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Birmingham murders dropped to 135 in 2023 marking a 6.25% decrease
Posted on 1/2/24 at 9:30 am
Posted on 1/2/24 at 9:30 am
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Here are the victims:
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Birmingham’s homicide tally in 2023 dropped for the first time in five years after years of steady increases brought the deadly toll to a historic high.
The city ended 2023 with 135 homicides, a 6.25% decrease from 2022 when the city had 144 homicides, marking the deadliest year in recent Birmingham history.
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“We increased every year over the past four years up through last year so to finally be showing a decrease is a good thing,” said Birmingham Police Chief Scott Thurmond.
Birmingham ended 2021 with 132 homicides; 2020 with 122 homicides; 2019 with 106 homicides; and 2018 with 107 homicides.
“It’s not the decrease I would want, but it’s a move in the right direction,” Thurmond said of 2023's homicide total.
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Thurmond, in part, attributes the Birmingham decrease to increased efforts by local, state and federal law enforcement agencies to work together.
“We’re combining all of our resources and looking at the people who are causing the problems and trying to go after those people – our trigger pullers,” he said.
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Thurmond said another challenge has been the permitless carry law.
In 2023, Alabama became the latest state to allow people to carry a concealed handgun without a state permit requiring a background check.
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“They’re carrying one because they know everyone else is carrying one and they feel like they have to carry one to protect themselves,” the chief added.
“It’s just gotten out of hand. People don’t stop and think before they pull that gun out and pull the trigger,” Thurmond said.
“It’s causing these great number of homicides in Birmingham year after year because people don’t know how to deal with issues any other way other than to pull out a gun and start shooting.”
Here are the victims:
Posted on 1/2/24 at 9:31 am to StringedInstruments
fewer targets = fewer murders.
Posted on 1/2/24 at 9:33 am to StringedInstruments
Wonder what happened to the one normal looking white dude?
I can surmise the rest
I can surmise the rest
Posted on 1/2/24 at 9:33 am to StringedInstruments
Wonder how third row, fourth from right died
Posted on 1/2/24 at 9:35 am to speechles
Birmingham is still one of the 10 most dangerous big cities.
Posted on 1/2/24 at 9:35 am to speechles
probably went looking for drugs and caught some lead instead.
Posted on 1/2/24 at 9:35 am to StringedInstruments
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Birmingham
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dropped
quote:who cares. not thread worthy
6.25%
Posted on 1/2/24 at 9:38 am to StringedInstruments
The baby in the image, ooof.
Posted on 1/2/24 at 9:39 am to speechles
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Wonder how third row, fourth from right died
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Police on Sunday identified the victim as Thomas Bostany. He was 29 and lived in Birmingham.
The city’s South Precinct officers responded at 4:12 p.m. to a report of a person down in the 1000 block of Penthouse Drive, which is Mountainside Apartments.
When officers got to the location, they found Bostany unresponsive inside a vehicle. Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service pronounced him dead on the scene.
The suspect:
This post was edited on 1/2/24 at 9:40 am
Posted on 1/2/24 at 9:41 am to StringedInstruments
So 9 fewer murders than the all time record in 2022? Yea!
Posted on 1/2/24 at 9:49 am to StringedInstruments
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Thurmond said another challenge has been the permitless carry law.
In 2023, Alabama became the latest state to allow people to carry a concealed handgun without a state permit requiring a background check.
Yeah, that's it genius. It sounds like murders have declined since that went into effect
Baton Rouge dropped from 135 to 106. Print the shirts.
Posted on 1/2/24 at 9:53 am to StringedInstruments
Scott Thurmond doing work!!
Posted on 1/2/24 at 10:00 am to StringedInstruments
Just think of all the footage The First 48 could have gotten if they were still in production in Birmingham.
Posted on 1/2/24 at 10:06 am to MorbidTheClown
very dark checkerboard
Posted on 1/2/24 at 10:12 am to StringedInstruments
A lot of culture lost in that montage.
Posted on 1/2/24 at 10:15 am to StringedInstruments
Biden has killed economy so bad the brothas can even buy bullets to shoot each other
Posted on 1/2/24 at 10:17 am to StringedInstruments
Actual murders is a bad statistic, how many were shot/ attempted murders were there? If that was stable then it just means bad aim, luck or better hospital response really accounted for the relatively small 6% decrease
Posted on 1/2/24 at 10:17 am to StringedInstruments
Birmingham is learning from New Orleans on how to fudge their numbers.
Posted on 1/2/24 at 10:17 am to StringedInstruments
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