U.S. has 4 of world’s 50 most dangerous cities

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Dr. Eowyn

Mexico’s Citizens’ Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice released the 50 most dangerous cities in the world in 2015, as measured by the number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants. (Source: Daily Mail)
Astonishingly, Latin America, with just 8% of the world’s population, has 41 of the world’s most dangerous cities:

• 21 in Brazil
• 8 in Venezuela, including #1 most violent city in the world, Caracas.
• 5 in Mexico
• 3 in Columbia
• 2 in Honduras
• 1 in El Salvador
• 1 in Guatemala

4 of the cities are in South Africa:

• Cape Town
• Durban
• Johannesburg
• Nelson Mandela Bay

4 of the cities are in the United States:

• #15: St. Louis, Missouri – 59.23 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants
• #19: Baltimore, Maryland – 54.98 homicides/100,000
• #28: Detroit, Michigan – 43.89 homicides/100,000
• #32: New Orleans, Louisiana – 41.44 homicides/100,000

It is noteworthy that all 4 cities have a large Black population and Democrat mayors:

• St. Louis : 47.5% Black (est. 2014); mayor Francis Slay (D).
• Baltimore : 63.7% Black (2010); mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake (D).
• Detroit : 82.7% Black (2010); mayor Mike Duggan (D).
• New Orleans : 60.2% Black (2010); mayor Mitch Landrieu (D). Homicides in New Orleans are committed almost exclusively by black men, with 97% of the offenders being black and 95% being male.

~Eowyn
Dr. Eowyn’s post first appeared at Fellowship of the Minds.