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| Baltimore Homicides on Track to Top 300 for 5th Consecutive Year |
| 2019-07-30 |
| [BREITBART] Baltimore homicides exceeded 300 each year from 2015 through 2018, and 2019 is on track to cross the 300 threshold for the fifth year in a row. A 2016 report from the Baltimore Sun showed 344 homicides for the year 2015. A homicides counter maintained by the Sun shows 318 for 2016, 342 for 2017, and 309 for 2018. USA Today reported that the 342 Baltimore homicides in 2017 represented a "homicide rate of 56 per 100,000 people." The homicide rate in reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown ... home of Al Capone, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel,... was less than half of that, at "24 per 100,000." As of July 28, the Sun’s counter shows 191 Baltimore homicides for 2019, which means the city is well on its way to surpassing 300 homicides for the year. At least five people were shot, three fatally, in Baltimore on July 27 alone. And on July 25, Breitbart News reported eight persons were shot in one night of Baltimore violence. One of the shooting victims succumbed to his wounds. The violence, including surges in homicides, has been all-too-present in the years since Maryland implemented the Firearm Safety Act in 2013. That act put in place many of the left’s favorite gun controls, such as an "assault weapons" ban and "high capacity" magazine ban. It also implemented a fingerprinting/registration process for new handgun buyers. The number of homicides in Baltimore was 211 for the year 2014, but has been over 300 every year since. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 But it IS a hellhole. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2019-07-30 16:12 |
| #10 Wow. But remember, folks: it's not a shithole. |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-07-30 15:26 |
| #9 Not sure about the rate in Chi-town, but the totals are impressive: Year to Date Shot & Killed: 269 Shot & Wounded: 1297 Total Shot: 1566 Total Homicides: 296 Note there are 27 more killed than killed with a firearm, or about 10%. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2019-07-30 12:26 |
| #8 Based on the number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants per year [shortened list] 25 Eswatini, 17.29 24 Guyana, 18.37 23 Puerto Rico, 18.51 20 Mexico, 21.5 Chicago, 24 16 Colombia, 25.50 15 Guatemala, 27.26 10 South Africa, 33.97 7 Belize, 37.60 Baltimore 56, (in 2017) 3 Venezuela, 56.33 1 El Salvador, 82.84 https://list25.com/25-countries-with-the-highest-murder-rates-in-the-world/5/ |
| Posted by: Alistaire Untervehr8459 2019-07-30 12:07 |
| #7 Right up there with Guatemala and Venezuela. But no, it's not a shithole (INAS). |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-07-30 10:18 |
| #6 The Orange Man could have compared Baltimore to the French Riviera, it would not have mattered. Trump said it, therefore it is racist and evil. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-07-30 09:28 |
| #5 Former scandalized Dem Mayor Catherine Pugh said Baltimore was rat-infested hell hole. Bernie Sanders said this in 2015 while running as a candidate. Trump says the same thing and all hell breaks loose in the opposing Party of Corruption. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2019-07-30 09:18 |
| #4 Well, if you can't be the best at good, then be the best at bad. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2019-07-30 08:53 |
| #3 My contacts say they are at 300 now in Baltimore. They happen to live there. I am more inclined to believe locals. |
| Posted by: Dale 2019-07-30 05:00 |
| #2 the 342 Baltimore homicides in 2017 represented a "homicide rate of 56 per 100,000 people." The homicide rate in Chicago was less than half of that, at "24 per 100,000." But it's not a $hithole. |
| Posted by: gorb 2019-07-30 04:53 |
| #1 2015 was the year of the Freddy Grey riots. 2014 had 211 homocides. 300+ every year since |
| Posted by: lord garth 2019-07-30 04:19 |