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From: josh@topaz.ARPA (J Storrs Hall)
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Subject: Re: Crime in New York
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Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 17:22:30 EST
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> >Actually, it is rather amusing to hear people complain about crime in
> >New York City when it is 10th in the United States in violent crime.
> >
> 
> Actually, it is amusing to hear people quote such statistics.
> ...  Another problem is much of the crime
> in NY and Chicago goes unreported, since the police have very
> little interest in it unless someone was killed or a bank was robbed.

Friends who live in New York City tell me that you should always
call the fire dept. (instead of the police) if someone is breaking 
into your apartment.  At least someone will show up.

NYC TV pundits have been decrying the public support for Goetz,
claiming that "if everyone takes the law into his own hands,
the result will be anarchy".  Comparing the streets of New York 
to anarchy is an insult to anarchy.

--JoSH