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-Lurid Crime Tales-
You're 45% more likely to be murdered in de Blasio's Manhattan
2015-05-26
[NYPOST] Murders are way up so far this year in Manhattan, The Post has learned.

Sixteen people were killed around the borough between the first of the year and Sunday. Over the same period last year, the figure was 11. That's an increase of about 45 percent.

Shootings in the borough have also soared.

There have been 50 "shooting incidents'' since Jan. 1, compared with 31 in the same time period in 2014 -- an increase of about 38 percent. Some of these "incidents'' involved more than one victim.

The number of shooting victims nearly doubled, from 33 to 61.

"City Hall better wake up soon," a police source said. "When murders and shootings go up in Manhattan, everyone is affected,'' he said, pointing out that crime impacts business, tourism and the city's economy as a whole.
Posted by:Fred

#9  In Chicago we call that "Tuesday"...

Agreed, but just in the late afternoon and evening, Dr. Steve.

One long summer weekend would top Manhattan's YTD.

Other NY borough stats would need to be added to even be close.

Posted by: Mullah Richard   2015-05-26 20:47  

#8  If Progressives are happy to embrace numbers well within the statistical error margin as 'proof' of gerbil warming, then this is certainly 'proof' that murder and mayhem are on the lose in Manhattan.

Build a mountain out of a mole hill for thee, but not one for me?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-05-26 19:30  

#7  In Chicago we call that "Tuesday"...
Posted by: Steve White   2015-05-26 16:50  

#6   but up from 11 to 16 - that's just enough to keep the crime shows in business..

We're talking Manhattan, not NYC at large.
Posted by: Pappy   2015-05-26 15:14  

#5  
Posted by:    2015-05-26 15:13  

#4  Didn't Baltimore have 20 over the weekends? Or is that just shootings and not deaths?

Depends on how any facts can be bent to fit the meme.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2015-05-26 14:59  

#3  "Sixteen people were killed around the borough between the first of the year and Sunday."

Didn't Baltimore have 20 over the weekends? Or is that just shootings and not deaths?
Posted by: rjschwarz   2015-05-26 14:42  

#2  In Dallas, sometime in the 1990's, they were on track for 1,000 murders near the end of the year. Not bad, for a city of around a million people.

Up 45% is scary, but up from 11 to 16 - that's just enough to keep the crime shows in business..
Posted by: Bobby   2015-05-26 13:10  

#1  Abortions are down, shootings are up. Not to worry, it's a carefully choreographed balancing act. Order a pizza and flip on a Yankees game.
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-05-26 12:29  

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