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US cities that defunded their police are continuing to experience historic crime waves


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2021 May 26, 9:08am   49,815 views  361 comments

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https://notthebee.com/article/us-cities-that-defunded-their-police-are-now-experiencing-historic-crime-waves?source=patrick.net

U.S. cities that virtue signaled by defunding their police departments are seeing record crime levels, forcing many city leaders to rethink their basic levels of intelligence.

Here's what has happened in a few cities that voted to slash police budgets:

Homicide grew by 44% in New York, which had 1,531 shootings and 462 murders in 2020.
Homicides also increased 36% in L.A. to 350, leading the police chief to say "a decade of progress" has been erased.
Minneapolis, the center of the "Defund the Police" movement, saw a 46% increase in murders.
Oakland, California has seen a staggering 314% increase in homicides.
Portland, Oregon has seen murders triple.
Austin, Texas has had a 26% increase in aggravated assault reports.
Chicago saw a 65% increase in homicides from June 2020 to February 2021, despite arrests dropping 53%.
Philadelphia hit a 30-year-high with homicides in 2020, with 499 people murdered.
Even smaller cities like Louisville, Kentucky had a record high of 173 murders and is on track to surpass that this year.
The New York Times reported that many such cities are now expanding their police budgets to try to deal with these outcomes that absolutely no one could have seen coming.


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332   GNL   2024 Mar 27, 4:11pm  

stereotomy says

"WAKE UP WHITE PEOPLE!!!" (back when Stern was good 30 years ago)

His name was Daniel Carver.
334   Patrick   2024 Mar 29, 3:30pm  

https://notthebee.com/article/where-are-all-the-men/


New York Councilwoman Asks Why Men Aren’t Protecting People After City Arrested Man Who Protected People
339   Patrick   2024 Apr 13, 9:55pm  

https://notthebee.com/article/these-memphis-teens-gunned-down-three-police-officers-this-morning-and-one-of-them-had-just-been-released-without-bail-for-possessing-an-illegal-firearm-and-a-stolen-car


Memphis Officer Joseph McKinney was killed this morning in a shootout with a man who had been released without bail ... after being caught with a machine gun in a stolen car
340   richwicks   2024 Apr 14, 2:20am  

Patrick says

https://notthebee.com/article/these-memphis-teens-gunned-down-three-police-officers-this-morning-and-one-of-them-had-just-been-released-without-bail-for-possessing-an-illegal-firearm-and-a-stolen-car



Memphis Officer Joseph McKinney was killed this morning in a shootout with a man who had been released without bail ... after being caught with a machine gun in a stolen car


This is the fault of our judicial system.

The criminal is at fault too, but there was no opportunity with a functioning judicial system.
341   🎂 HeadSet   2024 Apr 14, 7:43am  

Patrick says


Memphis Officer Joseph McKinney was killed this morning in a shootout with a man who had been released without bail ... after being caught with a machine gun in a stolen car

The "machine gun" was a Glock with a switch that effectively turns it into a fully auto pistol. This switch is illegal for anyone to possess. The judge that tuned this criminal loose without bail shout be removed.
342   FuckTheMainstreamMedia   2024 Apr 14, 8:15am  

HeadSet says

FuckTheMainstreamMedia says


Current academy classes are completing at less than half the rate of attrition. And of those, more than half intend to leave in less than 3 years.

This is one of the very largest departments in the nation, and the one that all eyes are on. And it’s failing.

Good job Democrats and their mouth breathing voters. You sure showed us.

Just wait until LA states filling these positions with illegals. Hello 3rd world style protection rackets and extortion traffic stops.


It’s already happening.

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/investigations/lapd-daca-officers-guns/3288740/?amp=1
343   🎂 HeadSet   2024 Apr 14, 8:24am  

FuckTheMainstreamMedia says

It’s already happening.

Wow. Ever driven in Mexico? Be prepared to pay the cop directly for any traffic violations.
347   Patrick   2024 May 5, 5:22pm  

https://notthebee.com/article/watch-police-in-la-raid-warehouse-filled-with-shoplifted-goods


Police in LA raid warehouse FILLED with shoplifted goods ...

