After what happened to the 3

[ContinentalOp]

I used to commute to DC for a couple days every other week. I'd park in Rocky Mount NC and take the train to DC. People comment how unsafe DC is and how high the murder rate is. The Murder rate in DC is in the 21-23 per 100,000 range on average year to year. In Rocky Mount the murder rate is in the 24-28 per 100,000 range on average year to year. On average, the murder rate there is about 45% higher than the national average, and the violent crime rate is upwards of 100% over the national average (and those national averages are driven by large metropolitan areas).

Let's not forget that even in high crime urban areas, most of the violent crimes are often focused in specific areas/neighborhoods.

 

[biku324]

Is that true? All six had arrest records and knew each other? I hadn't heard that. Any additional info on that?

Yes. There's convenience store video of them chatting that night.

 

[Mule Packer]

Yes. There's convenience store video of them chatting that night.

Yep. I saw that, but didn't know if they actually knew each other or were just exchanging pleasantries, so to speak. Also, didn't know that the three victims had arrest records. Is that true?

Edit: Oops. Just saw a news article stating that one of the murder victims was going to be arrested later that day for child negligent abuse.

I can imagine that all six "was good people" and were in the process of turning their lives around. Also saw where the sheriff arrested the murderer's father, uncle, and a couple of women for charges unrelated to the murders. They, too, I'm sure were in the process of turning their lives around, too.

I'll bet dollars to donuts that there's a lot more involved in this mess than we're reading in the papers.

 

[Doug M.]

Stranger homicides, like stranger rapes, are relatively uncommon. In a small community, the odds are everyone knows everyone.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

I have been jumped and "Roughed Up" in my younger days by the intellectually challenged - may they rest in peace - for rumored insults, alleged improper looks in their direction and supposedly visually admiring his sister from a moving car. No surprise here as the Sheriff says:
"This is a guy who can hurt you because it's the right thing for him to do in that moment in time with his three brain cells," Judd said.

Sad all around.

 

[fredj338]

Stranger homicides, like stranger rapes, are relatively uncommon. In a small community, the odds are everyone knows everyone.

I would bet Chicago is an exception.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Saw the YouTube.
That Sheriff does sound like he means business.
And he followed up with fast arrests!
Yes I'm impressed!

 

[BB57]

Let's not forget that even in high crime urban areas, most of the violent crimes are often focused in specific areas/neighborhoods.

Absolutely. Nobody went to south east DC after dark, even the police.

 

[Doug M.]

I would bet Chicago is an exception.

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Probably not. Most violent crime, as someone else pointed out, is very concentrated in relatively small areas, even in the biggest and roughest cities. These are often micro-communities within the bigger city.
Chicago is a boil, but much of it is no worse than any other city.

 

[The Big D]

Huh?

I worked in Southeast...office was in Southeast.

That said, it was/is a 'rough' area but it has never been abandoned by the police.

Plus learned a valuable lesson there. Was engaged in a tussle with a bad guy who insisted I shoot him after dragging him out of the middle of the street. Had called it in but there was no opportunity for a follow up requesting an assist...LEO's will understand.

Lo and behold there were multiple units from various agencies soon there to lend a hand. Seems a concerned citizen had observed I was quite 'busy' and dropped a dime on my behalf. Never learned who it was but am still grateful.

Be safe...be well.

Absolutely. Nobody went to south east DC after dark, even the police.

 

[IAhunter]

I don't leave home without it.

 

[biku324]

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Probably not. Most violent crime, as someone else pointed out, is very concentrated in relatively small areas, even in the biggest and roughest cities. These are often micro-communities within the bigger city.
Chicago is a boil, but much of it is no worse than any other city.

Most murders and rapes are people that know each other - that's just a fact.

Roughly 6% of locations generate 50% of police calls for service; 6% of violent offenders account for well over 60% of violent crime. That's why 3 Strikes laws and repeat offender sentencing have worked for decades to reduce crime rates.