Murder making a comeback?

[Dick Whitman]

Rates are on the rise again in many U.S. cities.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/09/0...sharply-in-many-us-cities.html?_r=1&referrer=

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Down by almost a third in Boston, which has had a pretty low rate for nearly two decades.

 

[Vombatus]

This is the business we have chosen.

Unfortunately.

 

[TigerVols]

Some people just wanna be famous, I suppose.

http://www.reelz.com/murder/

 

[YankeeFan]

You almost have to ask if policing has changed in these cities:

 

[dixiehack]

You almost have to ask if policing has changed in these cities:

People on the other side of the debate from you think so too.

AT THE corner in West Baltimore where a burnt-out pharmacy sits as evidence of riots, Tay Wizzle, a 26-year-old student, explains why he thinks the murder rate has spiked. “It’s a decrease in police presence,” he says. “The police don’t patrol like they did before the riots. I think they’re purposely doing that to make themselves look innocent. They ain’t dumb, but they think everyone here’s stupid.” As he speaks, a police car arrives and two cops begin questioning a couple who were parked in a car with tinted windows. “I’ve been here an hour and that’s the first I’ve seen them,” says Mr Wizzle. “And they’re just ****ing with people.”

http://www.economist.com/news/unite...tributing-spike-murder-rates-midsummer-murder

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Yep, police are saying if you don't let us kill you without repercussions, we'll let someone else kill you without repercussions.

 

[Mr. Sunshine]

I'm sure the political "leaders" in places like Baltimore have a plan.

 

[Mr. Sunshine]

Yep, police are saying if you don't let us kill you without repercussions, we'll let someone else kill you without repercussions.

Perhaps most cops are good at their job and shaming them into not doing it is not the best approach. Just a thought.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Perhaps most cops are good at their job and shaming them into not doing it is not the best approach. Just a thought.

If a cop is ashamed of his work, he should quit.

 

[Mr. Sunshine]

If a cop is ashamed of his work, he should quit.

Damn, that was some Baronesque comprehension.

 

[cyclingwriter2]

Was really hoping this was about New York Rangers legend Don "Murder" Murdoch.

 

[dixiehack]

Perhaps most cops are good at their job and shaming them into not doing it is not the best approach. Just a thought.

From the same article I linked above:

But another, more subtle, effect may also be at play, he says. Most inner-city murders are not sophisticated—they often take place in crowded streets. Yet clearance rates remain stunningly low. In Baltimore, just 36% of murders have been solved this year, compared with two-thirds nationally. Cops who are distrusted struggle to find co-operative witnesses, many of whom fear retaliation if they are deemed to be “snitches”. The message that cops are sometimes racist or too violent, even when accurate, may be making it harder for them to do their jobs properly.