Violent Crime Silence in South Bend
2019 has seen an explosion in violent crime in South Bend. Yet South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and South Bend Police Chief Scott Ruszkowski have focused on just a few high-profile incidents of violence. I have yet to find an accurate characterization by either public official of the scope of the city’s violence. As of today, nearly all are unaware of the extent of South Bend’s recent violent crime wave.
Consider Aggravated Assaults. In the first five months of 2019, South Bend recorded 344 incidents of Aggravated Assault, as compared with 2017’s rate, which registered…