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FBI reports biggest violent crime jump in 15 years By James ViciniMon Jun 12, 5:31 PM ET U.S. violent crimes last year increased by the highest percentage in 15 years, the FBI said on Monday, but Justice Department officials rejected any suggestion that an anti-terrorism emphasis and federal funding cuts were to blame. The FBI said nearly 12,500 law enforcement agencies across the country reported an increase in the number of violent crimes of 2.5 percent last year, led by more murders, robberies and aggravated assaults. It said the number of murders rose 4.8 percent, the largest percentage gain in 15 years. Robberies increased 4.5 percent while the number of aggravated assaults went up 1.9 percent. The only violent crime category to drop was rape, falling 1.9 percent. The nation's four regions all posted increases in violent crime in 2005. The Midwest had the steepest jump at 5.7 percent, followed by the West at 1.9 percent, the South at 1.8 percent and the Northeast at 1.4 percent. Murders went up the most in cities with 50,000 to 500,000 people, rising between 9.4 and 12.5 percent. The smallest increase in murders -- just 0.5 percent -- occurred in cities with more than 1 million people. While violent crimes went up last year, the number of property crime offenses, like burglary, larceny-theft and motor vehicle theft, dropped 1.6 percent. The FBI report did not give any explanation why the violent crime numbers and murders went up last year, but Justice Department officials said during a news briefing that the government's policies were not to blame. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060612/ts_nm/crime_fbi_dc

This may be the case but overall it appears as if the trends on crime have been going down.






All but one (lol).


http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/crime.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Crime_Reports

wouldn't you say that violent crime, as a statistic, has gotten to a point where it can only go up?

kill the NRAs boys and then prohibit the right to bear guns.

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Originally posted by d-miurge kill the NRAs boys and then prohibit the right to bear guns.

why? so some asshole can come along and stab you with a hammer? whatev.

And I wonder why this is occurring?:

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Criminal justice experts said the statistics reflect the nation's complacency in fighting crime, a product of dramatic declines in the 1990s and the abandonment of effective programs that emphasized prevention, putting more police officers on the street and controlling the spread of guns. "We see that budgets for policing are being slashed and the federal government has gotten out of that business," said James Alan Fox, a criminal justice professor at Northeastern University in Boston. "Funding for prevention at the federal level and many localities are down and the (National Rifle Association) has renewed strength." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...6061200417.html

Snip here, cut there, who notices these things anymore? We need to keep up the War on Terra in Iraq, right? We need those tax cuts that primarily benefit the top tier, don't we? We need pork barrel spending out the fucking wazzooo for this Republican-led Congress, right? Well then, stop bitching!

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Originally posted by MisterOpus1 We need those tax cuts that primarily benefit the top tier, don't we? We need pork barrel spending out the fucking wazzooo for this Republican-led Congress, right? Well then, stop bitching!

I don't want to argue with you, but I think you are wrong.
Rich people pay a lot of taxes and without there money the government wouldn't have the spending it does as of now. And all that pork spending I really see it as the crooked officials taking that money and putting it into their foreign accounts.

What is really going on, is that the politicians are stealing more money from the people than ever before. And there is no one to stop them.

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Originally posted by metalgearsolid I don't want to argue with you, but I think you are wrong.

LOL This is going in the sig.

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Originally posted by josh4 LOL This is going in the sig.

And I've enjoyed the fact that crime has been down, but unfortunately, it has to go up sometime. Anyone have a solution to stopping crime?