, Mayor Jean Quan has attempted to combat break-ins and theft by creating programs to keep potential wrongdoers off the streets by starting late-night basketball programs. It it unclear if these policies have worked.
7. Little Rock, Ark.
Population: 192,922
Violent Crime Per 1,000: 15.2
2010 Murders: 25
Median Income: $38,992 (22.3% below national average)
Unemployment Rate: 6.8% (2.2% below national average)
Little Rock has one of the highest rates of aggravated assault and forcible rape in the country. Since 2009, reported assaults has increased while reported forcible rapes have decreased. According to Lt. Terry Hastings of the Little Rock Police Department, quoted by local station FOX16, Little Rock was "down almost 12 percent across the board on crime" in 2010. This may be accurate for many crimes, and especially nonviolent crimes, however, according to FBI data, violent crime increased from 2009 to 2010.
8. Baltimore
Population: 639,929
Violent Crime Per 1,000: 14.6
2010 Murders: 223
Median Income: $38,772 (22.7% below national average)
Unemployment Rate: 7.4% (1.6% below national average)
Baltimore had the eighth-highest rate of violent crime per capita in 2010 among cities with 100,000 or more residents, and the second-highest east of the Mississippi. The number of violent crimes has dropped slightly in the past year -- from 9,600 to 9,300 -- but the Maryland city has some of the worst rates of dangerous offenses in the country. This includes the tenth-worst aggravated assault rate -- and the fourth-worst murder rate in the country.
9. Rockford, Ill.
Population: 156,180
Violent Crime Per 1,000: 14.5
2010 Murders: 20
Median Income: $36,990 (26% below national average)
Unemployment Rate: 13.3% (4.3% above national average)
Rockford has unusually high violent crime rates for a city of its size. Most notably, the city has the fourth highest rate of aggravated assault in the country, with 10.5 cases for every 1,000 citizens in 2010. During the same period, 20 murders occurred, almost double the number in 2000. Quoted by the Rockford Register Star in 2007, Winnebago County Sheriff Dick Meyers said that he believed the city's "location worked against [it,]" as Rockford receives traffic from the drug markets in Madison, Chicago, and Milwaukee, resulting in heightened rates of violence.
10. Stockton, Calif.
Population: 292,047
Violent Crime Per 1,000: 13.8
2010 Murders: 49
Median Income: $45,730 (8.9% below national average)
Unemployment Rate: 18.4% (9.4% above national average)
With a jobless rate of 18.4%, up from 18.1% a year ago, Stockton, California has one of the worst unemployment problems in the country. The huge percentage of unemployed residents may have contributed to horrible crime rates in the city, which is located 40 miles east of Oakland and San Francisco. Stockton was rated one of the most miserable cities to live in the country by Forbes in March, 2010. Violent crime was one of the chief measurements for its ranking. Of the 267 cities with populations over 100,000, Stockton has the 27th highest number of murders per 1,000 people and the 12th most aggravated assaults per 1,000. Last year, recognizing the crime problems in the city, the state temporarily diverted hundreds of California Highway Patrol officers to aid the city's overwhelmed police department.
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Good old Oakland Cali.
Alsways makes it on the list 8)
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So sad, New Haven has some beautiful areas..
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So sad, New Haven has some beautiful areas..
Personally I think Yale should invest the money and move.
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Why does Oakland score so badly?
Been a while since I was there but I don't remember it that way..
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Bullshit....where the fuck is NYC???
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Why does Oakland score so badly?
Been a while since I was there but I don't remember it that way..
Oakland has been a really dangerous city for decades. Half the city is a ghetto. Skyline, Foothill and around the Colliseum are all terrible. A white boy walking through there will probably get jacked. Tons of gangs and hard drugs. Syringes on the ground, gunshots popping off at night. Dirty street whores. Lots of pimps wearing bright colored suits. All that stuff.
Which Oakland did you go to? Oakland Oregon?
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Personally I think Yale should invest the money and move.
CONGRATS!!! Dumbest comment EVER posted on getbig ::)
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Solid list.
