Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 7:56 AM
Subject: Re: say we're number one!!!
Excuse me? Flint has the highest crime rate? Bull Dukie. The highest
crime rate is not found in a city. The highest crime rate is found on a
street. One street. Wall Street. But do we see their crimes listed in
this very interesting article? Golly gee Molly, no way Jose!
By failing to identify their crime, Wall Street avoids the responsibility
for all of the horrors that befell their victims following the Great Wall
Street Robbery.
But let's just dump crime onto the poor, disenfranchised, non-white, and
illegals.
Carl Jarvis
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From: "joe harcz Comcast" <joeharcz@comcast.net>
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Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 7:05 AM
Subject: say we're number one!!!
FBI data ranks Flint, Detroit highest on 'Most Dangerous Cities in America'
list By Samuel Weigley, Alexander E. M. Hess and Michael B. Sauter 24/7 Wall
Street (via USA TODAY) After falling for five consecutive years, the number
of violent crimes across the United States rose by 1.2% in 2012. Based on
data
published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the increase was
even greater in some of America's largest cities. In 2012, for the third
year
in a row, Flint, Michigan had the highest violent crime rate in the country.
According to the FBI, violent crime includes murder, nonnegligent
manslaughter,
rape, robbery and aggravated assault. In some cases, the cities with the
highest violent crime rate, including Flint and Oakland, had high rates in
all
four categories. However, most of the most violent cities tend to do very
poorly only in a few categories. Based on the FBI Uniform Crime Report,
these
are the 10 most dangerous cities in America. Crime in these cities is
typically not limited to just violent crime. Three cities - Birmingham, St.
Louis
and Oakland - were among the 10 worst cities in the nation for both violent
crime and property crime. In some of the most dangerous cities, specific
types
of property crime were especially common. Flint and Cleveland had among the
highest burglary rates, while Oakland, Detroit and St. Louis had among the
highest rates of vehicle theft. The economies of many of the most dangerous
cities have been in bad shape for years, in some cases long before the Great
Recession. The populations of many of the most dangerous cities declined,
leaving behind highly impoverished urban centers. The loss of economic
diversity,
explained John Roman, senior fellow at the Urban institute, only serves to
exacerbate crime in cities like Detroit, Flint, Cleveland and St. Louis. In
fact, all the 10 most dangerous cities had poverty rates above the national
rate of 15.9% in 2011. In half of these cities, more than 30% of the
population
lived in poverty. Detroit and Flint had poverty rates of more than 40%. It
is very clear that poverty in particular is associated with higher crime
rates,"
explained Roman. However, the relationship between the two is less certain.
It is "very difficult to say whether crime makes places poorer, or poverty
causes more crime," Roman noted. In many of the nation's most dangerous
cities, unemployment is also extremely high. Seven of the 10 cities with the
highest
levels of violent crime had unemployment rates above 10% in 2012, much
higher than the national unemployment rate of 8.1% that year. In two cities,
Detroit
and Stockton, the unemployment rate was more than 18% last year. Low
educational attainment also goes hand-in-hand with high crime rates. In all
of the
10 most dangerous cities, the percentage of adults with a high school
diploma was below the 86% national average. In five of these metro areas,
the percentage
of adults with a diploma was below 80%. On its website, the FBI instructs
readers to avoid comparing city violence because rankings tend to be
simplistic
and ignore factors that influence crime, as well as the different ways
crimes are measured and reported. For this reason, Roman cautioned against
directly
comparing cities based on their individual crime rates. However, because the
cities with the highest and lowest violent crime rates have remained
consistent
for many years, he believes comparing city ranks was useful. Based on the
FBI's Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report, 24/7 Wall St. identified the
10
U.S. cities with populations of 100,000 or more with the highest rates of
violent crime per 100,000 residents. Using estimated populations and crime
incidents
from the FBI, which measures incidents of eight types of violent and
nonviolent crime for 2012, 24/7 Wall St. calculated the incidence of the
four types
of violent crime per 100,000 persons for that year: murder, forcible rape,
robbery and aggravated assault. In addition to crime data, 24/7 Wall St.
reviewed
median income and poverty rates for these cities from the U.S. Census
Bureau's American Community Survey for 2011, the most recent available year.
