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Detroit's Homicide Rate Expected To Jump 15% For 2011

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First Posted: 01/ 2/2012 9:28 am Updated: 01/ 2/2012 9:28 am

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Detroit News:

The city's homicide rate was among the highest in the country in 2010, and the 2011 statistics, expected to be released this week, appear just as grim.

Murders in Detroit jumped from 308 in 2010 to at least 346 in 2011, an average of about three more per month, according to Detroit Police Department statistics and police reports.

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The city's homicide rate was among the highest in the country in 2010, and the 2011 statistics, expected to be released this week, appear just as grim. Murders in Detroit jumped from 308 in 2010 to...
The city's homicide rate was among the highest in the country in 2010, and the 2011 statistics, expected to be released this week, appear just as grim. Murders in Detroit jumped from 308 in 2010 to...
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wittgene
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10:39 AM on 01/03/2012
"that city isn't ever coming back" has so many racial over tones that I don't even bother to redress. I might say, prove your assertion? But as usual, they can't. However, some things I do concern myself with is that -since 2001 thru 2011- we SPENT over 800 billion dollars in Detroit? Oops...I'm sorry. We spent that in Iraq! Or we brought all the troops home from Germany, Korea and Japan so we'll have the resources to build schools, educate children or rebuild our crumbling communities? Oops sorry again. Only in my dreams. Only if we could decimate a portion of what we spent in Afghanistan and Iraq among America's urban communities, than "that city isn't ever coming back" is just what it is, blind rhetoric. Also, how about the first African-American WOMAN mayor? Or how about electing whites or hispanics to the city council? Oops, Im sorry. Only in my dreams. Detroiters must understand one thing. If we do not hold our elected officials accountable, "that city isn't ever coming back" people will win!
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Smurfaveli
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03:37 PM on 01/03/2012
I do not live in Detroit, but I live next door in Dearborn. Most of my daily activities are done in Detroit and most of my friends live in the city. I've lived here for 10 years and I've seen this city continue its slide.

Investing in the city would help. The schools are crumbling just as quickly as the roads and abandoned buildings and homes seem to outnumber the occupied structures. So yes, infusing cash and leadership would improve our community, but that can only go so far. We need to win back minds. The minds are gone.
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StellaDuBois
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02:05 PM on 01/04/2012
There has been A LOT of money poured into Detroit but it's just vanished. Until the state gets an Emergency Financial Manager in there to reveal the extent of the corruption the city won't improve one iota.

The degree of waste and fraud that was uncovered in the school district when it was taken over was stunning and prosecutions resulted. The city books will undoubtedly be much, much worse.
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BlairCase
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10:28 AM on 01/02/2012
Although it's only slightly smaller than Detroit, El Paso had 15 murders in 2011. El Pasoans consdiered this schocking, since the city had only five murders in 2010. El Paso has 649,121 residents 649,121 while Detroit has 713,777. Non-Hispanic whites make up only 15% of El Paso population, which is 80% Hispanic.

http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_19659030?source=most_viewed
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