Yes, terrible news... but. The graphic is classic MSM sophistry ("per 100,000 people" in small print. "1,787" in big print.)-------Muskegon Heights more dangerous than Flint

Stats: Muskegon Heights more dangerous than Flint | WOODTV.com:
"MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, Mich. (WOOD) — At least 100 people gathered for a vigil Thursday evening near where 14-year-old Dmetrius Washington was shot in the head and killed after apparently sneaking out of his house.
Among those who stood where he died were his mom, dad and stepdad.
The vigil follows five homicides, all shootings, in Muskegon Heights since late April, including three in the last three weeks.
(There have been five shooting deaths in Muskegon since late April 2014.)

Muskegon Heights — a city of 10,000 people — has had more homicides this year than the city of Grand Rapids, which has nearly 200,000 people. 
Grand Rapids has had two homicides.
...A 24 Hour News 8 analysis of 2013 Michigan State Police crime reports found Muskegon Heights is more dangerous than Flint and has a violent crime rate that ranks just below Detroit.
Muskegon Heights had 1,787 violent crimes per 100,000 people last year — compared to 1,934 in Detroit and 1,586 in Muskegon.
Grand Rapids’s rate was 679.
Violent crimes include murder, rape, robbery and assault.
....Mayor Darrell Paige said it’s also about his city’s economy.
Nearly 50% of Muskegon Heights residents are living in poverty.
That’s higher than Flint and Detroit.
.......But Dmetrius’s aunt thinks the solution starts with churches.
“Instead of the churches staying inside the church, they need to come out on the streets and help these kids who are standing on these corners and get them back into church,” McBride said.
“Because that’s the only way it’s going to stop.”"