...numbers. I just love the liberal rags' headline and the journalistic malpractice by their staff writers.
Detroit murders fall to lowest level since 1967
Really? Holy crap! That sorta looks like progress for the Cesspool of Detroit. I mean Detroit has lowered its murder rate to levels that occurred when "Burn, Baby Burn!" was being chanted and Guv Romney had the National Guard containing a 12th Street war zone and Belle Isle was used as a detention center.
Hmmmmm, the numbers, eh? The 308 murders echoing back to '67 is the accomplishment that is boasted by Detroit, right? This will prolly be a hoot...
City of Detroit
1967 population - 1,600,000est.
2010 population - 772,419
That's a 51.41% decrease in population for the City of Detroit to enjoy a murder rate of 43 years ago.
There were an unofficial 308 homicides in the city last year, Detroit police announced Monday, a decline of more than 15% from the 364 in 2009. The city's highest homicide number was 714 deaths in 1974, the almanac said.
In addition, nonfatal shootings in Detroit decreased 10.5% last year from 1,307 to 1,170 in 2010, police said.
Wow - a 15% decrease in a year. Amazing. Detroit, you've come a long way baby.
Mmmmmmmm, only if one is a gullible fool. See, if accounting for the population decline since 1967, and the same murder figure, the numbers will tell you that you have a 107% increased chance of being murdered in Detroit today.
1967 Detroit? Yah, that marked the year that my family immediately moved from the city and a few short years later, moved the family business to Oakland County too.
Perhaps, the LibTard writers and editors at the freep.com should learn context or have chosen a different headline...