New Orleans overtakes St. Louis to become the MURDER CAPITAL of America: Homicide rate up 141% from 2019 and carjackings rise 210% - as city's police staffing drops to lowest level in modern history
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Getting what they voted for, good and hard. - Analysis of 2022 homicide data ranks New Orleans as the US murder capital
- City recorded 41 homicides per 100,000 residents in the first half of the year
- It puts the Big Easy on pace to top last year's murder leader, St. Louis
- Crime has skyrocketed in NOLA as the city struggles to recruit cops
- Though police budget has increased, staffing is at lowest in modern history
- New Orleans has not been able to find recruits to replace officers leaving
- Cops say a 2013 consent decree led to over-punishment for minor infractions
Posted by: Skidmark 2022-09-17 |