Originally Posted by AU338MAG
Originally Posted by doekiller
24 hour news cycle and social media. The statistics show kidnappings are way down from a high in the 1970s. Also, although it is hard to believe, violent crime is much lower than it was in the late 70s and early 80s.

He's right you know. The murder rates in cities like New York and Los Angeles are way down from that time period. Just more people with more media platforms to bump their gums about the violence.

As many murders as Chicago has, it is less than a third of what they had yearly in the 1970s.