ICYMI: Best of the Week

Happy Super Bowl Monday! Oh that’s not a thing? OK gotcha. Well, whether you’re nursing a celebratory hangover in support of the Pats’ win last night or the sad variety because of your beloved Seahawks, don’t fret. We’ve got you covered with the best of the week from Law Street so you can put off reality for a bit longer. Anneliese Mahoney wrote both the #1 and #3 stories of the week, though on admittedly very different topics. The number one post sounds the alarm that Cadbury chocolate is soon to be impossible to come in the States while the number three post is an update on how the country’s Top 10 Safest Cities fared with the FBI’s latest round of crime data. Kevin Rizzo wrote the #2 article with a round up how the Top 10 Most Dangerous Cities fared with the latest states. ICYMI, check out the best of the week from Law Street.

#1 No More Cadbury Chocolate For You

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Those are all principles on which the United States was founded. Now, in my book, there’s one thing that fits very firmly into the happiness category: chocolate. So when I learned that my ability to get certain types of chocolate–particularly chocolate imported from the United Kingdom–has been hampered, I got pretty upset. After all, it’s my liberty to stuff my face with lots of chocolatey goodness, and it affects my life if I cannot do so. Read the full article here.

#2 Nearly All Top 10 Most Dangerous Cities Report Drops in Violent Crime

Nearly all of the Most Dangerous Cities over 200,000 on Law Street’s Crime in America rankings followed the national trend of declining violent crime according to new data released today by the FBI. While violent crime across the country is down 4.6 percent, #9 Most Dangerous Newark, New Jersey saw the largest overall decline (18.7 percent) out of the Top 10 cities, followed closely by #1 Most Dangerous Detroit, Michigan with a 15.5 percent drop. Defying the trend, however, was #3 Most Dangerous Memphis, Tennessee, which saw its violent crime increase slightly by 3.4 percent. Read the full article here.

#3 Not All of America’s Safest Cities Followed Trend of Declining Crime

In the latest Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report, the FBI reported a nationwide violent crime decrease of 4.6 percent when comparing the first half of 2014 to the first half of 2013. That’s good news, and for the most part, the Top 10 Safest Cities fell in line with the national trend. Fremont, California, the #3 Safest City in the country, saw a notable violent crime drop of nearly 25 percent; however, some top 10 ranking safe cities cannot say the same. Henderson, Nevada, the #5 Safest City in the country, reported nearly 20 percent more violent crimes as compared with the same period prior year. Read the full article here.

Chelsey D. Goff

Chelsey D. Goff was formerly Chief People Officer at Law Street. She is a Granite State Native who holds a Master of Public Policy in Urban Policy from the George Washington University. She’s passionate about social justice issues, politics — especially those in First in the Nation New Hampshire — and all things Bravo. Contact Chelsey at staff@LawStreetMedia.com.