Arizona Republic: Violence is not up on Arizona border

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Local law enforcement officers dispute claims by Sen. John McCain and others that border violence is increasing. It's just politics, they say. This lengthy article is well worth the read.


Violence is not up on Arizona
border

Mexico crime flares, but here, only flickers

by Dennis Wagner - May. 2, 2010 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic

NOGALES, Ariz. - Assistant Police Chief Roy
Bermudez shakes his head and smiles when
he hears politicians and pundits declaring
that Mexican cartel violence is overrunning
his Arizona border town.

"We have not, thank God, witnessed any
spillover violence from Mexico," Bermudez
says emphatically. "You can look at the crime
stats. I think Nogales, Arizona, is one of the
safest places to live in all of America."



FBI Uniform Crime Reports and statistics
provided by police agencies, in fact, show
that the crime rates in Nogales, Douglas,
Yuma and other Arizona border towns have
remained essentially flat for the past decade,
even as drug-related violence has spiraled
out of control on the other side of the
international line. Statewide, rates of violent
crime also are down.

While smugglers have become more
aggressive in their encounters with
authorities, as evidenced by the shooting of
a Pinal County deputy on Friday, allegedly by
illegal-immigrant drug runners, they do not
routinely target residents of border towns.

MORE:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2010/05/02/20100502arizona-border-violence-mexico.html

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1. The reich wing will pretend this article was never written

Because it doesn't fit their version of reality in which they are all independent voters, the left engages in even more violence than they do, the Black Panthers were out in force during the last election intimidating white voters, and now the border counties of our nation are all lawless regions.

[Flaneur]

2. This needs to get more attention.

[pinboy3niner]

3. It should--the truth about border violence is quite different from what we've been hearing

We've seen a lot of interest here in immigration issues, especially recent AZ developments. (Unfortunately, there's a helluva lot going on today.)

I had to give fair warning about length, though the article is very well-written and makes excellent use of quotes. Even the presentation of what the stats show is a breeze to read. I suspect some will bookmark the article for later, and it will find its audience.

[BlooInBloo]

4. Quick! Somebody make up a new lie STAT!

:rofl:

[Bluebear]

5. kick

[pinboy3niner]

6. Kick