2017 Murders from 50 biggest cities, and who runs them.

[Screw_Michigan]

The judge seemed to take particular umbrage at the suggestion made by Flynn and his supporters, just before the sentencing, that he had been duped by the FBI. Early in the hearing, Sullivan forced Flynn to admit publicly that he knew lying to the bureau was illegal and that he was guilty of a crime. Later, the judge pointed to an American flag in his D.C. courtroom as he berated the former three-star general for his misdeeds.

“Arguably, that undermines everything this flag over here stands for,” the judge said. “Arguably, you sold your country out.”

[Derron]

The judge seemed to take particular umbrage at the suggestion made by Flynn and his supporters, just before the sentencing, that he had been duped by the FBI. Early in the hearing, Sullivan forced Flynn to admit publicly that he knew lying to the bureau was illegal and that he was guilty of a crime. Later, the judge pointed to an American flag in his D.C. courtroom as he berated the former three-star general for his misdeeds.

“Arguably, that undermines everything this flag over here stands for,” the judge said. “Arguably, you sold your country out.”

And this has what to do with the OP ??

[Derron]

That Chi Town is one vicious place to be.

[Dinsdale]

That Chi Town is one vicious place to be.

Far from the highest per-capita rate.

[Left Seater]

What are the basing the “running” on? San Antonio is listed as I which would mean independent. However the city itself is a Democratic stronghold.

[Screw_Michigan]

For a full eight minutes, U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan read aloud an inventory of Michael Flynn’s lies — describing his “disgust” that President Trump’s national security adviser sought to deceive FBI agents while “on the premises of the White House.”

Flynn, a retired general who is the highest-ranking Trump aide to plead guilty as part of the special counsel investigation, listened tensely, his face tight, as the judge ticked through his misdeeds.

This was not how Flynn’s supporters or Trump thought Tuesday’s sentencing hearing would unfold. They had pinned their hopes on Sullivan, an independent-minded jurist with a history of ferreting out prosecutorial misconduct, as the one who would reveal overreach by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III and the FBI. Some Flynn allies even speculated the judge might toss out Flynn’s guilty plea and clear his name.

Instead, the 71-year-old ­veteran jurist used his platform to puncture conspiracy theories that paint Flynn as a victim of deep-state persecution. And he reminded the country of a few simple creeds commonly held in courthouses but increasingly dismissed by the president’s allies: Lying to the FBI is against the law. Breaking the law is bad. People who work in the White House are supposed to be held to a higher standard.

“This is a very serious offense,” Sullivan told Flynn, even after Mueller’s prosecutors told the judge they agreed that Flynn should face little to no incarceration because he cooperated with their investigation.

[Goober McTuber]

This thread really delivered.....a steaming pile of shit.

[Mikey]

This thread really delivered.....a steaming pile of shit.

Come on, give Melty some credit. There is some actual information here.

The 50 largest cities are mostly "run" by Democrats. Not sure what exactly that means, though. Mayor? City Council? Police Department?

The 50 largest cities all had murders in 2017. One could put the totals in numerical order but, as Dins implied, that doesn't tell you much without knowing the population, or per capita murder rate.
Not sure if Melty knows what "numerical order" means.

As usual with his brilliant posts, Melty seems to be able to read something in the information that isn't actually there and, without explaining his thought process (assuming there is one), can't understand why nobody else see what he sees.

Once he reads this post he'll come and tell me who my favorite news sources are.

[Smackie Chan]

Here are the 50 cities ranked by murders per 1M people using PW's numbers and political affiliations, and 7/1/17 population estimates from the Census Bureau. Numbers in parentheses are population ranks.

