Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since the 1950s

Re:Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since ... by adventured on Friday December 29, 2017 @02:11AM (#16028160)

Per the FBI there are 10,000 MS-13 members out of an estimated 1.4 million US gang members total. MS-13 is in every major city in the US, the scale obviously varies. They get so much attention due to the extreme violence they tend to utilize, rather than the sheer number of members.

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Re:Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since ... by forapurpose on Friday December 29, 2017 @01:49PM (#16031114)

Great to have some data; thanks.

> MS-13 is in every major city in the US, the scale obviously varies.

Is that also from the data?

> They get so much attention due to the extreme violence they tend to utilize, rather than the sheer number of members.

This is the kind of thing I try to avoid: Do we know that the violence is more extreme than other gangs? And I suspect they get attention because it fits the White House's / GOP's immigration narrative. But who can say why something gets attention?

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