Newark goes 33 days without a murder
No one ever said it would be easy.
The billboards have screamed the message at
motorists and pedestrians in New Jersey’s largest city for more than a
year: “HELP WANTED: Stop The Killings In Newark
Now!“
For the first time in more than four decades, the
killings in Newark have stopped — for the last month, at least — and
the billboards are coming down.
Newark marked its 33rd day Friday without an official homicide, a startling fact for a city that has averaged about two killings a week over the last few years and saw homicides spike 50 percent from 2002 to 2006.
“I said when I saw some reduction, I would begin the process of taking them down,” said Newark Teachers Union president Joseph Del Grosso, whose organization paid for the signs.
No magic bullet. A lot of good policing going on everywhere in the city. For every kind of crime. Finally.
Newark marked its 33rd day Friday without an official homicide, a startling fact for a city that has averaged about two killings a week over the last few years and saw homicides spike 50 percent from 2002 to 2006.
“I said when I saw some reduction, I would begin the process of taking them down,” said Newark Teachers Union president Joseph Del Grosso, whose organization paid for the signs.
No magic bullet. A lot of good policing going on everywhere in the city. For every kind of crime. Finally.
Posted: Sun - February 17, 2008 at 06:32 AM