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http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/112804/most-dangerous-cities-247
Earlier this week, the FBI trumpeted the news that violent crime dropped 5.5% in 2010 while reported property crimes fell 2.8% during the depths of the worst economic slowdown since the Great Depression. The news, though, is far from positive.
Though most regions of the U.S. saw declines, the Northeast saw an increase in murders (8.3%), forcible rapes (1.4%) and aggravated assaults (0.7%). Why that region was affected by crime more than others isn't clear. Perhaps it was because of the grinding poverty found in some of the area's cities and their high cost of living.
More from 24/7 Wall St.:
• 10 States That Make the Most From Sin
• 10 States Where Pensions Are Running Out of Money
• Cities With Best, Worst Public Transportation
The Police Executive Research Forum polled 233 local law enforcement agencies in 2009, and found that the link between poverty and crime was inextricable. A prolonged recession would only make matters worse, the research showed. After reviewing the data, PERF Executive Director Chuck Wexler told Reuters, "We are not saying there is going to be a crime wave, but we are saying this is a wake-up call and we anticipate the situation will continue to deteriorate."
A 24/7 Wall St. review of 2010 FBI crime data shows violent crime rose in several of the largest and poorest cities in the U.S., particularly those which have been in decline for some time. Even when crime rates dropped, older urban areas still had more violent crime than other cities. Philadelphia, Cleveland, Buffalo and Hartford finished high on the FBI's list but failed to make the final 24/7 Wall St. ranking.
The crime problem is not completely explained by crimes committed. Police forces are supposed to keep crime rates down, but officers have begun to disappear from the streets of some large cities. Pontiac, Mich., part of the corridor of high crime cities that runs from Detroit to Flint, recently turned over its police operations to the sheriff's office of Oakland Country, where Pontiac is located. Old industrial towns need to cut costs as populations fall and tax receipts recede, but the money trouble almost makes it certain that criminal activity will grow because it is mostly unchecked.
24/7 Wall St. looked at the ten most crime-plagued cities in the U.S. with populations of more than 100,000. We used a measurement of crimes per thousand people which is part of the new FBI database to determine the order. We compared these figures to unemployment rates and median income. The recession may have ended, but crime has not eased in these troubled cities nor will it anytime soon.
Our list is dominated by towns like Detroit, New Haven, and Baltimore. Parts of these cities are fortresses of crime. Much of the violent crime in Detroit is committed in the old Palmer Avenue section of the city, which is far from the shiny skyscrapers where GM has its headquarters. Baltimore's Front Street neighborhood is a world away from the new office towers of companies like financial giant T Rowe Price on Pratt Street. The crime-plagued Lamar Avenue section of Memphis is also far from the city's ritzy neighborhoods.
Unemployment will inevitably improve in these cities. The most hard-hit sections, however, may never completely recover. They failed to do so after the last economic upswing -- and the one before that. Some part of all the cities on this list will be home to high levels of violent crime permanently. And, if the money used to keep police on the streets falls in most of these municipalities, containing the problem to a few neighborhoods will be hard. It would be nice to believe that criminals sit out a recovery, but they don't.
These are America's 10 Most Dangerous Cities:
1. Flint, Mich.
Population: 109,245
Violent Crime Per 1,000: 22
2010 Murders: 53
Median Income: $27,049 (46.1% below national average)
Unemployment Rate: 11.8% (2.8% above national average)
The number of violent crimes committed in Flint increased for all categories considered for this list between 2009 and 2010. Perhaps most notably, the number of murders in the city increased from 36 to 53. This moves the city from having the seventh highest rate of homicide to the second highest. The number of aggravated assaults increased from 1,529 to 1,579, a rate of 14.6 assaults per 1,000 residents, placing the city in the No. 1 rank for rate of assaults. Flint police chief Alvern Lock stated late last year that he believed the city's violence stemmed from drugs and gangs. Flint has a relatively small median income of about $27,000 per household. The city also has a poverty rate of 36.2%.
