[Vision2020] "Murder" rate in Moscow

[bill bonte]

Hasn't violence always increased during the second term of a  
republican president?

I know I'm mad.

Bill Bonte

On Jul 7, 2007, at 1:23 PM, Don Coombs wrote:

> According to a headline in this morning's Daily News,
> the "rash of violent crimes have taken toll on Moscow,
> Latah County." The story says "Despite concerns, Latah
> County's murder rate isn't high when comparing it to
> similarly-sized counties."
>
> And: "With seven murders and 35,600 people in Latah
> County, the murder rate is .019 murder per 100,000
> people this year.... In the United States, the overall
> murder rate was 5.6 per 100,000 in 2006."
>
> People at the newspaper apparently had no problem with
> a murder rate of .019 per 100,000. Actually, if you
> accept that there have been seven murders, the rate is
> easily calculated to be about 19 per 100,000.
>
> Also: Some of the homicides were murders, but with
> living suspects the term would be best saved for
> application after they are found guilty of that
> specific crime.
>
> Don Coombs
>
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