Wal-Mart, Target, CVS, and Walgreens all sent their own investigators to figure out which products, of the $100,000+ bust, belong to which stores.

"This is random because it's all stolen products so you see everything from food products, household products, everything you can think of that's stolen," says Captain Calvin Mah from the LA County Sheriff's department.

What's even crazier is that Los Angeles has become such a hub for crime that thieves from across the southwest are using LA as a sort of distribution center for stolen products.

The sheriff's department got information from investigators for CVS. The haul includes more than $100,000 in pharmaceuticals and cosmetics taken from stores in Arizona, Nevada and California.


Epidemic crime is a direct and inevitable result of electing liberals.
348   🎂 HeadSet   2024 May 5, 7:40pm  

Patrick says

Police in LA raid warehouse FILLED with shoplifted goods ...

Yet no word on who was prosecuted for this fencing operation.
357   Patrick   2024 Jun 11, 6:02pm  

https://notthebee.com/article/manager-fired-by-big-lots-after-20-years-for-following-a-shoplifter-who-assaulted-one-of-his-employees


What happens at Big Lots when you pursue a shoplifter who has assaulted one of your employees and then report the shoplifting assaulter to the police?

You get fired, that's what happens. At least in New York.

Yes, Pat Guider lets shoplifters exit his store all the time. It's the store's policy; they simply document the shoplifting and move on. But this time was different. Guider witnessed a shoplifter take a swing at one of his employees, so he called the police and followed the shoplifter at a distance once he left the store.

And apparently this was too much for Big Lots, because they fired him for it.

Pat Guider, a manager at a Big Lots store in New York, was terminated after over 20 years of service for pursuing a shoplifter who assaulted an employee and then informing the police about the incident.

On May 10, Guider witnessed a shoplifter swing a punch at his assistant manager while attempting to leave the store. Concerned for the safety of his team, Guider followed the assailant at a distance through the parking lot while providing updates to 911. Two weeks after the incident, Guider was summoned to his district manager's office and informed of his termination. He expressed frustration over the decision, maintaining that he acted correctly in response to a violent situation.

Although Big Lots has not commented specifically on Guider's case, the company has a policy displayed in-store prohibiting employees from leaving the premises to pursue or detain customers. However, Guider defended his actions, emphasizing that he did not endanger the store or any customers who were present at the time.


We need to return to shooting shoplifters on sight.

And there should be large cash rewards to anyone who shoots the shoplifter.
358   Patrick   2024 Jun 14, 2:19pm  

https://notthebee.com/cleanArticle/oakland-homeowner-arrested-for-murder-after-shooting-crowbar-wielding-burglar


77-year-old Oakland homeowner arrested for murder after shooting crowbar-wielding burglar
359   Ceffer   2024 Jun 14, 2:36pm  

Criminals are drafted soldiers in the demoralization and terrorizing of the populace. As per Stalin, you don't terrorize the populace by persecuting the guilty. You terrorize the population by persecuting the innocent. The Soros Fecal Impaction DA's are Stalinist terror tools.
360   Patrick   2024 Jun 18, 2:25pm  

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4726576-secret-service-member-robbed-at-gunpoint-during-bidens-weekend-california-trip/


Secret Service member robbed at gunpoint during Biden’s weekend California trip


https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/behave-tuesday-june-18-2024-c-and


The public wants to help. But we are hamstrung, though, because media isn’t providing much detail about the humiliating incident, for obvious reasons. Mostly political. The Hill didn’t disclose the Agent’s gender, referring to him or her as “them” and “they.” Maybe it’s fair, though, since these days you can’t just assume a Secret Service Agent’s gender regardless of which equipment was installed at birth.
361   🎂 HeadSet   2024 Jun 18, 6:48pm  

Patrick says

Secret Service member robbed at gunpoint during Biden’s weekend California trip

Reading the details of that The Hill article, I infer that a female SS agent had her purse stolen.

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