January 2, 2004
Where's Our Crown
This just in: According to the Washington Post, "homicides declined slightly in the District and Washington Region." But never fear, the 247 killings last year were still enough to edge out Detroit and retain our title of murder capital of the US. (Screw you Detroit, you may have beaten us in 01, but we've had the title for the past two years.) A region-wide total of 481 homicides represented a 6.8 percent decrease from last year.
Actually, we're only the murder capital of cities over 500,000 people, New Orleans would beat us hands down if they were included (kill us in football, kill us in murder rate, that city is really cheesing me off).
Showing just why he is Police Chief, Charles Ramsey, in a quote that sums up his understanding of the community and steely resolve in the face of these statistics, said the following:
"It is just absolutely incredible, the level of violence and the intent to kill."
Posted by cs at January 2, 2004 4:13 PM
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