Norfolk has what, 250,000 people? NYC, in contrast, has 8,300,000 people, yet the number of murders is only about 550 per year.
Closer to 200,000. The thugs and gang bangers and wannabes are out of control. You've got 12, 13 and 14 year old boys getting into a tussle on the basketball court and someone's going to get killed. Nearly every day. Everyday if you include the other cities in Tidewater. And while this is going on you've got the highest elected black official in the city playing the race card against the police.