When you are more concerned with social justice than you are with actual justice, people’s lives are in danger. Such is the case for the top 10 cities for murder in the United States.
Those cities all have one thing in common. They all are run by Democrat mayors and, in the majority of cases, have been for decades.
10: Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The city, which played host to wholesome family television shows “Happy Days” and “Laverne and Shirley,” has been run by Mayor Tom Barrett since 2004.
The murder rate of the city is 24.15 per 100,000 people. With a population of 600,000 the city had 145 murders in 2015.
Brew City has had either a Democrat or socialist mayor since 1948.
9. Salinas, California.
Salinas has a population of 158,185 and had 40 murders in 2015. That is a rate of 25.29.
The hometown of Van Halen’s Sammy Hagar is run by Democrat Joe Gunter.
8. Hartford, Connecticut.
From January 6, 1948 until today, Hartford has had only one Republican mayor. The other 15, including current Mayor Luke Bronin, have all been Democrats.
And for that, the city boasts a murder rate of 25.69 per 100,000.
7. Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
With a population of 228,727, the city had 60 murders in 2015. A rate of 26.23 per 100,000.
Its current mayor is Democrat Sharon Weston Broome. She was preceded by fellow Democrat Melvin “Kip” Holden.
6. Jackson, Mississippi.
Another city with decades of Democrat rule, Jackson has a stunning 31.08 per 100,000 citizens murder rate. It’s currently headed by Chokwe Antar Lumumba, whose father Chokwe Lumumba also a Democrat, died in office in 2014.
#5. Birmingham, Alabama.
Ruled by Democrats for decades, the city has a murder rate of 37.21 per 100,000. It had 79 murders in 2015 and has a population of 212,291.
4. New Orleans, Louisiana.
The Big Easy is known for its jazz, its nightlife, its Mardi Gras parade, some “Girls Gone Wild” videos, and a much less celebratory distinction: having the fourth worst murder rate in America. With a population of 393,447 it had 164 murders in 2015 for a 41.68 per 100,000 murder rate.
3. Detroit, Michigan.
The Motor City has not seen a Republican mayor in office since 1962. With eight consecutive Democrat mayors, including current Mayor Mike Duggan, Detroit is one of the most dangerous cities in America. The murder rate of the city, with a population of 673,225, is 43.82 and it was besieged by 295 murders in 2015.
2. Baltimore, Maryland.
The city that was outraged enough by the death of career criminal Freddie Gray that it rioted, burned buildings, and destroyed property in 2015, has shown no such outrage over its sky high murder rate of 55.37 per 100,000.
The same year Gray died in the back of a police van, Baltimore experienced 344 murders. It was the most murders in the city in one year. Followed in 2016 by another 318 murders.
Baltimore has been ruled by Democrat mayors since 1967.
1. St. Louis, Missouri.
St. Louis is another city that has experienced riots over a police involved killing of another career criminal. Anthony Lamar Smith was killed, while he was out on parole, after engaging police in a high speed chase. The city was rocked by riots after the officer who killed Smith was acquitted in Sept. 2017.
But, as in Baltimore, the same outrage has not been shown for the city’s 59.29 per 100,000 murder rate. The highest in the nation.
The River City has not seen a Republican mayor since 1949.
Do you live in a city or town run by a Democrat mayor? If not, would you consider moving to one?
Tell us in the comments.
*Numbers provided by the Bismarck Tribune.
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