2. Detroit
Population: 899,447
Violent Crime Per 1,000: 18.9
2010 Murders: 310
Median Income: $26,098 (48% below national average)
Unemployment Rate: 12.7% (3.7% above national average)
The city crippled the most in America's post-industrial era is almost certainly Detroit. The Motor City has suffered from high rates of unemployment, homelessness, and crime. The city has one of the ten highest rates for three of the four types of violent crime identified by the FBI. Detroit has the sixth highest murder rate, the fifth highest robbery rate, and the second highest rate of aggravated assault. In 2005, a major reorganization of the city's police department took place after a federal investigation identified inefficiencies within the system. According to an article in The United Press, opponents of Detroit Mayor David Bing called for further intervention by the Justice Department in several shootings that occurred last year.
3. St. Louis
Population: 355,151
Violent Crime Per 1,000: 17.5
2010 Murders: 144
Median Income: $34,801 (30.7% below national average)
Unemployment Rate: 9.3% (0.3% above national average)
Violent crime in St. Louis fell dramatically between 2009 and 2010, and has decreased since 2007. Despite this, crime rates remain extremely high compared with other cities. In 2010, the city's murder rate and rate of aggravated assault were each the third worst in the country. With regards to both violent and nonviolent crime, St. Louis was rated the most dangerous city based on FBI data released six months ago. As of December 2010, the murder rate in St. Louis was 6.3 times that of the state of Missouri. The city's gunshot murder rate for residents between 10 to 19 years old is also the second highest in the country, behind only New Orleans, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
4. New Haven, Conn.
Population: 124,856
Violent Crime Per 1,000: 15.8
2010 Murders: 22
Median Income: $38,279 (23.8% below national average)
Unemployment Rate: 9.6% (0.6% above national average)
New Haven has historically had the highest rate of violent crime on the east coast. The impoverished, crime-ridden parts of the city stand in stark contrast to affluent Fairfield county to the West, and elite Yale University, which is located within the city itself. The number of murders in the city doubled last year. New Haven has the eighth highest rate of robbery and the fourth highest rate of assault in the U.S. The New Haven Police Department is considering adding cameras at every intersection in one of the neighborhoods where shootings are the most common.
5. Memphis, Tenn.
Population: 673,650
Violent Crime Per 1,000: 15.4
2010 Murders: 89
Median Income: $34,203 (31.8% below national average)
Unemployment Rate: 9.9% (0.9% above national average)
Memphis has high rates for all the violent crimes considered for 24/7 Wall St.'s rankings. It has the sixth highest rate in the country. Incidents of violent crime in the city dropped slightly less than 15% between 2009 and 2010 though. Memphis Mayor AC Wharton attributes this decrease to Operation Safe Community, a citywide plan developed in 2005. The plan consists of a number of strategies meant to increase crime prevention, through toughening punishments for criminals, and the effectiveness of the city's legal system, through changes such as expanding court programs so that they operate consistently and at full capacity.
6. Oakland, Calif.
Population: 409,723
Violent Crime Per 1,000: 15.3
2010 Murders: 90
Median Income: $51,473 (2.4% above national average)
Unemployment Rate: 11% (2% above national average)
Oakland's violent crime dropped about 5.5% between 2009 and 2010, from about 6,800 to 6,260. The city nevertheless has the tenth-highest rate of rape, the ninth-highest murder rate, and the second highest robbery rate in the country. In 2010, there were 7.12 robberies for every 1,000 Oakland residents. According to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, Mayor Jean Quan has attempted to combat break-ins and theft by creating programs to keep potential wrongdoers off the streets by starting late-night basketball programs. It it unclear if these policies have worked.
7. Little Rock, Ark.
Population: 192,922
Violent Crime Per 1,000: 15.2
2010 Murders: 25
Median Income: $38,992 (22.3% below national average)
Unemployment Rate: 6.8% (2.2% below national average)
Little Rock has one of the highest rates of aggravated assault and forcible rape in the country. Since 2009, reported assaults has increased while reported forcible rapes have decreased. According to Lt. Terry Hastings of the Little Rock Police Department, quoted by local station FOX16, Little Rock was "down almost 12 percent across the board on crime" in 2010. This may be accurate for many crimes, and especially nonviolent crimes, however, according to FBI data, violent crime increased from 2009 to 2010.
