Michael Everett wrote:TFLYTSNBN wrote:The vast majority of NYC homicides were never solved. London police are still solving more murders than NYC police, but their clearance rate is dropping.
Given that the murder rate in London is significantly less than in NYC, the fact that the UK cops solve a higher actual number is a damning indictment on the ability of the NYC cops.
Or a damning indictment on US gun culture.
...or both...
I agree that the statistics on NYC's abysmally low clearance rates are a damning indictment of NYC police. I can recognize which law enforcement officers are screwing up because they are the cops screaming for more gun control. Their only cogent defense is that the communities where most homicides occur are so hostile towards police that they refuse to cooperate with investigations. These cops demonize guns rather than confront the real issues.
Actually; the homicide statistics for US cities such as NYC, Washington DC and Chicago refute the gun control paradigm. These cities have gun control regimes that are almost as draconian as Great Britains, yet they have homicide rates far, far higher than American jurisdictions that have far less restrictive gun control laws. These gun controlled cities also have a far greater proportion of homicides committed with guns than jurisdictions with less restrictive gun control laws.
One recent discovery that surprised me is that Mexico not only has a homicide rate far higher than the US, the vast majority of Mexican homicides are NOT committed with guns. It is the people and the police who are at fault,not guns smuggled in from the U.S..