‘Safe’ Border City Awash in Rio Grande Crime Wave
By Bob Dane January 15, 2019
The border town of McAllen, Texas, greeted President Donald Trump last week with this theater marquee announcement: “Welcome to the 7th Safest City in America.â€
Such braggadocio evokes the oft-quoted observation that there are three kinds of prevarications: “Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics.â€
While McAllen’s safety claim has a patina of plausibility – it came from a 2015 list posted by SmartAsset.com – the city is immersed in a crime wave that flows daily over the border and across the Rio Grande Valley.
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