On Wednesday, November 28, 2012, the news out of New York was that NYC went all day Monday without a shooting, knifing or slashing.
What city can boast that of a similar population?
An almost impossible feat, actually, and one historian said it hasn’t happened since…they can’t remember when. Tom Reppetto is the historian questioned about the unusual lack of violence by the NY Daily News, and he says it may be rare that none of these violent activities occurred on Monday, but then it is also unusual that NYC has only had about 400 murders this year too. By the end of the year, Reppetto said, “They’re going to come in with the fewest number of murders since 1960.”
He’s probably right, as of Nov. 28, 2012 the city reported that murders were down 23 percent from last year’s 472 murder total. Yet crime isn’t decreasing overall just because murder crime has decreased. In fact, NYC is seeing a rise in other types of crime, making the overall crime rate go up by three percent. That was namely due to grand larcenies, however, which rose as much as nine percent thanks to the increased thefts of smart phones and tablets.
Smart phone and tablet users in New York beware.
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