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Author:  PocketProtector642 [ Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:59 am ]
Post subject:  NY: knife killings up 50%

A very skewed story by the NY Times, but the below quote was interesting. Reminds me of Great Britain.

Quote:
Knife Killings in City Increased 50 Percent in 2008
By CHRISTINE HAUSER
Published: April 27, 2009
full story

In 2008, even as gun killings fell, the number of killings committed with knives or other “cutting instruments” rose 50 percent in New York City, the Police Department said: to 125 from 83. Some other large cities saw no such increase last year, and police officials and experts are at a loss to explain what is either a new trend or a spike.

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