We all know about all the ******** in mexico right now due to the **** cartel war, and can agree that it houses one of the, if not the most dangerous city in the world today. Here's some of the ****** stats of Juarez compared to US dangerous cities, during the crack era.
Juarez- Population 1.3 million
2008- 1,600 *******
2009- 2,600 ******* (****** rate 130 per 100k)
2010- 3,075 ******* (****** rate of 229 per 100k)
2011- 53 ******* in 3 days
As you can see, the ******** fueled by the **** wars in the city have cause an alarming number of homicides in the city.
However, alot of Americans nowadays, may have forgotten, our own country went threw a similiar period that was just as violent. Some people may overlook it, but America was just as bad, not even 20 years ago.
South Central LA- Population around 500,000
1991-769 *******(****** rate 153.8)
1992- 819 *******(****** rate 163.8 per 100 k)
*Same year as the notorious LA riots, 53 killings during the riots, most of which happened the first 2 days.
*803 gang related homicides
1993-807 *******( ****** rate 161.4 per 100 k)
*804 of these were gang related
Keep in mind that this is just for south central alone, not counting the LA area as a whole, which did get into the thousands, and when you add surrounded cities such as Long Beach, inglewood, compton, the area got 2000+ homicides during each of these 3 years.
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Another place I would like to point out is Chicago. This was also one of the most violent places during the Crack era. I dont have full ****** stats but I do want to point out some key incidents that happened during this era.
*1991, during the first 4 months of the year, the Englewood neighborhood in Southside Chicago(population 40,000) had 81 *******.
* Robert Taylor Housing projects. During one weekend in these projects(Population 27,000), there was a reported 300 people shot, which 28 homicides. For one weekend.
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So while this may all be in the past, and the cities i used as examples may not have been as bad as current day Juarez, it is something to think about as our own country was once home to places with a similar level of carnage.
Juarez- Population 1.3 million
2008- 1,600 *******
2009- 2,600 ******* (****** rate 130 per 100k)
2010- 3,075 ******* (****** rate of 229 per 100k)
2011- 53 ******* in 3 days
As you can see, the ******** fueled by the **** wars in the city have cause an alarming number of homicides in the city.
However, alot of Americans nowadays, may have forgotten, our own country went threw a similiar period that was just as violent. Some people may overlook it, but America was just as bad, not even 20 years ago.
South Central LA- Population around 500,000
1991-769 *******(****** rate 153.8)
1992- 819 *******(****** rate 163.8 per 100 k)
*Same year as the notorious LA riots, 53 killings during the riots, most of which happened the first 2 days.
*803 gang related homicides
1993-807 *******( ****** rate 161.4 per 100 k)
*804 of these were gang related
Keep in mind that this is just for south central alone, not counting the LA area as a whole, which did get into the thousands, and when you add surrounded cities such as Long Beach, inglewood, compton, the area got 2000+ homicides during each of these 3 years.
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Another place I would like to point out is Chicago. This was also one of the most violent places during the Crack era. I dont have full ****** stats but I do want to point out some key incidents that happened during this era.
*1991, during the first 4 months of the year, the Englewood neighborhood in Southside Chicago(population 40,000) had 81 *******.
* Robert Taylor Housing projects. During one weekend in these projects(Population 27,000), there was a reported 300 people shot, which 28 homicides. For one weekend.
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So while this may all be in the past, and the cities i used as examples may not have been as bad as current day Juarez, it is something to think about as our own country was once home to places with a similar level of carnage.
