WHAT AN EXCITING CONTEST – AT 12:18 P.M. ET:  And we think we have a winner – Detroit is the most violent city in the United States!  Cheer please.  From USA Today:

DETROIT — Detroit regained the title as the most violent big city in America in 2016, witnessing more murders last year than Los Angeles, which has four times as many people, according to new FBI crime figures released Monday.

But Detroit Police Chief James Craig disputed the FBI's numbers, stating: "Just because it's coming out of the FBI" doesn't mean it's accurate.

"I reject it," Craig said of the FBI report, saying his own data using a new software system shows violent crime went down 5% in 2016, and, has been trending downward since 2013. 

"I am confident the Detroit police crime statistics are very accurate," Craig said at a press conference Monday.

Mayor Mike Duggan declined comment.

Specifically, Craig took issue with the FBI's number for aggravated assaults in Detroit, which he said is inflated by more than 1,000. According to the FBI data, Detroit saw 9,882 assaults in 2016, but the DPD data says there were 8,916.

According to the FBI's 2016 Uniform Crime report, 13,705 violent crimes — including murders, rapes, assaults and robberies — were reported in Detroit last year.  That's a 15.7% increase from the year before, which saw 11,346 violent crimes in Detroit.

COMMENT:  Okay, let Detroit shoot it out, er, compete, with some other city for the coveted title of crime capital.  Someone will be disappointed, but that's life.

Actually, the whole thing is disgraceful. 

And precisely how many knees will it take at an NFL game to save one black life? 

September 26, 2017