Houston Suffers Katrina Crime Wave
by Jeff Davis
The massive crime wave which began a year ago with the massive dispersion of hundreds of thousands of blacks from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina continues, and shows no signs of abating. Cities all around the country are reporting alarming spikes in the crime rates due to Katrina “refugees.” Houston, Texas, has been especially hard hit.
According to a recent Associated Press article, “Houston took in 150,000 evacuees - the most of any U.S. city - after Katrina struck on Aug. 29. Houston police believe the evacuees are partly responsible for a nearly 17.5 percent increase in homicides so far this year over the same period in 2005. About 21 percent of Houston’s 232 homicides through July 25 involved an evacuee as either a suspect or a victim, according to police, who attribute much of the bloodshed to fighting among rival New Orleans gang members.” (more…)