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Nov 12, 2014 · Yet, if you’re old enough to remember the 1970s, you’ll remember the PERCEPTION of a massive spike in crime. Whether this was real or just mass hysteria is a topic we’ll leave to the experts. The fact is, we were crime crazy – our world had been rocked by this increase in crime, and no one – NO ONE – was safe.
By 1970, the FBI had gained some important new tools to go after mobsters—including court-authorized wiretaps, jurisdiction over mob-infiltrated businesses, and the ability to target entire ...
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Apr 26, 2022 · By Anna Harnes / April 26, 2022 4:54 pm EST. This article contains descriptions of graphic violence. It was cold and rainy in Fort Bragg, North Carolina on February 16, 1970. It seemed unpleasant but forgettable, an unfortunate but inevitable product of late winter weather.
Apr 16, 2016 · These startling 1970s New York photos reveal a city undergoing an unparalleled transformation fueled by economic collapse and rampant crime. Reeling from a decade of social turmoil, New York in the 1970s fell into a deep tailspin provoked by the flight of the middle class to the suburbs and a nationwide economic recession that hit New York’s ...
Feb 27, 2018 · From 1960 to 1970 the city's homicide rate more than doubled. Car thefts, burglaries, robberies, and rapes also all increased from the 60s to the 70s. The security conditions (or lack thereof) in New York was a reflection of the social dissidence present in the city during the 1970s.
RankyearHomicidesPopulation (estimated)5720163358,175,1335620153528,175,1335520143288,175,1335420133328,175,133Sep 10, 2015 · THERE IS A STRONG CURRENT of nostalgia for the late ’70s and early ’80s in New York, even among those who never lived through it — the era when the city was edgy and dangerous, when women carried...
Aug 9, 2022 · The Biggest True Crime Cases From The ‘70s That Still Haunt Us Today. The '70s were known for sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll, but they were also known for some of the biggest murder cases and mysteries that have fascinated true-crime fans for as long as the genre has existed.