Violence Reports: Half Latino and Latino Population

violence reports: Nick Ut / AP By Michael Balsamo The Associated Press Wed., March 22, 2017 LOS ANGELES The police chief of Los Angeles, a city that is half Latino, found himself in the middle of the national immigration debate on Wednesday after saying there's a correlation between the Trump administration's call for stiffer immigration policies and a drop in the number of Hispanics reporting sexual abuse and domestic violence, according to Toronto Star. Imagine your sister, your mother, not reporting a sexual assault for fear that their family will be torn apart, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said Tuesday. He said that sexual assault reports have dropped 25 per cent and domestic violence reports have fallen 10 per cent among the city's Latino population since the beginning of the year. Since the beginning of this year, sexual assaults reported by Latinos in Los Angeles have dropped 25 per cent, and domestic violence reports by Latinos have decreased by 10 per cent compared to the same period last year. There was also a decrease of 118 reports of domestic violence during the same periods among Latinos. Read more Trump, tighter air travel rules behind surge of refugees at Canada-U.S. border, experts say Article Continued Below Why does Trump keep running into legal trouble with his travel ban Crime statistics show there were 164 sexual assaults reported by Latinos in the first two months of 2016, compared to 123 in the first two months of 2017. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.