Upfront: An Ordinary Solution to Erie's Extraordinary Crime
by Cory Vaillancourt7/11/2012, 4:30 AM
Although the FBI reports that violent crime has dropped nationwide and overall crime has decreased in Erie by a whopping 12 percent over the same period of time, the 50 or so shooting victims from last year report that violent crime has increased at least 100 percent in their world. So why has Erie not been able to realize the gains that cities across the nation have been able to realize?