{"id":57350,"date":"2014-12-27T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2014-12-27T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=57350"},"modified":"2014-12-26T19:25:53","modified_gmt":"2014-12-27T00:25:53","slug":"detroits-murder-rate-drops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=57350","title":{"rendered":"Detroit’s murder rate drops"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"James<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

John sends us a link to the Detroit News<\/a> which reports that the murder rate in that city is on track to it’s lowest rate in 47 years;<\/p>\n

As of Tuesday, 298 criminal homicides were recorded, a decline from 318 at the same point last year, according to Detroit Police. That’s a 6 percent drop from last year and marks the second straight year of declines.<\/p>\n

The lowest number of homicides in Detroit in any of the past 47 years was in 2010: 308. Before that, the lowest total was 281 in 1967, the year of the Detroit summer riots.<\/p>\n

Taking population into consideration, the murder rate per 100,000 residents is on pace to drop for the third straight year, from 55 in 2012, to 47.5 last year, to 42.6 so far in 2014.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, you might remember that we’ve talked about the new police chief<\/a>, James Craig, of that who city encourages citizens to protect their homes and families with their own firearms. I don’t suppose that has anything to do with it, though.<\/p>\n

Most other violent crimes, including carjackings and robberies were also on pace to drop in 2014, although justifiable homicides are up, from 16 year-to-date in 2013 to 22.<\/p>\n

“People feel the need to protect themselves,” Craig said. “Maybe that’s helping drive down robberies: Maybe the criminals are afraid they’ll be confronted by someone who has a gun.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Maybe so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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