Former council dude John Sharp shares a thoughtful consideration of this year's worst crime stats during this pause in the carnage . . . Here's the crux of his analysis:
Our homicide rate per capita is not “normal” for big cities and should not be tolerated. We can do much better!
For instance, Omaha – a city nearly identical in size to KCMO with similar demographics – through December 6 of this year only had 27 homicides, just 15.6% of the 173 homicides we suffered through December 5.
Omaha only had 30 homicides for all of 2022.
Besides the tragic impact on victims and their families and friends, our high homicide rate hinders our ability to attract and retain residents and businesses.
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
Homicide numbers reach all-time high
Our homicide rate per capita is not "normal" for big cities and should not be tolerated.
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