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I was searching for the Department of Justice Crime report that Deval Patrick was talking about during the debate.  He did mention that a report was released today.  I don’t think it’s on the website yet, but I did find the Uniform Crime Reports (2005)  which was released in September 2006.

Massachusetts does have the highest violent crime rate in New England and the entire Northeast as Deval Patrick stated.  Massachusetts surpasses New Jersey and New York in violent crime.  Here are the numbers.

Violent Crime (rate per 100,000)

Northeast 393.6

New England 319.8

Connecticut 274.5

Maine  112.2

Massachusetts 456.9

New Hampshire 132.0

Rhode Island 251.2

Vermont  119.7

Mid-Atlantic 419.6

New Jersey 354.7

New York 445.8

Pennsylvania 424.5

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  1. I’ve been watching the debate on NECN’s feed.

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    How can Kerry Healey say that we have 2,000 more cops on the streets today than four years ago? Where did that come from?

    • Addition without subtraction:

      Healey said during the debate that “we actually have 2,000 more police on the streets today than we did four years ago.”
      Her campaign said later that she based that number on research by her staff showing that more than 2,100 new officers have been put on the street since January 2003. Campaign manager Tim O’Brien , however, acknowledged that the figure only counts graduates from police academies and does not count retirements and resignations.

      Flat out lie.  Let’s see if Muffy uses it again.  I bet she will.

      • Only add the positives, don’t subract the negatives. The world looks like a much happier place when you do that. /sigh

      • Sadly, the news report I heard on WHYN this morning did not even attempt to arbiter this. It said “Patrick said there were fewer cops, but Healey said that there are 2,000 more cops on the street today”.

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        This is how lies become some people’s reality.

  3. was Desiree Washington’s lawyer in her civil suit against Mike Tyson.  I guess I just missed this somehow.  But, really, Healey characterizes Deval as “friend to all rapist”.  Bet Tyson doesn’t feel that way.  Guess that’s why he’s campaigning for Micheal Steele in MD and NOT Patrick.  Dershowitz had a field day with that poor girl.  There are still people who don’t believe he raped her.  WTF?  I guess that’s two women Healey doesn’t see as real rape victims, Desiree and Deval’s sister.  Sorry for the rant.  I’m sure this was already well known, but I just found out.

    • though it’s hard to understand why.  Deval should’ve been talking this up as soon as he got challenged on crime stuff.  First I heard of it was his interview with Braude a couple of days ago.

      • and looked it up.  Dershowitz really went after that girl, as did, frankly, the public, including leaders in the African American community.  But when Deval Patrick supported LaGuer he didn’t smear the victim.  He is a fair man. 

      • Maybe he didn’t want to put that poor girl, she’d be about 33 now, back in the spotlight.  Something Healey’s camp was willing to do to his sister.

  4. Here is the state house news story on Crime:

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    REPORT FINDS MASSACHUSETTS VIOLENT CRIME RATE IS HIGHEST IN THE NORTHEAST: Massachusetts was the most violent state in the Northeast in 2004, according to a report that will be released on Thursday. The report, by the Massachusetts Health Council, found that while violent crime in Massachusetts declined 3 percent from 2003 to 2004, violent crimes in the Bay State were committed in 2004 at a rate of 459 for every 100,000 people.  That compared to 326 per 100,000 residents in the Northeast and 466 per 100,000 as a nation. The report, which measures trends across an array of health indicators, defines violent crime as murder, non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery and assault.  It found the Northeast – New England plus New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania – was the least violent region of the United States. The 29-page report represents the 86-year-old council’s fourth annual look at trends in health.  The non-profit council consists of more than 150 organizations, including state government agencies, consumer and advocacy groups, professional trade groups and private corporations.  The council is based in Newton. The report identifies key issues and potential policy directions in the following areas: access to health care, asthma, education, obesity, poverty, alcohol, blood-borne pathogens, suicide, tobacco and violence. Report authors found falling rates of Hepatitis C and fewer uninsured individuals, rising rates of asthma and school dropouts, and stable obesity, poverty, adult binge drinking, HIV/AIDS, suicide and smoking rates. Council members and lawmakers will discuss the report at noon Thursday in the State House’s Great Hall.

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