Thursday, June 14, 2007

Violent Crime on the Rise in United States By Nathan Tabor

"An alarming statistic splashed across the Internet the other day: violent crime is on the rise in the United States for the second straight year.

The stats show that homicides increased in eight of the country's largest cities: Chicago, Houston, Las Vegas, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Antonio, and San Diego. As a result, the murder rate in cities with populations of more than one million jumped 6.7 percent.

The FBI's assistant director, Ken Kaiser, was quoted by the Associated Press as saying: 'Am I happy with the increase in violent crime? Absolutely not. I'd have to be a fool to say I was. But I would tell you I think (police) are working very hard out there.' "

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