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Newark, Murder free
For one month anyway...
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For those who haven’t heard, the state of New Jersey catches a lot of flack. Our guidos pump their fists in Belmar, Seaside Heights, and across MTV’s airwaves. The oil refineries and shipping ports plastered around our main airport and highway make for some great eye-sores for visitors passing through. The Garden State also claims home to three of the most dangerous cities in America: Newark, Trenton, and Camden. Yea, we’re proud of that too.
Of those three cities, Newark, is very publicly undergoing a citywide revitalization under the leadership of Mayor Cory Booker. The state’s largest city recently completed a feat of mind-boggling proportions: zero murders in the month of March. If you’re not familiar with Newark’s violence, their recent lack of a body count is similar to Los Angeles going a month without rush hour traffic. This shit never happens. In fact it’s been 44 years since the last time Newark has had a murder free month. Almost half a century has gone by since the last time this had occurred, exactly two of my lifetimes.
Police Director Garry McCarthy credits the heavy sweeps on the city’s most notorious drugs rings, which included a six-month case that resulted in 150 arrests. In fact there were only eight shootings in the entire month of March, compared to 11 this time last year, which had resulted in three deaths. The Newark crime rate has also dropped 13 percent comparison to the first quarter of last year.
Now there must be some degree of luck involved with this murder-less phenomenon. Maybe the torrential rain that graced the NJ last month played a role. Who wants to go on a murderous rampage in the rain? It’s difficult to look tough while wearing a poncho, and it’s harder to aim your gat while holding your umbrella. Hopefully the current beautiful April weather will warm the hearts of gang-bangers everywhere to leave the semi-automatics hidden under the floorboards.
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Interesting news. Newark goes a whole month without killing anyone. That's gotta make an great tourism tag line "Come to Newark, we had an entire month where we didn't kill anyone."
Wouldn't it be nice if murders were rare? Instead it's news when none happen.
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Last edited by Tully Mars; 04-03-2010 at 08:11 AM..
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