New Orleans now number one murder capital in US

It wasn't easy and it took a lot of work and determination for New Orleans to overtake St. Louis as the murder capital of the nation, seeing a 141% increase in homicides compared to past numbers in 2019. When compared to last year, the data shows homicides were up 78%. Since the start of this year up to Sept. 11th, there have been 205 homicides.

The Metropolitan Crime Commission, an organization that tracks crime and attempts to reduce it, reported that there have been 52 homicides per 100,000 residents as of Sept. 11th in New Orleans with St. Louis following closely at almost 45 per 100,000 as of Sept. 17th, according to the St. Louis Police Department.

By comparison, there have been almost 18 homicides in Chicago per 100,000 residents and 3.5 in New York City. See, in the Big Apple, criminals only intend to severely injure rather than kill their victims, while in Chicago, they can't tell the difference between real attacks and Jussie Smollett-style attacks.

New Orleans, with myriad gun-free zones, [see map below] has also seen a 100% increase in shootings in 2022 when compared to 2019.

On Sept. 8, officials in New Orleans announced an $80 million plan to increase pay for police officers now that the officials removed their heads from their nether regions and realized defunding the police was a bad idea. They even plan to offer free health care, and $30,000 in increased hiring incentives for new hires within the department.

The city recently hired a consultant, former head of the New York City Police Department's patrol division Fausto Pichardo to review ways in which the police department can better combat crime, according to FOX 8. 

One way they might consider combating crime is to keep criminals locked up and get rid of the no-bail balderdash that puts them back out on the street.

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Pichardo wrote in his report released on Tuesday that "[A]ction must be taken NOW if there is ever a chance to save the city and bring the reputation of being a city where tourists can come to party and celebrate and not become victims." 

Among the recommendations are an immediate redeployment of 212 police officers to patrol duty rather than their current assignments amid donut-munching.

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