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#23 Whose America?, pt. 2: Inner City Blues

The Martyr Made Podcast

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The Recession of the Bronx

A thousand policemen were called into East New York after a three-year-old black kid caught another bullet from another unknown shooter. The city's Human Rights Commissioner, William Booth, came to the neighborhood to try to talk to the people and restore calm. From 1955 to 1965, murders increased by 123%. Between 1966 and 1973, murders went up another 137%. Most other violent crimes were following the same trajectory.

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