It was once so notorious for its crime statistics that any story about New York City invariably carried the equivalent of a government health warning, but on Monday, NYC went 24 hours without a single report of a person being shot, stabbed or subjected to other sorts of violent crime.
crime experts could not recall such an event occurring before.
Tom Repetto, author of American Police 1949-2012, said: ‘In a city of 8million people, this is extremely rare.’
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/world/91943 ... z2Djj8Z1dQ
Pretty weird to have not a single reported incident of a violent crime in such a large city. Maybe there was some kind of unconscious collective psychology going on.
Something strange happened in NYC on Monday
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Re: Something strange happened in NYC on Monday
by J.K. Gregg » Fri Nov 30, 2012 1:45 pm
Maturing of the race perhaps? Or maybe I'm dreaming. Although violence has been on a steady decline for years, world-wide.
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Re: Something strange happened in NYC on Monday
by NAB » Fri Nov 30, 2012 1:51 pm
Sounds like some city had a case of the Mondays.
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Re: Something strange happened in NYC on Monday
by The Dharma Bum » Fri Nov 30, 2012 1:52 pm
Sweet. I want to hear more reports like this.
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Re: Something strange happened in NYC on Monday
by OGPhilly » Fri Nov 30, 2012 1:55 pm
Crime really hasn't been a big deal in NYC for a while now. It's a very safe city, though 24 hours without violent crime is still pretty amazing considering the size of the population.
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Re: Something strange happened in NYC on Monday
by eynon81 » Fri Nov 30, 2012 2:03 pm
Wow.....wow. This probably hasn't happened since the 18th century. New York was always a rough town. My little burg (pop. 500K) can't even match that.
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Re: Something strange happened in NYC on Monday
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Re: Something strange happened in NYC on Monday
by Professor » Fri Nov 30, 2012 2:55 pm
Phones must have been down.
Seriously, though - I find it hard to believe that anyone committed a violent crime in NY from noon, Sept 11 to noon, Sept 12, 2001.
Seriously, though - I find it hard to believe that anyone committed a violent crime in NY from noon, Sept 11 to noon, Sept 12, 2001.
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Re: Something strange happened in NYC on Monday
by eric » Fri Nov 30, 2012 3:06 pm
You guys can thank Roe v. Wade
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Re: Something strange happened in NYC on Monday
by lnrw » Fri Nov 30, 2012 3:31 pm
Something happened, it just wasn't found out as of yet. It's the Big Apple. Not some other apple.
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