Black cities across the US are seeing a startling rise in murders after years of declines. Milwaukee, has had more killings this year already than all of 2014.
As in places like Ferguson and Baltimore, tensions over race and police … Read the rest
Tag: homicide
Baltimore gets even bloodier
A 31-year-old woman and a young boy were shot in the head Thursday, becoming Baltimore’s 37th and 38th homicide victims so far this month, the city’s deadliest in 15 years.
The most recent killings claimed the lives of Jennifer Jeffrey … Read the rest
Violence in Baltimore spikes
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake called the Baltimore’s recent spike in violence “disheartening” Thursday as police work to address a dramatic increase in homicides and nonfatal shootings in the black American city.
“It’s extremely frustrating,” the mayor told reporters at a news … Read the rest
650 000 homicides in South Africa in 20 years!
by Kevin King
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The SAPS stats confirm that towards the end of 2014, we will have had 650,000 homicides since 1994.
Here are the facts:
- SAPS reports show 392,886 (56.65 per day) murders in last
18 years of crime – counting the dead
by Kevin King
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With the release of the latest crime stats imminent, I’d like to recap what’s happened in the last 18 years in South Africa.
Homicide
Firstly, it’s interesting to note that the SAPS … Read the rest
Setting a new record: Chicago’s murder rate
With still a few days to go until the new year, 40-year-old Nathaniel T. Jackson became the five-hundredth person killed in Chicago, Illinois since the start of 2012.
In 2011, the city saw only 435 homicides.
Superintendent Garry McCarthy confirmed … Read the rest