We also
included average 2012 unemployment rates for these cities from the Bureau of
Labor Statistics. 10. Cleveland, Ohio > Violent crimes per 100,000: 1,383.8
> Population: 393,781 > 2012 murders: 84 > Poverty rate: 34.3% > Pct. of
> adults with high school degree: 77.0% More than 825 robberies were
> reported in
Cleveland for every 100,000 residents last year, the second highest robbery
rate in the nation behind only Oakland. The total number of robberies in the
city rose from 3,156 in 2011 to 3,252 in 2012. Cleveland also had the
nation's second highest burglary rate in 2012, with close to 2,500
burglaries per
100,000 residents. Unlike robbery, burglary does not involve force or
coercion and is not considered a violent crime. Recently, the highly
publicized discovery
of three area women that had been missing for roughly a decade and held
captive within the city led to extensive criticism of the Cleveland Police
Department.
Cleveland is one of the nation's poorest large cities with a median
household income of just $25,731 in 2011 - barely over half the national
median. 9.
Baltimore, Md. > Violent crimes per 100,000: 1,405.7 > Population: 625,474 >
2012 murders: 219 > Poverty rate: 25.1% > Pct. of adults with high school
degree: 80.5% There were 219 murders in Baltimore in 2012, more than all but
five other major cities both in absolute terms and per capita. In addition,
the city's robbery rate of 576.4 cases per 100,000 people was the ninth
highest in the country. Despite remaining one of the most violent cities,
city
officials noted that crime rates have been declining. While the total number
of murders increased, total gun crime fell by 6% compared to 2011, according
to the Baltimore Police Department. In addition, the city's property crime
rate of 4,660.3 cases per 100,000 residents was lower than any of the top
cities
for violent crime. 8. New Haven, Conn. > Violent crimes per 100,000: 1,439.2
> Population: 129,934 > 2012 murders: 17 > Poverty rate: 30.1% > Pct. of
adults
with high school degree: 78.4% There were 766 robberies in New Haven in
2011, or 589.1 cases per 100,000 residents, the eighth highest rate among
all cities
considered that year. In 2012, the number of robberies in the city jumped to
844. At 649.6 robberies per 100,000 residents, this was one of the highest
rates recorded in 2012. But while both robberies and aggravated assaults
rose last year, the number of murders declined from 34 in 2011 to just 17 in
2012.
Gun violence remains a concern for the community. Recently, police began
reaching out to known gang members on probation or parole to offer help to
members
looking to earn a high school diploma or otherwise improve their lives. As
of 2011, just 78.4% of New Haven residents over 25 had a high school
diploma,
much lower than the 85.9% rate nationwide. 7. Birmingham, Ala. > Violent
crimes per 100,000 : 1,517.8 > Population: 213,266 > 2012 murders: 67 >
Poverty
rate: 32.0% > Pct. of adults with high school degree: 81.3% Birmingham had
among the 10 highest murder and aggravated assault rates at 31.4 cases per
100,000
people and 954.2 cases per 100,000 residents, respectively, in 2012. The
city also had 6,934.1 property crimes per 100,000 people in 2012, higher
than
all but four other cities. This included 2,205.7 burglaries per 100,000, the
sixth highest of all cities. City residents are in a far worse economic
position
than the nation as a whole. The median household income in Birmingham was
just $28,646 in 2011, far lower than the $50,502 across the United States.
Also,
32% of the population lived below the poverty line that year, compared with
just under 16% nationwide. 6. Stockton, Calif. > Violent crimes per 100,000:
1,548.0 > Population: 299,105 > 2012 murders: 71 > Poverty rate: 25.8% >
Pct. of adults with high school degree: 75.1% The number of violent crimes
reported
in Stockton rose from 4,155 in 2011 to 4,630 in 2012. This was partly due to
the increase in the number of robberies, from 1,323 in 2011 to 1,556 last
year, and the increase in the number of aggravated assaults, from 2,684 in
2011 to 2,913 in 2012. As a result of this uptick in crime, Stockton had
some
of the highest incidences of murder, robbery and aggravated assault in the
nation. Stockton also holds the dubious distinction of being the largest
city
in U.S. history, by population, to enter bankruptcy. In the city proper, the
unemployment rate was 18.3% in 2012, more than 10 percentage points above
the national rate last year. 5. Memphis, Tenn. > Violent crimes per 100,000:
1,750.0 > Population: 657,436 > 2012 murders: 133 > Poverty rate: 27.2% >
Pct. of adults with high school degree: 83.4% Memphis had the third highest
rate of aggravated assault in 2012, with 1,151.9 cases per 100,000
residents.
