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Violent crime on the rise in the US: report

“ Sat Jun 2, 1:48 PM ET WASHINGTON (AFP) - Violent crime in the United States rose for a second year in a row in 2006, The number of robberies increased six percent and murders increased slightly, law enforcement officials told the Washington Post, referring to an annual report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI) to be released Monday. It was the first sustained increase in violent crime in the country since the early 1990s. blah-blah-blah ” I happened to see this on the local CBS News affiliate, in fact it may have been the CBS network news hour itself.  . News Chick: ."... and some think  they know why." The first thing that crossed mind was illegal Immo crime. I don't know that's the cause, but then neither do they.  Still, their "'expert'' offered these probable  reasons. Recent release of a lot of prisoners (?) More guns on the street. (with artificial intelligence and bad tempers I guess) "But the biggest reason say Democrats is that Bush stopped the Clinton program that put 100,000 cops on the street. " It won't do a bit of good to correct these news hour play-babies, but Clinton did notput 100,000 cops on the street.  His program promised to  fund  increased manpower, certainly not 1000,000,  for a year - after which municipalities had to shoulder the salary burden.  They opted not to on a grand scale, but took the money anyway and spent it on who in hell knows?  Typical liberal feel-good B-S.   The day Bill Clinton drops dead will be the first time in his life that he performed a selfless act that benefited the country. JFC.