Detroit: Justifiable Homicide Up 79% As Citizens Fight Back

[waynesan]

The people of Detroit are being forced to arm themselves and defend their lives. I can't imagine living in a place like that.

http://www.thedaily....vigilantes-1-5/

The people of Detroit are taking no prisoners.

Justifiable homicide in the city shot up 79 percent in 2011 from the previous year, as citizens in the long-suffering city armed themselves and took matters into their own hands. The local rate of self-defense killings now stands 2,200 percent above the national average. Residents, unable to rely on a dwindling police force to keep them safe, are fighting back against the criminal scourge on their own. And they’re offering no apologies.

[MattCary]

Hmm..

No wonder they can't afford as many cops... If all of them are driving Hummers with sunroofs.

Glad to hear Detroit is embracing the 2nd amendment. Maybe they'll wake up to the other stuff that killed their city soon.

Edited February 9, 2012 by MattCary

[TMF]

The article is very telling about the times we are stepping into due to the failing economy. The Detroit PD claim that the rise in justifiable homicides are unrelated to response times/less police; the rationale they use is that the shootings take place before 911 is even called. But this is a very flawed logic. The criminals obviously know that there are less police on the street and their response times are so slow, so they are more brazen in their crimes. Makes sense that this would lead to rise in SD shootings since the crime is up and the citizenry is more aware and prepared.

What I don't like about this article is that it uses phrases like "vigilantism", "retribution" and "taking the law in their own hands". I think they miss the point completely. If someone shoots in self-defense they are not doing it for "retribution", they're doing it to protect themselves. It goes to show how the average person (even the "well informed" press) don't understand the role of law enforcement. They are there to enforce the law, not provide protection.

[TMF]

Hmm..

No order they can't afford as many cops... If all of them are driving Hummers with sunroofs.

Those aren't police, they're privatized security hired by upper class neighborhoods.

[MattCary]

Those aren't police, they're privatized security hired by upper class neighborhoods.

Ah, didn't see the caption.

[hornett22]

Everytime I have called the police,their response is " there's nothing we can do".

I'm sure it's no different there.

[hipower]

Hello. I'm the police. I'm here to take the report on your....insert proper crime here.... How can I help you today?