Actually, it has the second most violent crimes behind Houston.
No, it has the second most violent crimes on that chart which is sorted by violent crimes per 1000. The lowest total of violent crimes on that list is Billings Montana with 213. You think NYC and Chicago have less than Billings Montana?
Memphis has the most per 1000 people. Yet it is not close to the most overall.
Most per 1000 people HENCE it is the most violent.
No, it has the second most violent crimes on that chart which is sorted by violent crimes per 1000. The lowest total of violent crimes on that list is Billings Montana with 213. You think NYC and Chicago have less than Billings Montana?
Memphis has the most per 1000 people. Yet it is not close to the most overall.
Most per 1000 people HENCE it is the most violent.
Never disagreed with that. This isn't that difficult and I'll stop contributing to derailing the thread as I know when I'm being trolled even if it took me a few posts.
Most per 1000 people HENCE it is the most violent.
Never disagreed with that. This isn't that difficult and I'll stop contributing to derailing the thread as I know when I'm being trolled even if it took me a few posts.
what the heck are you talking about. I said Memphis was most violent and you said "not even close." I was right and you were wrong.
This man has been charged. He has served jail time previously for kidnapping and theft. The police have still not found Eliza.
UPDATE: The individual who was detained has been officially charged in connection with the abduction of Eliza Fletcher. At this point in the investigation, Cleotha Abston, 38, has been charged with Especially Aggravated Kidnapping and Tampering with Evidence.
What a sad and insensitive thing to say. The poor lady has been abducted and is in dire straits, praying someone finds her. Can you even imagine what she's going through? God Bless her and I hope she is found soon and alive. What a messed up world we leave in.
"It appears that Abston has a lengthy criminal history. According to the Memphis Flyer, in 2001, pleaded guilty to kidnapping a local attorney and forcing him to withdraw money from an ATM; he was sentenced to 20 years in prison. State prison records show he was released in 2020."
Memphis is just a terrible place. I dont see why anyone with any means would ever live there. Even if you live in a little enclave, eventually the larger city engulfs you.
It's dirty, it's violent, it's dysfunctional. It always leads in every bad category and it's always at the bottom of anything good. Literacy rates low, murder rates high, etc..
Memphis is just a terrible place. I dont see why anyone with any means would ever live there. Even if you live in a little enclave, eventually the larger city engulfs you.
It's dirty, it's violent, it's dysfunctional. It always leads in every bad category and it's always at the bottom of anything good. Literacy rates low, murder rates high, etc..
They did make an arrest last night.
The guy's name is Cleotha Abston.
Actually Memphis is a lot nicer now. Things have improved quite a bit. With around 650,000 people on factually more land than New York City, there is a lot of room for improvement of course.
What a sad and insensitive thing to say. The poor lady has been abducted and is in dire straits, praying someone finds her. Can you even imagine what she's going through? God Bless her and I hope she is found soon and alive. What a messed up world we leave in.
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You'll have to forgive me. I was very upset when I posted that. It's beyond terrifying what she went through and I pray for her to be found alive. This experience hits home with me and I have a huge problem with someone making light of it.
This is the sort of thread that encapsulates all of the WORST elements of LRC. Race baiting, ugly political assertions, usually of the white nationalist variety, nasty commentary about places, fear mongering, amplifying crime and danger, just the worst stuff.
We've had 52 interstate shootings this year. Nearly 5000 car break ins and 30 in one place in one night. Something like 150 carjackings. And it can happen anywhere along the Poplar corridor, not just in the hood.
A Rhodes college student was killed during a home invasion last year.
The problem is a swelling population of severely undereducated, desperate young people that have no hope and a lot of anger. They have no power, except through guns and violence. The city's tax base is suffering, so it's difficult to hire more police officers (we need about 300 more), and even if you have the money, it's hard to recruit officers. The ones on the street already fear for their lives, which is why we have people driving 100 MPH on I-240 without much enforcement.
And the city still has a major race issue. The death spiral began in the 1970's with busing. The white population fled to the suburbs and private schools. It's still highly segregated to this day. I hope this is a contract job with a ransom and that she emerges unharmed, because if it's random, and it turns out to be some thug killing, it's going to be awful. We will have lost a bright young woman, a mother and a teacher, to mindless violence, and there will likely be a lot more people leave Memphis. Our best and brightest will go away to school and never return.
Memphis certainly has pockets of desperate poverty but I think you paint a much bleaker picture of the city than is the lived in reality. Outside of a few zip codes, the violent crime in Memphis is comparable to most other urban areas. Sure you could have your car broken into in the city but that is true of any urban area. I find all of the “high crime” cities suffer this same issue. St. Louis and New Orleans are fun and relatively safe if you know where not to be.
With regard to the race issue, you couldn’t be more wrong. I travel extensively and Memphis is one of the most integrated cities I’ve seen. In any given public space there is likely to be a very diverse mix of people. I just got back from Denver and was in Portland, Oregon a month ago and there were no black folks to be seen. It was shocking.
All that said, this particular crime is horrible and I really hope she is rescued.
I've lived in Memphis since the 1960's, and I'm afraid you are the one that's wrong. The city votes along racial lines and the schools are segregated.Black churches and white ones. Yes, we all live amongst one another, but in reality, this is a city of haves and have nots and just so happens to be highly along racial lines. I had a long conversation with Willie Herenton, our former mayor, about the segregation and racial issues we faced. If you don't live here, you simply don't understand.
A man has been charged in connection with the disappearance of a Memphis teacher investigators believe was abducted while she was out for a jog Friday morning, police said.
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