So is current gun laws.
Illinois Becomes First State to Eliminate Cash Bail
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So is current gun laws.
Sounds good.
Lol. Jail is a "great" place for people to sit. Overloaded case workers, aggressive and manipulative inmates, jaded or hostile guards.
And that's because most crime is impulsive.
A fair point. Should be a "checklist" item for judges.
The new progressive DA in Durham stopped cash bail for most offenses in June of 2019... here is the result. The progressive city council also refused to hire additional police officers despite requests from the police chief and focused on funding "violence interrupters".
A record number of people got shot in Durham in 2020
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article248420210.html
A record number of people got shot in Durham in 2020, a year that saw gun violence spike in many cities across the state and the country.
A total of 318 people were shot in the Bull City last year compared to 189 people in 2019, according to newly released preliminary data from the Durham Police Department.
That is almost a 70% increase and the highest number of people shot in Durham since at least 2016, when the department began compiling the data..
Thirty-three of the people shot last year died, compared to 32 in 2019, according to the preliminary data.
Durham Police Chief C.J. Davis said during a November press conference that a small number of mostly young people were responsible for many of the shootings in the Bull City.
A reduction in Durham’s jail population to help stem fight COVID-19 had also had an impact on the gun violence, Davis said. Many of the shootings in Durham were gang-related drive-by shootings, she added.
The News & Observer asked to speak with Davis or deputy chiefs at the Durham Police Department for this story, but the department was unable to arrange a time for the interview.
In response to the shootings, the City Council recently agreed to partner with and expand the county health department’s violence interruption and outreach program, Bull City United, The News & Observer reported.
The program currently operates in Southside and McDougald Terrace, but the program could expand to Oxford Manor and Braggtown and an area encompassing Cornwallis Road.
City of Durham - Crime Statistics.
https://durhamnc.gov/719/Crime-Statistics
Neighborhood Scout - Crime in Durham N.C.
https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/nc/durham/crime
Crime Index
5
(100 is safest)
Safer than 5% of U.S. Cities
A record number of people got shot in Durham in 2020
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article248420210.html
A record number of people got shot in Durham in 2020, a year that saw gun violence spike in many cities across the state and the country.
A total of 318 people were shot in the Bull City last year compared to 189 people in 2019, according to newly released preliminary data from the Durham Police Department.
That is almost a 70% increase and the highest number of people shot in Durham since at least 2016, when the department began compiling the data..
Thirty-three of the people shot last year died, compared to 32 in 2019, according to the preliminary data.
Durham Police Chief C.J. Davis said during a November press conference that a small number of mostly young people were responsible for many of the shootings in the Bull City.
A reduction in Durham’s jail population to help stem fight COVID-19 had also had an impact on the gun violence, Davis said. Many of the shootings in Durham were gang-related drive-by shootings, she added.
The News & Observer asked to speak with Davis or deputy chiefs at the Durham Police Department for this story, but the department was unable to arrange a time for the interview.
In response to the shootings, the City Council recently agreed to partner with and expand the county health department’s violence interruption and outreach program, Bull City United, The News & Observer reported.
The program currently operates in Southside and McDougald Terrace, but the program could expand to Oxford Manor and Braggtown and an area encompassing Cornwallis Road.
City of Durham - Crime Statistics.
https://durhamnc.gov/719/Crime-Statistics
Neighborhood Scout - Crime in Durham N.C.
https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/nc/durham/crime
Crime Index
5
(100 is safest)
Safer than 5% of U.S. Cities
The rise in crime in Durham is directly correlated with the elimination of cash bail in June of 2019. Crime quicky started rising.
At the end of 2019 they hoped that things would improve.... it only got way worse in 2020.
With violent year coming to close, Durham community hopes for more peaceful 2020
Dec 30, 2019
https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-ne...urham-community-hopes-for-more-peaceful-2020/
With the progressive city council refusing to fund more police most of the shootings go unsolved...
89 percent of shootings in Durham in 2020 are unsolved, police say
https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-ne...gs-in-durham-in-2020-are-unsolved-police-say/
Even as the community works to stop violence in Durham - it only gets worse. The "violence interrupters" and "community outreach" programs do not appear to help at all -- but they are getting the funding that should go to the police.
After 800 shootings in Durham this year, minister launches community-based effort to stop gun violence
Nov 28, 2020
https://myfox8.com/news/after-800-s...-community-based-effort-to-stop-gun-violence/
Note: Despite the minster's efforts December 2020 turned out to be the bloodiest month in Durham's history (until that time).
With Biden's "open borders" policy, we're going to se LOTS more of this... just as there has been in other counties who let the immigrants flood in! Did the Lefty sheeple understand they were voting for this, too?
Scat is again full of shit. Those perps ^ are home grown Americans.
Tougher gun laws would lower crime and shootings.For red hats though minorities constitutional rights can be violated to lower crime ,but not the 2nd amendment.
Tougher gun laws won't do shit. People committing the crimes have illegal firearms and don't care what laws you put in place regarding firearm possession, as it isn't going to be worse than the crime for murder.
We should probably ban video games to stop the crime.
Illinois lawmaker seeks ban of Grand Theft Auto game following rise in carjackings
An Illinois state lawmaker wants to ban the sale of violent video games, including Grand Theft Auto, as carjackings have increased in the state.
Rep. Marcus Evans Jr., a Democrat, has introduced a bill that would amend a preexisting law banning certain video games from being sold to minors. His amendment would ban the sale of games with subject matter including "motor vehicle theft with a driver or passenger present," according to the Chicago Sun Times. The amendment has yet to be voted on.
There have been renewed debates around the ban after carjackings among young people have gone up recently.
“The bill would prohibit the sale of some of these games that promote the activities that we’re suffering from in our communities,” Evans said, according to the Chicago Sun Times.
A 16-year-old was arrested and charged with carjacking on Monday. Days ago, there were two 15-year-olds arrested and charged with carjacking as well, Fox 32 Chicago reported.
A former police officer was also carjacked this past week. The young perpetrators were found, but the officer said “these guys feel like they are going to get right back out, especially since they are juveniles.”
Video games being a cause for violent acts in minors is a debated topic, with some believing a ban on violent video games for children would help decrease crime while others believe that video games do not contribute to aggressive acts in children.
Illinois lawmaker seeks ban of Grand Theft Auto game following rise in carjackings
An Illinois state lawmaker wants to ban the sale of violent video games, including Grand Theft Auto, as carjackings have increased in the state.
Rep. Marcus Evans Jr., a Democrat, has introduced a bill that would amend a preexisting law banning certain video games from being sold to minors. His amendment would ban the sale of games with subject matter including "motor vehicle theft with a driver or passenger present," according to the Chicago Sun Times. The amendment has yet to be voted on.
There have been renewed debates around the ban after carjackings among young people have gone up recently.
“The bill would prohibit the sale of some of these games that promote the activities that we’re suffering from in our communities,” Evans said, according to the Chicago Sun Times.
A 16-year-old was arrested and charged with carjacking on Monday. Days ago, there were two 15-year-olds arrested and charged with carjacking as well, Fox 32 Chicago reported.
A former police officer was also carjacked this past week. The young perpetrators were found, but the officer said “these guys feel like they are going to get right back out, especially since they are juveniles.”
Video games being a cause for violent acts in minors is a debated topic, with some believing a ban on violent video games for children would help decrease crime while others believe that video games do not contribute to aggressive acts in children.
You would think at least the local DA would require cash bail for people arrested for committing crimes with a gun -- but in Durham they don't even do this. So I guess guns are not really an important point when it comes to crime.