8. Baltimore
Population: 639,929
Violent Crime Per 1,000: 14.6
2010 Murders: 223
Median Income: $38,772 (22.7% below national average)
Unemployment Rate: 7.4% (1.6% below national average)
Baltimore had the eighth-highest rate of violent crime per capita in 2010 among cities with 100,000 or more residents, and the second-highest east of the Mississippi. The number of violent crimes has dropped slightly in the past year -- from 9,600 to 9,300 -- but the Maryland city has some of the worst rates of dangerous offenses in the country. This includes the tenth-worst aggravated assault rate -- and the fourth-worst murder rate in the country.
9. Rockford, Ill.
Population: 156,180
Violent Crime Per 1,000: 14.5
2010 Murders: 20
Median Income: $36,990 (26% below national average)
Unemployment Rate: 13.3% (4.3% above national average)
Rockford has unusually high violent crime rates for a city of its size. Most notably, the city has the fourth highest rate of aggravated assault in the country, with 10.5 cases for every 1,000 citizens in 2010. During the same period, 20 murders occurred, almost double the number in 2000. Quoted by the Rockford Register Star in 2007, Winnebago County Sheriff Dick Meyers said that he believed the city's "location worked against [it,]" as Rockford receives traffic from the drug markets in Madison, Chicago, and Milwaukee, resulting in heightened rates of violence.
10. Stockton, Calif.
Population: 292,047
Violent Crime Per 1,000: 13.8
2010 Murders: 49
Median Income: $45,730 (8.9% below national average)
Unemployment Rate: 18.4% (9.4% above national average)
With a jobless rate of 18.4%, up from 18.1% a year ago, Stockton, California has one of the worst unemployment problems in the country. The huge percentage of unemployed residents may have contributed to horrible crime rates in the city, which is located 40 miles east of Oakland and San Francisco. Stockton was rated one of the most miserable cities to live in the country by Forbes in March, 2010. Violent crime was one of the chief measurements for its ranking. Of the 267 cities with populations over 100,000, Stockton has the 27th highest number of murders per 1,000 people and the 12th most aggravated assaults per 1,000. Last year, recognizing the crime problems in the city, the state temporarily diverted hundreds of California Highway Patrol officers to aid the city's overwhelmed police department.
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And I bet majority of those cities are run by Liberals.... Typical problems when Liberals have their way.. Keeping their foot on the necks of people...
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CONGRATS!!! Dumbest comment EVER posted on getbig ::)
Stick around it's early in the day ;) :D
.....still waiting to see if he has cancer.
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Oakland has been a really dangerous city for decades. Half the city is a ghetto. Skyline, Foothill and around the Colliseum are all terrible. A white boy walking through there will probably get jacked. Tons of gangs and hard drugs. Syringes on the ground, gunshots popping off at night. Dirty street whores. Lots of pimps wearing bright colored suits. All that stuff.
Which Oakland did you go to? Oakland Oregon?
Must have been Auckland NZ..
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I'm surprised to not see New Orleans on the list.
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Good old Oakland Cali.
Alsways makes it on the list 8)
Isn't that something?
I thought Richmond was supposed to be on that list too. ?
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Personally I think Yale should invest the money and move.
Yale owns pretty much most of new haven. Dumb statement deicide
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What about south side of Chicago? Everyday there are multiple shootings.
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What about south side of Chicago? Everyday there are multiple shootings.
this survey did it as a percentage of population, or occurence per person.
100 dead in chicago every day apparently isn't as bad as 5 dead a year in a city of 100,000.
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Yale owns pretty much most of new haven. Dumb statement deicide
I have a friend who is doing his PhD there; he says you can hear the sirens in the distance almost every night.
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What do most of those cities have in common?? ;D
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I remember the first time I visited Yale. I grew up dreaming of Yale in much the same way young starlets dream of Hollywood.
Needless to say, my first visit was also my last.
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Buncha` punk ass towns!!
Nobody would dare fuck with me when I step down the block in my T-Michael shirt,Baggy Boyz clown pants,red Ottomix boots,skull and crossbones doorag,Oakley sunglasses,baby oil,and fanny pack on! >:(
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No Texas city?
I guess that is becuase we are all packing heat? ;D
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I'm surprised to not see New Orleans on the list.
thought it would be at the top. about 5 downed this week alone.
what city is alice23 in? must be bad since someone is trying to wet his t-shirt with bullet holes in his windshield.
