Camden, New Jersey, has long been one
of the most dangerous places in America, but recent police cuts
combined with the highest unemployment rate in New Jersey have made the
city even deadlier.
This year there have been 39 murders in the city of 77,000 -- on pace to break the all-time record set in 1995.
In
2011, the murder rate was ten times than that of New York City and 30
percent higher than New Orleans, Louisiana, the most dangerous large
city in the nation.
Camden was once a bustling industrial
town but drugs and alcohol abuse now run rife in an area that is
economically deprived. More than half of all children live below the poverty line.
The city finds itself in the midst of
a drug war as unemployed young men with nothing to lose battle for
territory across the city.
Just out of curiosity, I went to the
Camden Wiki page to get a history of the last time the city had a republican governor.
I couldn't find that but I did run into this entry...........
Coincidence?
Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2184246/Americas-dangerous-city-Camden-New-Jersey-39-people-murdered-year.html#ixzz22mq5Q4a9
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