The Nature of Crime Is Changing; Randomness and Brutality Characterize Crime Here, Despite "the Numbers" Showing Progress
Metro Crime Commission sheds some light while sounding an alarm
Opened the Twitter to this earlier today:
And yesterday saw this ridiculous question asked by the liberal Louisiana writer Greg Hilburn:
Realize that the count of officers includes recruits and anybody else they can possibly identify as “commissioned” and working officers. The real working number is well below 900 and there is no end in sight.
We have no idea what Mr Hilburn could intend with his question, except some sort of “All Cops Are Bastards” reference for the Marxist transgressives who believe the lie that cops target black people for abuse.
Women and children have become the easy target for one gang member to injure an enemy other. Mothers have been targeted in recent weeks, particularly when their child is in the backseat of the car. Criminals in this town are truly heartless; they kill both randomly and targetedly; they feel nothing in the process. All of us are at risk from them.
Do not live or work in the city without some form of personal protection. A gun can be dangerous to the owner, so let the protection suit you at your own strength and ability level. Pepper spray is an option, familiarizing yourself with tactics to avoid violence helps.
Undeniably, this city is very dangerous: Democrats have enabled demons to roam the streets for decades. Politicians are not part of the answer - they are part of the problem - and the police cannot and will not be there for you when you need them.
And Leftists dare to speak of “gun control.”
As of July 16, 2023:
Homicide Victims: 141
Two more women were victims of homicide in the past week – to date, 20 women have been killed in 2023.
Homicide in 2023 is 16% lower than the same time in 2022.
The homicide total includes six victims of vehicular homicide, one negligent, and approx. three which may ultimately be deemed as justified by the DA’s office. These will not be counted as “murders” by NOPD.
Nonfatal Shooting Incidents: 223
There have been approximately 309 victims of nonfatal gunshot incidents in 2023, though this number is subject to change as investigations progress.
At the same time in 2022, there had been 255 shooting incidents and approximately 362 nonfatal shooting victims (an overall reduction of 15% in fatal/nonfatal shooting incidents and victims).
Carjacking Incidents: 92
Carjacking incidents are down 47% relative to 2022 – still the biggest decline we are seeing in any major violent crime category since 2022.
We continue to see a substantial (142%) increase in auto theft (as of July 16, 2022, 1,934 auto thefts vs. 4,265 in 2023).
Armed Robbery Incidents: 235
Armed robbery is 24% lower than this time in 2022, though we remain slightly to moderately above 2019-2021 rates (+2%, +22%, and +7%, respectively).
There are similar numbers of armed robberies since 2019, except for 2020, when the city was under COVID-19 lockdown.
In 2022, there were 1,934 reported auto thefts as of July 16th.
There have been at least 4,265 reported auto thefts to date in 2023, an increase of 121% since 2022.
This is an average of 22 stolen cars per day.
Make no mistake: long term Democrat policies and Democrat politicians have done this to the families, people, and streets of New Orleans. They will never take responsibility for it and will always double down while somehow blaming you for the problems here.
As always we are grateful to the fine folks at the Metropolitan Crime Commission for the weekly updates.