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Posted on 04/24/2009 4:29:19 PM PDT by nobama08
In March 2008, Kwame Kilpatrick was charged with eight felonies, including perjury and obstruction of justice. In August, he violated his bail agreement and was thrown in jail. His actions were deplorable for anybody, but Kilpatrick was no Average Joe--he was the mayor of Detroit.
Unfortunately for the Motor City, Kilpatrick, 38, is just one ripple in the area's sea of crime. Detroit is the worst offender on our list of America's most dangerous cities, thanks to a staggering rate of 1,220 violent crimes committed per 100,000 people.
"Detroit has, historically, been one of the more violent cities in the U.S.," says Megan Wolfram, an analyst at iJet Intelligent Risk Systems, a Maryland-based risk-assessment firm. "They have a number of local crime syndicates there--a number of small gangs who tend to compete over territory."
Detroit was followed closely on the list by the greater Memphis, Tenn., and Miami, Fla., metropolitan areas. Those three were the only large cities in America with more than 950 violent crimes committed per 100,000 people
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I was shocked to learn it was Detroit...absolutley shocked.
Kwame Kilpatrick....is he of the Dublin Kilpatricks, or the Donegal Kilpatricks?
Disproportionately large number of democrats in the population.
Disproportionately large number of democrats in the population.
That is only half the problem my friend and we all know it.
I was just thinking about taking a weekend there for the Henry Ford and Greenfield? Museum and a Tigers game........
Strange timing....
“”What causes these particular cities to have so much violent crime?””
I suspect a direct correlation between the percentage that voted for hopey-change now becoming rope ‘n chains.
Also, check the demographics.
Are you referring to the fact my hubby just mentioned at dinner? The largest muslim population in the US?
How long before the entire U.S. seriously becomes “one big Detroit”, possibly forever?
Aren’t there Kilpatricks in County Cork? Or was it County Mayo? I get confused...........
More of that there right wing extremism that we are all so used to./s
I hear that Detroit never really recovered after the ‘67 riots. And that vast areas of the city look like a war zone.
I thought they tried some urban renewal ideas, such as urban homesteading, but didn’t get many people to move back into inner city Detroit.
Nah, he’s playing both sides of the fence to be safe when he lies.
The people who live there put up with it and vote accordingly.
The greater Boise ID area has a similar population (in terms of numbers) to D.C., yet one is very violent and the other is very peaceful. D.C. has the most stringent gun laws in the nation and Boise has relatively few. Based on this, I have to assume D.C. has a people problem. Ditto for Detroit and the others.
It is completely obvious what causes these cities to be the most dangerous list. I am laughing at some of you people skirting the obvious by saying things like they are cities with high numbers of “democrats”, or “check the demographics”. It is obvious that political correctness has poisoned Free Republic as much as the rest of America.
The answer as to why these cities are the most dangerous is that they all have a huge black underclass. Period, end of story. What has caused this American blacks to be characterized by a high poverty rate is up for debate. But make no mistake, if the cities on the list had an equally large percentage of Asians, for example, the crime rate would not be nearly so high.
“I hear that Detroit never really recovered after the ‘67 riots. And that vast areas of the city look like a war zone.”
-Exactly! I travel by bus with a band and most ‘big’ cities have pockets of decay, but when we drove through Detroit, it went on and on and on for miles. It looked like Civil War pictures Sherman’s march aftermath.
They can blame all the ‘hostile suburbanites’ that they want for fleeing the once great city in the 60’s and 70’s, but it is what the people of the city make it.
It is truly a garbage pit. America, get ready. This is going nationwide soon. Thank you mr. obama.
It ain't the muslims murdering people in Detroit.
A little bit of profiling might cause people to look at the problem realistically, not that it would bring about any solutions, so the high ratio of Democrats is as good a way as any to explain it.
Vampires? ;0)
Race
I have never seen demographics this tilted before.
Detroit, MI Michigan United States
American Indian, Eskimo, Aluet 0.25% 0.47% 0.77%
Asian or Pacific Islander 1.37% 2.53% 4.6%
Black 78.09% 14.1% 12.4%
Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0.04% 0.04% 0.19%
Other 5.06% 3.58% 8.53%
White 15.17% 79.27% 73.51%
Population Hispanic 6.45% 4.1% 15.5%
Population Non Hispanic 93.55% 95.9% 84.5%
Detroit was a sh*thole long before the Muslims showed up.
I cannot name a prosperous “minority” dominated country, state, county, city, or town. Can you?
BTT
The link show the locations of all homicides in Baltimore in 2007.
Select Race: Black and then Show Results.
Then select Race: White and then Show Results.
According to the 2007 American Community Survey, the city's population was 32.4% white (30.4% non-Hispanic-White alone), 64.6% black or African American, 0.8% American Indian and Alaska native, 2.2% Asian, 0.1% native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander, 1.4% from some other race and 1.3% from two or more races. 2.4% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race
It has gone downhill the 10 years because the riff-raff and illegals from DC moving in.
Okay. Thanks.
Motorless City Blog shows the vast devastation of the city, an area the size of San Fran made up of more than 15,000 abandoned homes...
... and still supports liberals apparently
The white ‘suburbanites’ fled the city in the late 60s and 70s for good reason — the 1967 Detroit Riots, which were very heavy on melanin.
The median income for a household in the county was $55,256, and the median income for a family was $62,467. Males had a median income of $38,904 versus $35,718 for females. The per capita income for the county was $23,360. About 5.30% of families and 7.70% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.20% of those under age 18 and 6.90% of those age 65 or over. Prince George's County is the most affluent county with an African-American majority in the United States.
The black population is 62.70%.
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When the whites left Detroit, responsible city government disappeared entirely. Instead you have Conyers, Kilpatrick, et al.
Correction accepted and I’ll rephrase to your suggestion with a bolder statement, ha, ha:
“a high concentration of melatin content!”
And, you are correct that a high poverty rate of Asians would not yield the same results. Overall they have a very, very low rate of criminality and incarceration. In fact, in the fractions of 1% of their population within the exception of 2 classes of Asians.
Can you please explain the triplicate percentages for each demographic.
Now if you were planning on taking a weekend down Fenkell, Davison, or Gratiot.......
Detroit, Michigan, US
It’s not obvious from the heading “Detroit, MI Michigan United States”
But first column is city of Detroit; second column is state of Michigan; third column is the entire US. I think...
Actually the Muslim area of the Detroit area is in better shape and has lower crime then the "Christian" areas.
In fact, sadly, they are the only areas worth saving.
Detroit's problems are all home grown and cultivated.
Dearborn isn’t Detroit.
Are you referring to the fact my hubby just mentioned at dinner? The largest muslim population in the US?
Nope.
No. 1 Detroit, Mich. (Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Mich., metropolitan statistical area)
SS. looks like they included Dearborn.
No, but it is considered Detroit area which is why I identified it as such.
Sorry, see you already find that part of the story.
It is not up for debate at all. Government has removed the incentive for:
1. Marriage
2. Work
Those two things are fundamental to any successful society.
Add Hollywood's racial caricature of blacks from the very start of pop culture and you have a lost people.
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