L.A. Summer Homicides Hit 41-Year Low

Only 84 Homicides Between June And August; Police Chief Credits Targeted Crime Fighting

(AP)  Los Angeles Police say there were 84 homicides in the city from June through August - the fewest summer slayings since the summer of 1967, when there were 79 killings.

Chief William Bratton released the homicide statistics Tuesday, adding that all categories of violent and property crimes are down from last year.

Homicides peaked in 1991, when there were 323 killings in three months.

The police chief attributes the continued decline in part to the department's use of detailed crime maps to deploy officers to crime centers, the mayor's anti-gang initiative and the hiring of new officers.

[keithle1]

Here''s something you''ll still continue to hear when you turn on the local news in any of our major metropolitan areas:

"The suspect is described as a black male."

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GO OBAMA!
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[keithle1]

Wow. Bruthas getting tired of killing bruthas? Hmm... Go figure.

[betty2700631]

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[beehive21-2009]

Ha Ha,funny.

[slim1h2o]

84 from June thru August, thats about one a day.
How many are they gonna finish up with for the year? About 340?

And they consider that a goodyear? Ok, if they say so.

[lambor59]

US is the safest place on earth, if you don''t believe it, just ask one of these death people or hang around Rosecrans and Compton area, I hope you come back alive and tell us your story.

[beehive21-2009]

Maybe the gangsters had to go work ,and have families, cutting loose the negative go nowhere life style.No one will hire a tattooed freak,with tear drops.