Happy New Year, Murder Town USA

Filed in Delaware by on December 31, 2014

Wilmington violence crime Murder Town USA Tornoe

Most Americans associate the phrase “a date which will live in infamy” with December 7, the day back in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

In Delaware, residents and policy makers have decided to push it back a couple of days to December 9, the day Newsweek published a scathing, 5,000 word story about violence and crime in Wilmington, which they dubbed, “Murder Town USA.”

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Rob Tornoe is a local cartoonist and columnist, and can be seen in The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Press of Atlantic City, The News Journal, and the Dover Post chain of newspapers. He's also a contributor to Media Matters and WHYY. Web site: RobTornoe.com Twitter: @RobTornoe

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