Saturday, January 29, 2011

What Does Being The "Safest" Do For El Paso

CQ Press City Crime Rankings 2010-2011
Rankings by Population Categories
CITIES OF 500,000 OR MORE POPULATION (34 CITIES)
Lowest Crime Rate      Ranking Highest Crime Rate Ranking
1. El Paso, TX              1. Detroit, MI
2. Honolulu, HI             2. Baltimore, MD
3. New York, NY        3. Memphis, TN
4. San Jose, CA           4.Washington, DC
5. San Diego, CA         5. Atlanta, GA
6. Austin, TX                6. Indianapolis, IN
7. Portland, OR            7. Philadelphia, PA
8. Los Angeles, CA      8. Milwaukee,WI
9. Seattle,WA              9. Houston, TX
10. Fort Worth, TX    10. Columbus, OH

I copied and pasted CQ's City Crime Rankings for cities with 500,000 or more people so people won't misrepresent the facts one way or the other. Please feel free to click on this link to view the full list of the other "Safest Cities" as well. Silvestre Reyes does  the people of Amherst, NY and  Colonie, NY an injustice by saying he represents THE "Safest City" in the US. Now if you look at this list you will see that El Paso was named the "Safest" out of 34 cities. Not the safest in the US. Now look at the other "Top Ten" safest cities. I have been to 7 of the Top 10 cities and I really didn't feel very "safe" in all of them. Let's just take the two most obvious. Los Angeles and New York. Those two cities are known for many things but being safe is not really one of them. Like I said in the past, calling El Paso the "Safest City" was like calling it the prettiest girl in an ugly contest, the skinniest guy at fat camp, the tallest man in a midget contest or the most honest guy in a corruption scandal. OK that last one was just a cheap shot. But you get my point.

I also said that being named the "Safest City" would only give El Pasoans a false sense of security and would make people walk around with their guard down. I'm not the "I told you so" kinda guy, but I did warn you guys. Last year the City of El Paso had four murders total, that's all year. KTSM News Channel 9 just reported that there have been five murders in El Paso for the year already. Then Charlie Moreno reports on Facebook, thats always a good source(sarcasm), that there were two more murders but that the police department had not officially released the information. (Click here to see the kind of sort of released information on the unofficial murders that already happened) That's seven murders and we are still in January. To make things worse there has been nine traffic fatalities year to date. How safe are we really? Do we expect a piece of paper and a title to keep us safe at night or do we do something about it? Unfortunately El Paso is a reactive kind of town instead of being a proactive town. I just can't wait to hear what kind of spin Reyes and his liberal clan put on this. Now that I think about it, I wonder if he will continue to wear his "Safest City In The Whole US" cape or will he send it to the cleaners until this dies down. We will just have to wait and find out.
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2 comments:

  1. JamesJanuary 30, 2011 at 12:10 AM

    The demoncrits are too busy keeping the borders open and allowing all the gangs and murderers to come across from Juarez. Rodriguez, Reyes, Cook, and Escobar are the pathetic so-called leaders of this city to impede actions of the federal law and state law. Why can't we have a law to make it a criminal act leading to imprisonment to impede federal and state law by politicians, especially in sanctuary cities.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2011 at 11:56 PM

    "The (dems) are too busy keeping the borders open and allowing all the gangs and murderers to come across from Juarez. Rodriguez, Reyes, Cook, and Escobar are the pathetic so-called leaders of this city to impede actions of the federal law and state law. Why can't we have a law to make it a criminal act leading to imprisonment to impede federal and state law by politicians, especially in sanctuary cities."

    James, I agree with the direction you are going with your comment. We have already exceeded last year's number of murders. Congressman Reyes and local government leaders and the County Sheriff have all spoken out against the proposal of Gov. Perry and the Texas Legislature to require local law enforcement to check immigration status when making a stop.

    This was a prime example of political grandstanding.

    The problem is that they are right to be concerned over profiling, and will cause a deeper animosity toward law enforcement officers by the Latino community in general.
    However, we must remember that people are less likely to be pulled over for "looking Latino" in El Paso than anywhere else in Texas.

    The hard work put in by Sheriff Wiles while he was the Chief of Police in El Paso, Sheriff Samaniego, and the Border Patrol to recruit Latinos onto the force will all go to waste because of their political stance. The "Latinization" of these departments helped to establish trust in the community and led to our dubious "Safest City" designation.

    This idea that law enforcement will become an auxiliary of the "Green Gestapo" is utter nonsense. Besides, if you have your citizenship or proper documentation - and you're legitimately pulled over then why worry?

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