Editorial: Violent Crime in Boston
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
A recent burst of violent crime has shaken Boston and presented a challenge for Mayor Michelle Wu.
Violent crime is among a mayor's most challenging problems. It is also the most fundamental. Crime destroys families and neighborhoods, shatters the public's sense of security, and can even threaten economic stability.Over the past few weeks, a burst of violent crime has shaken Boston. In the last week alone, four people - including a young mother - were fatally shot in separate incidents. A week earlier, another young mother was gunned down. Just before that, an elderly civil rights leader was stabbed while walking her dog in the park. Too many victims - and too few arrests.Boston Mayor Michelle Wu insists she is fully engaged and marshaling clergy and nonprofits to assist in the cause. She talks about dismantling "barriers and silos." She notes that homicides in Boston are down year over year, and overall violent crime is down as well. But all of that is cold comfort in the absence of a detailed strategy for addressing the recent crime wave. The mayor and the person she hand-picked to lead the Boston Police Department, Commissioner Michael Cox, need to deliver a specific plan for reducing violence in the city - and then take action.Wu has been on the job for nearly a year now. She and her leadership team have a duty not just to reassure people they're working on solutions, but to actually deliver results. When it comes to public safety, no issue matters more. NEEDHAM, Mass. —
Violent crime is among a mayor's most challenging problems. It is also the most fundamental. Crime destroys families and neighborhoods, shatters the public's sense of security, and can even threaten economic stability.
Over the past few weeks, a burst of violent crime has shaken Boston. In the last week alone, four people - including a young mother - were fatally shot in separate incidents. A week earlier, another young mother was gunned down. Just before that, an elderly civil rights leader was stabbed while walking her dog in the park. Too many victims - and too few arrests.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu insists she is fully engaged and marshaling clergy and nonprofits to assist in the cause. She talks about dismantling "barriers and silos."
She notes that homicides in Boston are down year over year, and overall violent crime is down as well.
But all of that is cold comfort in the absence of a detailed strategy for addressing the recent crime wave. The mayor and the person she hand-picked to lead the Boston Police Department, Commissioner Michael Cox, need to deliver a specific plan for reducing violence in the city - and then take action.
Wu has been on the job for nearly a year now. She and her leadership team have a duty not just to reassure people they're working on solutions, but to actually deliver results. When it comes to public safety, no issue matters more.
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Should I jump in and defend Boston like it was the Boston Red Sox?
Sorry, but I'm against lawlessness everywhere.
No, but you should be aware that although they all have problems New York and Chicago and Los Angeles and even Boston are not shitholes and that unless you go looking for trouble and believe every problem can be solved with a gun trouble can pretty easily be avoided in them all. That Chicago and New York are no more dangerous than Memphis, Houston or Atlanta.
Actually, even less so, depending on yourself...
you go looking for trouble.
That stupid couple who tried to get food on a Saturday night got what’s coming to them. Of course you are going to be assaulted by a mob if you leave your apartment.
And don’t get me started on the tourists venturing out in the loop. It’s like a girl wearing a mini skirt. They deserve what happened to them.
You have to love fucktard liberal politicians, don't charge their scumbag base with crimes, or lower them to misdemeanors and then claim crime is down. only their low functioning sycophants actually believe crime is down.
Lol...I know it!