1. Baltimore - 561 (30) (D)
2. New Orleans - 402 (49) (D)
3. Detroit - 397 (23) (D)
4. Memphis - 307 (25) (D)
5. Kansas City - 305 (37) (D)
6. Chicago - 240 (3) (D)
7. Las Vegas - 220 (28) (D)
8. Tulsa - 204 (47) (R)
9. Philadelphia - 201 (6) (D)
10. Milwaukee - 200 (31) (D)
11. Indianapolis - 178 (16) (D)
12. Nashville - 175 (24) (D)
13. Louisville - 172 (29) (D)
14. Oakland -169 (45) (D)
15. Washington - 167 (20) (D)
16. Columbus - 163 (14) (D)
17. Atlanta - 162 (38) (D)
18. Jacksonville - 158 (12) (R)
19. Oklahoma City - 143 (27) (R)
20. Albuquerque - 134 (32) (D)
21. Dallas - 124 (9) (D)
22. Miami - 123 (43) (R)
23. Houston - 116 (4) (D)
24. Fresno - 106 (34) (R)
25. Minneapolis - 102 (46) (D)
26. Charlotte - 99 (17) (D)
27. Wichita - 97 (50) (R)
28. Phoenix - 93 (5) (D)
29. Tucson - 88 (33) (D)
30. Boston - 83 (21) (D)
31. San Antonio - 83 (7) (I)
32. Fort Worth - 80 (15) (R)
33. Denver - 79 (19) (D)
34. Sacramento - 78 (35) (D)
35. Los Angeles - 72 (2) (D)
36. Colorado Springs - 67 (42) (R)
37. Omaha - 64 (40) (R)
38. San Francisco - 63 (13) (D)
39. Raleigh - 56 (41) (I)
40. Long Beach - 47 (39) (D)
41. Arlington (TX) - 43 (48) (R)
42. Portland (OR) - 42 (26) (D)
43. Seattle - 37 (18) (D)
44. Mesa - 36 (36) (R)
45. New York - 34 (1) (D)
46. Virginia Beach - 33 (44) (I)
47. San Jose - 31 (10) (D)
48. Austin - 31 (11) (D)
49. El Paso - 28 (22) (R)
50. San Diego - 22 (8) (R)

[Mikey]

OK thanks, Smackie.

This proves beyond doubt that libs murder a lot more people than good solid conservatives.

[Smackie Chan]

OK thanks, Smackie.

This proves beyond doubt that libs murder a lot more people than good solid conservatives.

Apparently so, since the Top 7 are all D. However, it becomes less surprising considering the D/R/I breakdown of the top 50, which is 34/13/3. Given there are ~2.5x more D than R, one would expect more D's near the top. But holding down the top 7, and 17 of the top 18, is (are?) still rather impressive.

[Dinsdale]

Not that it matters much, but regarding Portland,there's two things to consider: A) The mayor of Portland has no mayoral powers. He's just another council member (his only power beyond that is assigning bureaus to council members). Apparently the only major city left with this extremely outdated system. B) The council (and mayor) are technically all "I." The races are non-partisan, and no party affiliation is listed for any candidate. That said, all 5 council members (and the incoming new member)are absolute flaming liberal D's... not "garden variety D's," but "extreme left D's."

Portland has extremely low rates of violent crime, and extremely high rates of property crime (sup homeless). A huge chunk of the homicides are gang violence. But as mentioned, the extreme leftist council decided that keeping track of gang violence was rayyyyycist (in the whitest city in the country), so it's hard to pin the exact number that was gang-related. But it's likely over half (and maybe quite a bit more).

Of those 27, 12 were from gunshots (2 of those were police capping suspects -- a slow year for PPB).

[Smackie Chan]

there's two things to consider

Jeez, dude. You should be among those capped, or at least incarcerated, for your crappy English skills.

[Dinsdale]

By right you should be taken out and hung... for the cold-blooded murder of the English tongue.

FTFY

Even though that line contains a borderline grammatical error... but it rhymes, so it gets a pass.

In my defense, that was a rather meandering thought I clacked out.

[Screw_Michigan]

I know you're excited, but you didn't have to post that twice!

[Goober McTuber]

He was just so eager to point out that someone calling his thread a steaming pile of shit was "melting". He should have just said, "Thank you Captain Obvious" and called it a day.

[Mikey]

Lot of people where Mikey lives. They evidently don’t have Dems running the show. Less murders, too.

In keeping with the spirit of this thread, that would be fewer murders.

Why do you hate English?

[Mikey]

Here are the 50 cities ranked by murders per 1M people using PW's numbers and political affiliations, and 7/1/17 population estimates from the Census Bureau. Numbers in parentheses are population ranks.

Must be nice to be retired.

[Smackie Chan]

Must be nice to be retired.

It ain't bad. Gives me time to double-check my math, which was needed. Retirement will soon end, though. I've accepted a minimum wage job offer.

[Mikey]

I hear there's a market opening up for artistically designed steel slats.
Might be worth jumping into.

[Screw_Michigan]

Parents just bought a new retirement place somewhere down near you. When I was growing up they were union supporting hardcore democrats, now even my mom has gone right and she said she made sure there were no democrats in the neighborhood before agreeing to buy

Did she go door to door and ask all her potential neighbors who they voted for? Or is this Schmickety speak for no balcks and hispanics around?

[Goober McTuber]

They spoke to the neighbors, the nearest neighbor is a retired race car driver who owns car dealerships now.

She lives next to Roger Penske?

[BSmack]

Parents just bought a new retirement place somewhere down near you. When I was growing up they were union supporting hardcore democrats, now even my mom has gone right and she said she made sure there were no democrats in the neighborhood before agreeing to buy

Shocking that some half dead, retired white person in SoCal voted GOP. Stop the presses.