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http://www.talk2action.org/story/2011/5/3/91235/90609/ Pray For Newark claims amazing results as its Christian volunteers "prayer walk" the Newark city streets, seeking to pray down crime. As shown in the slickly-produced video (featured in this story) from Harvest Evangelism, the ministry credited with launching the Newark effort, by 2010 the effort had 100% coverage in the city, at least one prayer-walker per city street (Newark has over 1,000 streets) and exults that consequently, by March 2010, Newark had its first murder-free month since 1966.
Then, in late 2010, after a cost-cutting proposal led to a showdown with the local police union, Newark Mayor Corey Booker fired 167 city police officers. The results are unsurprising. By mid 2011, reports CBS, murders were up 71%, shootings up 29%, and auto theft up 39%. The magical results of Pray For Newark's prayer-based crime fighting effort seemed to suddenly evaporate.
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honkeytonk73says...duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh
taranimatorsays...which fallacy is this, post hoc ergo propter hoc?
gwiz665says...Post hoc ergo retard.
Djevelsays...Creepy.
RadHazGsays...Wouldn't mind seeing a side by side comparison of crime rate during those times with number of police officers/arrests as well. I have a feeling there might be something a little more realistic there.
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