the biggest question is why. new orleans police department took martin savidge along for a ride and i want to warn you, if you re going to watch this, some viewers might find some of the video a little disturbing. i m rich ahitching a ride we nopd looking for trouble. what do you think is in your precinct the worst crime area now? in new orleans, the blood-spattered bad old days are making a comeback. here, two men are gunned down, murdered. so we know murder has gone up this year. why? if i had to answer i would probably be a wealthy man. reporter: while violent crime overall has dipped, in the last year homicides in the big easy have jumped 22% from historic lows. but it s not just new orleans. in atlanta, murders are up 12% over last year. chicago is up 20%. dallas up 23%.
get some answers as to why these murder rates are spiking, a warning now, some of this content may be disturbing to watch. i m hitching a ride with the nopd. looking for trouble. what do you think in your precincts is the worst crime area. in new orleans, the blood spattered battle days are making a comeback. two men are gunned down, murdered. we know that murder has gone up this year, why? if i had i would probably be a wealthy man. in the last year, homicides in the big easy have jumped 22% from historic lows. it s not just new orleans. in atlanta murders are up 12% over last year, chicago up 20%. dallas up 23%. the nation s capital, homicides