Violent Crime Surges Forty (40) Percent

No, not in the Bakken, not where $2 billion/month is flooding into the oil patch.

But rather in the nation's capital, Washington, DC.

Violent crime so far this year in the District of Columbia has spiked sharply — a 40 percent increase that includes twice as many robberies at gunpoint than at this time last year.

The crime rate is increasing this year after a downward trend — the number of reported homicides last year dropped to the lowest level in a half-century.

Homicides were the only category of violent crime to decline in the first six weeks this year. As of Thursday, the city had recorded 10 homicides compared with 11 at a similar point last year.

Overall, though, incidents of violent crime — homicides, sexual assaults, robberies and assaults with deadly weapons — are rising at an alarming pace.

No comment.

Okay, one. I love this writing:

Homicides were the only category of violent crime to decline in the first six weeks this year. As of Thursday, the city had recorded 10 homicides compared with 11 at a similar point last year.

Ten vs eleven and the writer says this represents a decline. Technically that's correct, but it's a meaningless statement. One homicide today and the story will change.