A week ago, Dr. Ed Young from Second Baptist Church in Houston, received backlash after calling Houston the most dangerous city in the United States.
Following criticism from Houston leaders, the pastor doubled down his comments in a second sermon on Sunday."I had no idea when you stood up and simply read the best crime statistics I could put together for city and county," Dr. Young said to his congregation while being interrupted by applause, "All of the figures are somewhat mushy."
In Sunday’s sermon, the pastor re-iterated statistics he located online, including from bestplaces.net. According to Dr. Young, the violent crime rate in Houston is scored a 50.4 on the FBI scale from 1-100. In comparison, Dr. Young said the violent crime rate in Chicago is 49.9. In addition, the pastor said the property crime score for Houston is a 63.2 and Chicago’s is 46.3.
"I rest my case that Houston arguably is one of, if not the, most dangerous city in America," said Dr. Young. "That is a tragedy, tragedy, tragedy indeed."On Monday, we spoke with Bert Sperling, Founder and President of bestplaces.net, regarding the data cited from his website. "We get our numbers from the FBI," said Sperling. "We present the numbers and try to do comparisons, or let the people do comparisons of like-minded cities."
Sperling says their website is up-to-date with the most recent crime information shared by the FBI, which is from 2019. According to their data, Houston has higher levels of violent crime and property crime compared to New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago. However, Houston’s crime levels are not listed as high as Detroit’s.
México Últimas Noticias, México Titulares
Similar News:También puedes leer noticias similares a ésta que hemos recopilado de otras fuentes de noticias.
Bryce Young gets 6 TDs as No. 1 Alabama Routs Utah State 55-0 - Alabama NewsBryce Young’s five touchdown passes were nothing all that new for Alabama’s Heisman Trophy winner, but a 63-yard sprint and other big runs presented a seldom seen side of his game. alabamafootball alabamacrimsontide rolltide alabamanewsnetwork
Leer más »
Pulliam: Indianapolis is backdrop in Maurice Broaddus' novel about a young private eyeMaurice Broaddus wears many hats: teacher, librarian and mentor. He's also an author. This novel features an 11-year-old private eye living in Indy.
Leer más »
No Longer Young, ‘Dreamers' Uneasily Watch A Legal ChallengeWhen Juliana Macedo do Nascimento signed up for an Obama-era program to shield immigrants who came to the country as young children from deportation, she enrolled at California State University, Los Angeles, transitioning from jobs in housekeeping, child care, auto repair and a construction company.
Leer más »
Heisman winner Bryce Young gets 6 TDs, No. 1 Alabama routs Utah StateUtah State gained 23 yards on the first play of the game against Alabama, but it all went downhill from there for the Aggies in a 55-0 loss.
Leer más »