54 sats \ 1 reply \ @bief57 OP 9 Oct \ parent \ on: List of the 20 most dangerous cities Politics_And_Law
Many cities around the world have gone crazy in recent months, this list is from 2023. I'm going to look for the one from 2024, possibly they will update it in a few months. In Lima these 2 weeks the murders have also increased due to extortionists (terrorists).
The FBI only released the 2023 data a few weeks ago so for the US 2024 data is a long way off... One of the best independent journalists in DC a day and a half ago reported that in the first 7 days of Oct, we had
*1 death due to stabbing
- 3 deaths due to arson (someone lit a house on fire and killed those inside)
- 6 killed in 6 different shootings
What is sad is that DC has been championing how violent crime has decreased this year but when you look at the homicide numbers between 2019 and 2021 homicide numbers went up from 166 to 226. Then it bounced in 2022 down to 203 before soaring in 2023 to 274. Right now we are at 154 and given my likely wrong attempt at math on pace for still over 200 murders.
The issue though is the district is heating up again. The anti Israel protests police were flown in from NYC and the National Guard was activated so the heavy presence pushed down the numbers considerably. Now they are exploding back up again and I could see them staying high with police presence down since most Members of Congress are back in the district and a ton of Congressional staffers are also out of DC helping with campaigns.
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