Still, I very much doubt these figures. They seem manufactured to paint a positive picture of our country under Obama and his Crime Family. He and Eric Holder have given license to blacks ("My People" as the AG characterizes them) to do violence against whites with no consequence. Witness the rise of the flash mobs and the ho-hum attitude taken by the corrupt bunch in DC toward the New Black Panthers.
Technology plays an important role in the recent reduction in violent crime.
Ever present security cameras mean the risk of being identified goes up and constructing a plausible alibi becomes much more difficult.
Ever present cell phones mean a crime is more likely to be called in, often in real time.
Potential criminals must turn their own cell phones off, or not carry them at all, which is an instant red flag to Police and juries.
Potential criminals must worry now about leaving even tiny traces of DNA at the crime scene.
Transportation to and from a crime scene is more complex - more cars have GPS, and all new buses are equipped with HD cameras.
The number of crime targets has gone down since fewer people carry cash, and usually less of it, because of debit and credit cards.
Crimes of passion and crimes of deranged minds will always be with us.
But the day of planning a successful crime is slowly but surely coming to an end.
I’ve seen reports of mob violence - but not of gun violence by mobs, and the statistics presented were for handgun violence specifically.