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KamaAina

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8. Stop-And-Frisk Reduced New York City Gun Deaths By...

Reply to Lurks Often (Original post)

Tue Aug 7, 2012, 06:58 PM

Aug 2012

a hell of a lot less than 40 percent, I'd wager.

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee just gave up on stop-and-frisk this week, in the face of intense opposition from the Board of Supervisors. Maybe he'll look to Hartford instead!

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Officials: Shooting Task Force Reduced Hartford Gun Deaths By 40 Percent [View all] Lurks Often Aug 2012 OP

That Task Force must have been an unusually violent bunch of criminals slackmaster Aug 2012 #1

lol Salviati Aug 2012 #3

!!! Chorophyll Aug 2012 #5

Lol, sadly the Hartford Courant Lurks Often Aug 2012 #6

I was a Technical Writer on one of my early jobs. My supervisor was a Modifier Placement Nazi. slackmaster Aug 2012 #7

The percentages are impressive. Not a lot of detail, but there are those numbers. freshwest Aug 2012 #2

Gee who would have thought.... obxhead Aug 2012 #4

Stop-And-Frisk Reduced New York City Gun Deaths By... KamaAina Aug 2012 #8

Focusing on violent crime is a winning proposition. rDigital Aug 2012 #9

Investing in young adult programs... Jeff In Milwaukee Aug 2012 #10