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Workplace Violence? Making Sense of Annie Le's Murder

By Jonathan Simor

Am I the only one that was bothered by the effort of the New Haven Police Chief to make sure we didn't think the murder of Annie Le had anything to do with either New Haven or Yale? In their coverage in the New York Times Javier Hernandez and Serge Kovaleski write: Chief James Lewis of the New Haven police would not speak about a possible motive, but said, ?It is important to note that this is not about urban crime, university crime, domestic crime, but an issue of workplace violence, which is becoming a growing concern around the country.? In a statement,Richard C. Levin, the Yale president, said the supervisor ?reports that nothing in the history of his employment at the university gave an indication that his involvement in such a crime might be possible...continue to full post

Full post as published by Governing Through Crime on September 19, 2009 (boomark / email).