Fed up, New Orleans looks to shake Murder City title

[Jenna]

The mayor has called murder "the single-most important issue facing our city." Since Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has racked up six straight titles as the most murderous city in America. January suggested a seventh was coming, though the pace of the killings slowed considerably in February.

"What appears to be different about homicides in New Orleans are the circumstances of the events -- they are in residential areas and outdoors and do not involve the kinds of drug and gang involvements found in other cities," the researchers said. "In reading the narratives of the offenses, one is struck by their ordinariness -- arguments and disputes that escalate into homicide."
In 200 murder cases selected from a 13-month span between April 2009 and May 2010, the study found 57 were tied to drugs, while 47 were acts of revenge. Gangs were almost never a factor. Arguments led to 37 killings.

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[IMGreat101]

thin the herd

[jmur5074]

While I typically don't think theorists have any business being involved in police work, there is one theory that I think is incredibly underrated in L.E.


The broken windows theory.

Fix the broken windows and the murders will go down.

[lewisipso]

Every mayor has made this statement either to their co workers or to the public. Until the PD is cleaned up and then allowed to do their job nothing will change.