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that is staggering..
50+ murders from a population of 100,000?
we have 1.5 million and our number is less than 5....often its less than 3.
of course we have strict gun controls...but that has nothing to do with it eh? :-)
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4. New Haven, Conn.
Population: 124,856
Violent Crime Per 1,000: 15.8
2010 Murders: 22
Median Income: $38,279 (23.8% below national average)
Unemployment Rate: 9.6% (0.6% above national average)
New Haven has historically had the highest rate of violent crime on the east coast.
new haven is that bad..there's one city in Fairfield county that is way worse.
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I have a friend who is doing his PhD there; he says you can hear the sirens in the distance almost every night.
I work new haven and have lived there, wouldn't raise my kids there but every city has it's ghettoes
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I used to live in Flint and Detroit. I had a great time in The D and Flint. 8) :o Saginaw should be up there with all the people that get killed. :-\ I remember rollin into Detroit around 3 A.M. and there were three things open - Jails, Hospitals and Legs. Doug_Steele approved.
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Little Rock, AR and Memphis, TN.... 2 places i am VERY familiar with :D. Lived in Memphis for 12 years and went to practically an all black school till i was 12.
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No Bridgeport of Connecticut? I'm disappointed! :-[
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Little Rock, AR and Memphis, TN.... 2 places i am VERY familiar with :D. Lived in Memphis for 12 years and went to practically an all black school till i was 12.
Memphis is no joke.
And they sure as fuck don't play in Little Rock
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What do most of those cities have in common?? ;D
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I remember the first time I visited Yale. I grew up dreaming of Yale in much the same way young starlets dream of Hollywood.
Needless to say, my first visit was also my last.
They have good basketball teams ?? :D
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Take an uneducated faction of people and keep them inundated with poverty and drugs. Not too hard to predict the outcome.
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Memphis is no joke.
And they sure as fuck don't play in Little Rock
Every year when i drive down to Little Rock to compete i always take the wrong exit and end up stuck in the ghetto. I drive fast and slouch down in my seat as low as possible ;D
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Oakland has been a really dangerous city for decades. Half the city is a ghetto. Skyline, Foothill and around the Colliseum are all terrible. A white boy walking through there will probably get jacked. Tons of gangs and hard drugs. Syringes on the ground, gunshots popping off at night. Dirty street whores. Lots of pimps wearing bright colored suits. All that stuff.
Which Oakland did you go to? Oakland Oregon?
Oakland, Oregon is awesome.
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MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - During this busy Memorial Day weekend on the Grand Strand, police have seen a number of crime reports coming in.
According to Captain David Knipes with the Myrtle Beach Police Department, one violent crime report came in early Saturday morning and Sunday morning there were five other reports of violent crime as well as numerous incidents reported Monday morning.
At 3:00 a.m. Saturday, police were told that a man was robbed at gun point on 11th Avenue South past Oak Street. Two men with semi-automatic pistols were reported to have held up a man, taking $40 and jewelry.
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The suspects were described as in their late 20's, early 30's and around 5'10" and 200 lbs. The first had a close cut beard, plain red shirt, red baseball hat with a doo-rag underneath and dark colored pants.
The second suspect was said to have dread-style hair pulled back in a ponytail down to his back with a purple shirt, goatee and an overbite. Both were said by the victim to have northern accents.
At 4:25 a.m. Sunday, authorities arrived to the scene of 3201 North Kings Highway in Myrtle Beach where a woman reported that she and her three male friends were robbed and carjacked at gunpoint behind the Bargain Beachwear by four Black males.
The subjects were all described as thin-build, mid-20's, and between 140-160 lbs. The subject with the gun was said to be wearing a red shirt and had a pronounced gap between his front teeth. The second subject was said to be wearing a white "wife-beater" shirt, khaki shorts, and a black ball cap. The third was allegedly also wearing a "wife-beater" and the fourth was possibly wearing a black shirt.
The carjackers were reported to have taken cell phones, wallets, and a black in color 2010 Ford Mustang with NC tag from McCleansville.
