Violent crime has increased 53% since city signed DOJ settlement agreement
Other large cities see double-digit increases Share Updated: 8:08 AM MST Feb 12, 2021
Other large cities see double-digit increases Share Updated: 8:08 AM MST Feb 12, 2021
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Show Transcript AND, ARE WE SAFER? EVER SINCE THE CITY SIGNED THIS DOCUMENT IN 2015, AGREEING IT WOULD UPHOLD OUR CIVIL RIGHTS, THIS IS HOW VIOLENT CRIME HAS INCREASED IN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. WE ARE TALKING MURDERS, RAPES, ROBBERIES AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, HAVE CLIMBED 53%, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST DATA FROM THE FBI. THOSE NUMBERS HAVE INCREASED SINCE THE CITY REACHED A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, AGREEING TO IMPLEMENT ABOUT 300 POLICY AND OPERATIONAL CHANGES TO REFORM THE DEPARTMENT. THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS SET UP TO FAIL, AND THE TAXPAYERS AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY, LIKE ME AND MY FAMILY, ARE THE ONES THAT ARE TAKING THE BRUNT THERE’S LA