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Monday, January 9, 2012

Something else from DC you can't believe!

D.C. homicides drop by half in last decade - Washington Times

The number of homicides in the District declined in 2011 for the third straight year, a downward trend that has seen deadly violence in the city drop by more than half from just a decade ago.

Police reported 109 homicides last year, the lowest total in the city since 1963 and an 18 percent decrease from the 132 killings in 2010. Officials say community cooperation and good detective work are factors in the declines, which with each passing year seem to build on historic reductions.

The District's 2011 figure represents fewer than half the 232 homicides recorded 10 years ago in 2001, which itself was a decrease by more than half from the 479 killings two decades ago in 1991, when gang battles fueled by crack cocaine and automatic weapons drove the levels of violence to record highs....

My ass. They are moving the bodies out of the district!

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