Not too long ago there was an article stating that white collar crime was being under-investigated because the priority was on terror. For those of us who are victims of on-going white collar crime in crooked, political municipalities, I can tell you, that I understand why people are snapping all over this country. I don't condone it, but I understand it.
This is what happens when you allow a segment of the population to abuse their neighbors because they have political connections. It sends the wrong message.
Violent crime on the rise in the US: FBI
Violent crime rose for the second year running in 2006 across the United States, in a worrying trend overturning more than a decade of successful crime-fighting efforts, the FBI reports.
The annual report released Monday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) showed that violent crime -- murder, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault -- rose by 1.3 percent between January and December of 2006, after a 2.3 percent increase in 2005. Robberies were up a steep six percent.
However preliminary figures, compiled from law enforcement agencies across the country, found that property crimes -- including burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle thefts -- were down last year by 2.9 percent.
The crime data is compiled by law enforcement agencies across the United States, and then submitted to federal authorities for analysis.
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