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Is Lansing looking to compete with Flint (Chicago/per capita)?

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Post by Wally Fairway Fri Aug 22, 2014 1:25 pm

4th shooting this week, the one on Saturday is now a murder

http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20140822/NEWS01/308220053/Lansing-man-shot-Thursday-night-city-s-fourth-victim-six-days
A 54-year-old Lansing man shot in the buttocks Thursday night as he tried to escape a gunman is the victim of the city’s fourth shooting in the past six days.

The incident -- the ninth involving gunfire since Saturday -- took place shortly before 11 p.m. in the 2500 block of Reo Road on the city’s southwest side. The victim had been sitting on the porch when the gunman approached and opened fire with a handgun, said Lansing police spokesman Robert Merritt. The shooter fled on foot.


http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20140821/NEWS01/308210052/Lansing-teen-shot-Saturday-dies-mother-seeks-witnesses
The mother of a teenage boy who died Thursday after being shot five days earlier asked for the violence to stop.

“No retaliation is necessary,” Sheri Pruitt said at a news conference. “It’s unnecessary. We’re already suffering enough.”

Her son, 17-year-old Richard Pruitt, was taken off life support early Thursday. He had been on life support since Saturday morning when he was shot once in the face at the family’s townhouse in the 5800 block of South Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The gunshot came from outside the townhouse and Pruitt was targeted, police said.
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Post by Chitown_Badger Fri Aug 22, 2014 1:45 pm

Chicago isn't even in the top 10 in homicide rate.
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Post by steveschneider Fri Aug 22, 2014 1:47 pm

Haven't lived there in over 15 years, seemed reasonably safe back then.
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Post by Rodeo Burger Fri Aug 22, 2014 1:52 pm

Muskegon Heights is now more dangerous than Flint. It trails only Detroit in terms of violent crimes per capita.

Since April, the city of 10,000 has had 7 homicides. The victims are all teenagers (five 17 year olds, and two 14 year olds).

Community leaders say that it's due to increased gang activity, turf wars and retaliation for previous killings.

Something has to change
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Post by tGreenWay Fri Aug 22, 2014 2:43 pm

Generally speaking, Lansing usually has about 9-14 murders/year. It's been that way for 20+ years.

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Post by AvgMSUJoe Fri Aug 22, 2014 3:19 pm

Bad week... anomoly.

Flint is worse.
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Post by Izzo Court Sat Aug 23, 2014 9:21 am

Lansing is becoming a giant section 8 housing complex with people buying up all the $20,000 homes and turning them into government subsidized housing. The problems are only going to get worse.
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Post by DWags Sat Aug 23, 2014 9:33 am

This will turn into a harmonious thread.
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Post by steveschneider Sat Aug 23, 2014 9:35 am

Izzo Court wrote:Lansing is becoming a giant section 8 housing complex with people buying up all the $20,000 homes and turning them into government subsidized housing.  The problems are only going to get worse.

Well then it's time to militarize the police and instruct them to shoot first ask questions later.
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Post by Izzo Court Sat Aug 23, 2014 9:51 am

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Well then it's time to militarize the police and instruct them to shoot first ask questions later.

What police? All they do is write speeding tickets. LPD won't even chase criminals anymore because of potential liability. Eaton and Ingham County police are forced to chase them down while LPD watches.
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Post by DWags Sat Aug 23, 2014 10:07 am

And here we go.......
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Post by Turtleneck Sat Aug 23, 2014 10:28 am

steveschneider wrote:

Well then it's time to militarize the police and instruct them to shoot first ask questions later.

Authorize ELPD to police Lansing?
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Post by DominosCEO Sat Aug 23, 2014 7:38 pm

tGreenWay wrote:Generally speaking, Lansing usually has about 9-14 murders/year. It's been that way for 20+ years.


Correct statement.  Is Lansing looking to compete with Flint (Chicago/per capita)? 1896033241 
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Post by Jake from State Farm Sat Aug 23, 2014 8:00 pm

Izzo Court wrote:

What police?  All they do is write speeding tickets.  LPD won't even chase criminals anymore because of potential liability.  Eaton and Ingham County police are forced to chase them down while LPD watches.

Good, my sister in law just got killed by an asshole running from the police. I hope the police department ends up paying millions to her estate.
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Post by CheesySpartan Sun Aug 24, 2014 8:29 am

Jake from State Farm wrote:

Good, my sister in law just got killed by an asshole running from the police. I hope the police department ends up paying millions to her estate.
Wait...what?
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Post by Jake from State Farm Sun Aug 24, 2014 9:23 am

CheesySpartan wrote:
Wait...what?

Good that the LPD won't engage in high speed chases. The asshole that hit my sister in law was doing over 100 mph and running from the DEA. The transmission from his car was embedded in a tree and the engine block was found over 500 feet away from the impact.
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