At 4:30 a.m. Sunday, a man and his wife were riding back to their motel when they stopped at a stop sign and were assaulted and robbed on Yaupon Avenue between 13th and 17th Avenue South. The man reported being stabbed in his side and his necklace taken. EMS was called when he returned to the motel. No suspect could be identified due to the large number of people around at the time.
Myrtle Beach Police are also investigating two people in area hospitals that came in with gunshot wounds. A person treated at Grand Strand Regional and a patient at Waccamaw Hospital both reported being injured in the area of 9th Avenue and Ocean Boulevard. Neither person knew the other, nor did they know who fired the shot or why.
The victim at Grand Strand Regional had a shot in his thigh and the Waccamaw Hospital victim had shrapnel in his leg. Surveillance video shows a commotion occurring in the vicinity around 4:30 a.m., but further investigations are needed at this time.
At 9:30 p.m. Sunday, three people coming out the Bar Harbor Motel in Myrtle Beach notified police that they were robbed at gunpoint by three Black males. The victims told police the subjects were in one of the rooms.
When police entered, they discovered two people matching the victim's descriptions and found a stolen pistol as well as marijuana. The two men were placed under arrest for possession with intent to distribute and warrants will be issued regarding the armed robbery.
At 11:36 p.m. Sunday, a White woman approached a security employee at Family Kingdom and claimed she was raped by several Black males. Shortly after being told to call the police, the security worker said he witnessed the same woman with a White man approach the victims. The man pointed a shotgun at the victims. The victims fled and declined further police involvement.
Between 2:30 and 3 a.m. Monday, Myrtle Beach Police responded to an armed robbery call on Yaupon Drive between 12th and 13th Avenue South. The victim claims he and his friend were robbed at gunpoint by two Black males wearing all black clothing with bandanas over their faces. Approximately $40 and jewelry was reportedly taken.
Just after 3:15 a.m., Myrtle Beach Police responded to an armed robbery that occurred at Mr. Joe White Avenue and Chester Street. One officer saw two possible suspects, which led to a foot chase resulting in two arrests. The victim positively identified the two subjects as involved in the robbery. A K-9 unit was able to produce a discarded pistol that matched the one allegedly used in the robbery. Both suspects deny involvement in the robbery.
At around 4 a.m. Monday at the beach access of 26th Avenue South. People told police they were robbed at gunpoint by two Black males, who took money and jewelry and took off on foot. No further description was given besides one wearing a white shirt, and one was wearing a black shirt.
Just before 4:30 Monday morning, a taxi driver for Beachside Cab said he was sleeping in his van at the Greyhound bus station on 7th Avenue North when two subjects hit him and demanded money. They then allegedly pointed a handgun at the taxi driver and threatened him. The victim gave the subjects over $300 before being hit again.
The victim describes the first subject as a 6 foot very thin Black male with tight corn rows, no facial hair and a pointy face. He was said to be wearing a baggy white t-shirt and faded black denim jeans. The second subject was said to be a similar build wearing a green shirt. The two subjects were last seen leaving on foot eastbound towards Kings Highway.
Anyone with information regarding any of these crimes should call Myrtle Beach Police. WMBF News will provide more details as they become available.
Copyright 2011 WMBF News. All rights reserved.
http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/14746715/myrtle-beach-police-see-busy-weekend-for-crime
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MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - During this busy Memorial Day weekend on the Grand Strand, police have seen a number of crime reports coming in.
According to Captain David Knipes with the Myrtle Beach Police Department, one violent crime report came in early Saturday morning and Sunday morning there were five other reports of violent crime as well as numerous incidents reported Monday morning.
At 3:00 a.m. Saturday, police were told that a man was robbed at gun point on 11th Avenue South past Oak Street. Two men with semi-automatic pistols were reported to have held up a man, taking $40 and jewelry.
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The suspects were described as in their late 20's, early 30's and around 5'10" and 200 lbs. The first had a close cut beard, plain red shirt, red baseball hat with a doo-rag underneath and dark colored pants.
The second suspect was said to have dread-style hair pulled back in a ponytail down to his back with a purple shirt, goatee and an overbite. Both were said by the victim to have northern accents.
