November 23, 2007

The Dog that didn't bark

Hmmm, what's missing from this New York Times story:

The homicide figure continues a remarkable slide since 1990, when New York recorded its greatest number of killings in a single year, 2,245, and when untold scores of the victims were killed in violence between strangers.

Homicides began falling in the early 1990s, when Raymond W. Kelly first served as police commissioner, and plummeted further under subsequent commissioners. Mr. Kelly returned to serve under Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg in 2002, the first year there were fewer than 600 homicides. There were 587 that year, down from 649 in the previous year.

Crickets chirping...

Posted by Steve-O at November 23, 2007 11:03 PM | TrackBack
Comments

A certain bald-headed RINO mayor is missing.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but we lose something like 800-900 soldiers a year in Iraq. If these stats are correct, it would seem that living as a civilian in New York City under Mayor Dinkins was more than twice as dangerous as serving as a soldier in Iraq under President Chimplerburton.

Puts it in perspective somewhat.

Posted by: The Colossus at November 24, 2007 09:52 AM

Hey, they failed to mention the work of "costumed vigilantes," like the famed "Man-Bat," in reducing crime.

An obvious editorial issue.

Posted by: owlish at November 25, 2007 11:02 AM

Those dratted "super heroes" are just more evidence of the patriarchal heirarchy that continues to plague our society. "Man of the bat" or "Superior man" are there simply to assert the power of men over society and nature. Whenever they deign to allow even a token female in, such a person, like "Woman of Wonder" is there in a scimpy costume, to objectify her as a sex object.

Do I get tenure now?

Posted by: rbj at November 25, 2007 11:43 AM

Ten years of Democratically stewarded national prosperity? I am sure you also meant to mention the parallel drop in crime that occurred under the Democratically run Boston?

Posted by: LB Buddy at November 27, 2007 03:01 PM