Wretched fucking PowerPoint/PDF document
You can see this info all pretty-like, with the right plugin/program, at the Statistics and Data page of the Minneapolis Police Department. I'd been wondering what the other MPD was I'd been thinking of.
Most Active Gangs:Gangster Disciples
Vice Lords
Shotgun Crips
Family Mob
Rollin' 30's Bloods
Vatos Locos
Sureno 13
La 213 18's
Also, for those of you considering the cost of living in various areas:
Crack cocaine $20 - $25 in MPLS
**Chicago or Detroit $5 - $10
Grapes are more expensive too.
And as for the always good for a laugh homicide figures:
- 19 Homicides through June 5th [2002]
- 18 of 19 victims African American
- 17 of 19 suspects African American
- 17 of 19 homicides gang or drug related (other 2 domestics)
- 8 victims listed in SIP as having drug arrests (4 during drug court era)
Obviously, I'm taking those late night/early morning strolls in the wrong neighborhoods. Or I need to start wearing the right colors. Or the wrong colors, rather.
Oh yeah, one other little stat I wish my high school guidance counselor had mentioned:
LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A GANG MEMBER
24 YEARS
NATIONAL AVERAGE
No, can't really think of anything I would have missed in the last few years. . .
I should explain that homicide comment.
Minneapolis stats are good for a laugh in comparison to Chicago, anyway. The figure for June was 65.
No, not year-to-date. That was 277. The figure for June alone was 65.
The next Minnesotan I hear complaining about crime gets to help make their numbers a bit more impressive.
Here's a thought, guys: if you don't want somebody stealing shit out your car, try locking the car door. You might even go a step further, and don't leave things in plain sight. Wacky ideas, I know.
Comments
DAMN! Why cant all the brothers get along?
Posted by: Lord Shagariffic | September 16, 2002 5:11 PM
Figure you're dead by 24, that doesn't provide much motivation for getting along with anybody.
The question is, what the fuck did I do wrong?
Posted by: Aaron | September 16, 2002 5:39 PM
open office works great for those nasty windows-oriented documents. the presentation was madly ugly (worse than your average powerpoint -- what are people thinking?)
24, huh? well, you'd never really need major dental work. that's a big plus in my book.
Posted by: kd | September 16, 2002 11:44 PM
Duh. Didn't even try openoffice; I ran pdftotext on the, um, pdf, and got mostly blank pages. It's mostly graphics, I guess. Too lazy to run strings on the thing and see if it was originally a PowerPoint presentation converted to a pdf, but I betcha a dollar.
Lower dental care costs. Another plus. Thanks.
Posted by: Aaron | September 17, 2002 12:00 PM
there was a pdf and a powerpoint. my pdf thingy saw a blank pdf too. but openoffice opened the powerpoint thingy and showed me the slide show and everything.
and since you seem to be the careful sort as regards all that gang activity, my advice is, take care of your teeth. trust me on this one.
Posted by: kd | September 17, 2002 2:01 PM