At 4:25 a.m. Sunday, authorities arrived to the scene of 3201 North Kings Highway in Myrtle Beach where a woman reported that she and her three male friends were robbed and carjacked at gunpoint behind the Bargain Beachwear by four Black males.
The subjects were all described as thin-build, mid-20's, and between 140-160 lbs. The subject with the gun was said to be wearing a red shirt and had a pronounced gap between his front teeth. The second subject was said to be wearing a white "wife-beater" shirt, khaki shorts, and a black ball cap. The third was allegedly also wearing a "wife-beater" and the fourth was possibly wearing a black shirt.
The carjackers were reported to have taken cell phones, wallets, and a black in color 2010 Ford Mustang with NC tag from McCleansville.
At 4:30 a.m. Sunday, a man and his wife were riding back to their motel when they stopped at a stop sign and were assaulted and robbed on Yaupon Avenue between 13th and 17th Avenue South. The man reported being stabbed in his side and his necklace taken. EMS was called when he returned to the motel. No suspect could be identified due to the large number of people around at the time.
Myrtle Beach Police are also investigating two people in area hospitals that came in with gunshot wounds. A person treated at Grand Strand Regional and a patient at Waccamaw Hospital both reported being injured in the area of 9th Avenue and Ocean Boulevard. Neither person knew the other, nor did they know who fired the shot or why.
The victim at Grand Strand Regional had a shot in his thigh and the Waccamaw Hospital victim had shrapnel in his leg. Surveillance video shows a commotion occurring in the vicinity around 4:30 a.m., but further investigations are needed at this time.
At 9:30 p.m. Sunday, three people coming out the Bar Harbor Motel in Myrtle Beach notified police that they were robbed at gunpoint by three Black males. The victims told police the subjects were in one of the rooms.
When police entered, they discovered two people matching the victim's descriptions and found a stolen pistol as well as marijuana. The two men were placed under arrest for possession with intent to distribute and warrants will be issued regarding the armed robbery.
At 11:36 p.m. Sunday, a White woman approached a security employee at Family Kingdom and claimed she was raped by several Black males. Shortly after being told to call the police, the security worker said he witnessed the same woman with a White man approach the victims. The man pointed a shotgun at the victims. The victims fled and declined further police involvement.
Between 2:30 and 3 a.m. Monday, Myrtle Beach Police responded to an armed robbery call on Yaupon Drive between 12th and 13th Avenue South. The victim claims he and his friend were robbed at gunpoint by two Black males wearing all black clothing with bandanas over their faces. Approximately $40 and jewelry was reportedly taken.
Just after 3:15 a.m., Myrtle Beach Police responded to an armed robbery that occurred at Mr. Joe White Avenue and Chester Street. One officer saw two possible suspects, which led to a foot chase resulting in two arrests. The victim positively identified the two subjects as involved in the robbery. A K-9 unit was able to produce a discarded pistol that matched the one allegedly used in the robbery. Both suspects deny involvement in the robbery.
At around 4 a.m. Monday at the beach access of 26th Avenue South. People told police they were robbed at gunpoint by two Black males, who took money and jewelry and took off on foot. No further description was given besides one wearing a white shirt, and one was wearing a black shirt.
Just before 4:30 Monday morning, a taxi driver for Beachside Cab said he was sleeping in his van at the Greyhound bus station on 7th Avenue North when two subjects hit him and demanded money. They then allegedly pointed a handgun at the taxi driver and threatened him. The victim gave the subjects over $300 before being hit again.
The victim describes the first subject as a 6 foot very thin Black male with tight corn rows, no facial hair and a pointy face. He was said to be wearing a baggy white t-shirt and faded black denim jeans. The second subject was said to be a similar build wearing a green shirt. The two subjects were last seen leaving on foot eastbound towards Kings Highway.
Anyone with information regarding any of these crimes should call Myrtle Beach Police. WMBF News will provide more details as they become available.
Copyright 2011 WMBF News. All rights reserved.
http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/14746715/myrtle-beach-police-see-busy-weekend-for-crime
It's black biker week in Myrtle over the Memorial day holiday.
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No Bridgeport of Connecticut? I'm disappointed! :-[
Nope,New Haven instead.