It seems the bureaucrats in North Carolina have a solution to the growing crime problems in North Carolina: let more prisoners free.

What's that? There's no crime in North Carolina? Well, I'm sure if you listen to the city of Charlotte or any other currently elected politician, city boosters, or chamber of commerce, that's what you'll hear. However:

Violent Crime Rate, National, 2004: 465.5, down 2.2%
Murder Rate, National, 2004: 5.5, down 3.5%
Forcible Rape Rate, National, 2004: 32.2, down 0.2%
Robbery Rate, National, 2004: 136.7, down 4.1%
Aggravated Assault Rate, National, 2004: 291.1, down 1.5%
Property Crime Rate, National, 2004: 3517.1, down 2.1%

Violent Crime Rate, NC, 2004: 447.8, down 1.4%
Murder Rate, NC, 2004: 6.2, UP 3.7%
Forcible Rape Rate, NC, 2004: 27.4, UP 7.8%
Robbery Rate, NC, 2004: 137.9, down 5.0%
Aggravated Assault Rate, NC, 2004: 276.2, down 0.5%
Property Crime Rate, NC, 2004: 4160.2, down 2.6%

Take your time and analyze those numbers (from the FBI statistics).

Note the actual rate numbers. In four of those categories, North Carolina is doing worse than the national average -- in two, North Carolina is actually INCREASING in the crime rate while the national average is down!

In addition, in 3 out of 6 of the categories, North Carolina actually has a rate higher than the national average. So in order to keep this trend going, the Department of Parole is going to let MORE violent repeat offender criminals out on the street.

Why can't government do one of the very FEW things it is actually supposed to do? They're SUPPOSED to protect us from criminals, but they're too busy wasting our money, raising taxes, and starting a gambling business. Thank you, North Carolina Democrats.

Posted by: Ogre at 04:07 AM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
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