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It's just crazy': 12 major cities hit all-time homicide records

At least 12 major U.S. cities have broken annual homicide records in 2021 -- and there's still three weeks to go in the year.

Of the dozen cities that have already surpassed the grim milestones for killings, five topped records that were set or tied just last year.

"It's terrible to every morning get up and have to go look at the numbers and then look at the news and see the stories. It's just crazy. It's just crazy and this needs to stop," Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said after his city surpassed its annual homicide record of 500, which stood since 1990.

Philadelphia, a city of roughly 1.5 million people, has had more homicides this year (521 as of Dec. 6) than the nation's two largest cities, New York (443 as of Dec. 5) and Los Angeles (352 as of Nov. 27). That's an increase of 13% from 2020, a year that nearly broke the 1990 record.

 

Chicago, the nation's third-largest city, leads the nation with 739 homicides as of the end of November, up 3% from 2020, according to Chicago Police Department crime data. Chicago's deadliest year remains 1970 when there were 974 homicides.

Philadelphia's homicide record was broken in the same week that Columbus, Indianapolis and Louisville eclipsed records for slayings.

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“Don’t Come, We Can’t Guarantee Your Safety” – Los Angeles PD Union Chief Gives Ominous Warning to Americans Thinking of Visiting The Crime Ravaged City (VIDEO)

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San Franciscans leave car trunks and doors open so thieves won't smash windows

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Went to King of Prussia Mall (just outside Philadelphia) this week and noticed something interesting:

Every "high end" store had up rope lines and seemed to be limiting access.  In one case (Louis Vuitton) they had positioned the mall benches and ropes to create a large limited-access zone around the front door.

Also, pretty much every store had personnel who looked like security (unmarked, but all wearing the same black pants and shirt).

I'm sure they'd tell you "COVID!" but it really looks like they're pre-emptive measures to avoid what's been happening outside San Francisco.

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13 minutes ago, SDwaters said:

Went to King of Prussia Mall (just outside Philadelphia) this week and noticed something interesting:

Every "high end" store had up rope lines and seemed to be limiting access.  In one case (Louis Vuitton) they had positioned the mall benches and ropes to create a large limited-access zone around the front door.

Also, pretty much every store had personnel who looked like security (unmarked, but all wearing the same black pants and shirt).

I'm sure they'd tell you "COVID!" but it really looks like they're pre-emptive measures to avoid what's been happening outside San Francisco.

 

 

Next step limited access to malls, limited items shown for sale. Purchase ltem one place pick it up at another. Or nothing but Online shopping, with virtual reality coming soon, that could work.