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Its not so much a matter of what looks better, but not tolerating illegal acts by gangs to claim "turf" and establish an area belonging to them. When people saw the "MTA" graffiti, it was a symbol that THEY were in control. Now the MTA gang has been broken up by an injunction that prohibits members from associating with one another, face $3 million in fines, and has pretty much been eliminated. Removing this symbol of the MTA is progress in breaking up gangs and showing that the vast majority of the people will not tolerate their acts.
Graffiti removal and then punishing those that do the graffiti are small ways that L.A. is working to reduce crime in all areas of city life.
The removal of the MTA graffiti cost $3.7 million at federal taxpayers expense, so everyone in this nation paid the large tab for the MTA gang actions because the Army Corps of Engineers is responsible for flood control and the banks of the L.A. River. The Corps had to use hazardous material crews to build a mini dam to prevent paint from running into the river once it was removed.
As of August 30th:
Washington DC has 77 homicides
Baltimore has 145
Pittsburgh has 35
Philadelphia has 205
Milwaukee is at 59
St. Louis is at 76
New Orleans is at 126
New York City is at 341
Interesting to compare United States to Canada. Montreal and Philadelphia are roughly the same size for example in city population. Philadelphia has had 205 and Montreal has only had 26! My the end of July, Atlanta had 47 homicides. Vancouver Canada with roughly the same city population has only had 7!
As of August 30th:
Washington DC has 77 homicides
Baltimore has 145
Pittsburgh has 35
Philadelphia has 205
Milwaukee is at 59
St. Louis is at 76
New Orleans is at 126
New York City is at 341
Interesting to compare United States to Canada. Montreal and Philadelphia are roughly the same size for example in city population. Philadelphia has had 205 and Montreal has only had 26! My the end of July, Atlanta had 47 homicides. Vancouver Canada with roughly the same city population has only had 7!
thats funny cause the past 2 years vancouver folks were having a head ache with their "crime issues" lol.
wow new Orleans did have a quite summer, cause not to long ago when you were posting the numbers new Orleans had a great increase over 2009 and now its the opposite.
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