This was up from the 1,032.3 cases per 100,000 in 2011. The city's murder
rate of 20.2 per 100,000 people and robbery rate of 514.4 per 100,000 people
were also up from 2011. The high levels of crime has people in the Memphis
area feeling uneasy. According to a recent Gallup survey, roughly 43% of
Memphis
area residents reported feeling unsafe walking at night, the highest
percentage of all the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the country and
significantly
higher than the 28% across the United States. 4. St. Louis, Mo. > Violent
crimes per 100,000: 1,776.5 > Population: 318,667 > 2012 murders: 113 >
Poverty
rate: 27.0% > Pct. of adults with high school degree: 83.9% There were
1,120.6 aggravated assaults per 100,000 people in St. Louis in 2012, higher
than
all but three other cities. Moreover, the murder rate of 35.5 cases per
100,000 was the fifth highest of all cities. Although St. Louis's violent
crime
was still among the highest in the country, it has improved. There were 80
less violent crimes per 100,000 people in 2012 compared to 2011 - the best
improvement
of any city on this list, with the drop mostly attributable to 106 less
robberies per 100,000 people in 2012 compared to the previous year. Law
enforcement
officials attributed some of the drop to an increased police presence in
high-crime neighborhoods. 3. Oakland, Calif. > Violent crimes per 100,000:
1,993.1
> Population: 399,487 > 2012 murders: 126 > Poverty rate: 21.0% > Pct. of
> adults with high school degree: 79.9% There were 1,085.9 robberies per
> 100,000
residents in Oakland in 2012, higher than any other city. This was also
significantly higher than the 851.2 robberies per 100,000 just a year
earlier.
The rates of murder and aggravated assaults also increased in 2012 compared
to 2011. Violent crime was not the only issue in Oakland, either - there
were
6,594 property crimes per 100,000 residents in 2012, more than all but eight
other cities, and up from 5,287.9 in 2011. Crime in the city has increased
ever since the city's police department went through a round of layoffs in
2010 due to $30.5 million deficit. 2. Detroit, Mich. > Violent crimes per
100,000:
2,122.6 > Population: 707,096 > 2012 murders: 386 > Poverty rate: 40.9% >
Pct. of adults with high school degree: 77.4% Detroit's murder rate of 54.2
per
100,000 residents was the second highest in the country last year. The
homicide rate in Detroit, which included 386 criminal murders and an
additional
25 justifiable homicides, reached the highest level in nearly 40 years. In
addition, the city's aggravated assault rate of 1,320.8 cases per 100,000
people
was also the second highest in the United States, although this was an
improvement from the 1,333.6 cases per 100,000 residents in 2011. Detroit
has struggled
economically in recent years. The city's 2012 unemployment rate was a
whopping 18.6%, much higher than the 8.1% across the nation last year. The
median
household income of $25,193 was less than half the national median for 2011.
1. Flint, Mich. > Violent crimes per 100,000: 2,729.5 > Population: 101,632
> 2012 murders: 63 > Poverty rate: 40.6% > Pct. of adults with high school
> degree: 82.9% With a staggering 2,729.5 violent crimes per 100,000
> residents,
no city had a higher violent crime rate than Flint. The city of just 101,632
people had 63 total murders and 1,930 aggravated assaults, both the highest
relative to the city's population. Flint also had nationwide highs in
burglary rates and arson per 100,000 people. The sheriff of Genesee County,
where
Flint is located, proposed a plan to create a violent crime mobile response
unit that would cost $3 million. However, Governor Rick Snyder rejected the
plan because he believed resources would be better "integrated into the
ongoing efforts to make Flint safer. Like Detroit, Flint has suffered
economically
in recent years. The median household income was just $23,380 in 2011, the
second-lowest of all 555 cities measured by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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