2010
The following are ten facts about crime in the
United States that will blow your mind…. #1) The city of Detroit, Michigan literally looks like a war zone and violent crime is thriving. So far this year in Detroit, car thefts are up 83%, robberies are up 50%, burglaries are up 20% and property
destruction is up 42%. #2) Lawmakers in Illinois say that violence has
become so rampant in Chicago that the National
Guard needs to be sent in. In just one night last
week seven people were killed and 18 were wounded - mostly by gunfire. In fact, there have already been 113 murders in Chicago this year. #3) The city of Phoenix, Arizona has become the car theft capital of the world as millions of illegal aliens who can’t get work have found that stealing
cars can be very profitable indeed. #4) There are approximately 12 million crimes committed in the United States every single year.
That is by far the worst in the world. No other
nation has more than about 6 million reported
crimes per year. #5) In New York City, the number of homicides in
the first quarter of the year had shot up by approximately 22 percent compared with 2009. #6) U.S. prisons are already bursting at the seams.
As you read this, there are over 2.2 million people in prison in the United States. In fact, America leads the world in the number of prisoners and in the
percentage of the population in prison. The United
States has 5% of the world’s population, but 25%
of the world’s incarcerated population. #7) U.S. law enforcement authorities claim that
there are now over 1 million members of criminal
gangs inside the country. These 1 million gang
members are responsible for up to 80% of the crimes committed in the United States each year. #8) There are over 100,000 rapes in the United States every single year. That is the highest number
for any of the countries in the United Nations. #9) According to USA Today , 58% of state and local law enforcement agencies in the United States
reported that violent criminal gangs were active in
their areas in 2008. That was up from 45% in 2004. #10) Every year, one out of every five people is a victim of a crime in the United States. No other
nation on earth has a rate that is higher.
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