NYC Mayor Bloomberg Claims Felony Crime Down…Thanks to Redefining Strangulation

NYC Mayor Bloomberg Claims Felony Crime Down…Thanks to Redefining Strangulation (and Just not Reporting)

Major felony crimes went up slightly this year in New York City. But Mayor Michael Bloomberg begs to differ.

At a news conference this week, Bloomberg claimed violent felonies have gone down 21 years in a row, including 2011. The mayor believes that certain non-fatal strangulation crimes should not be tallied among this year’s felony totals, because of a law that took effect in late 2010 created a category of strangulations that are misdemeanors rather than felonies.

“If those crimes were excluded from the 2011 felony total, overall crime would have fallen by 1.2 percent, Mr. Bloomberg said,” reported The New York Times.

The newspaper added that official police statistics show major crimes in 2011 went up 0.4%, compared to 2010’s total.

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