There's a crime wave. This blog post is full of links for you to do your own research too.
Homicides are up, smash and grab thieves are ALLOWED to get away with goods without consequence. Pueblo, CO is with theft as long as it's under $2k. The DA in Philly, Larry Kasner denied the crime wave. But after getting heat from his comments his office released this heartfelt statement...also known as covering your ass. Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago blames retail stores for crime. Did not go over well. And the one and only AOC doesn't believe smash and grab even exists.
This Wall Street Journal opinion column titled 'Yes, the Crime Wave Is as Bad as You Think' is available to read now, but before it gets paywalled, here's and excerpt:
When it comes to the recent upticks in killings, this talking point ignores two important realities. First, we don’t live in the aggregate. The majority of Americans spend their lives in the communities where they live and, if they commute, where they work. Given how hyperconcentrated serious violent crime is—and, therefore, how widely the homicide rate can vary from one neighborhood to the next—the national homicide rate doesn’t provide most Americans with a sense of the dangers they face. A handful of extremely safe Illinois suburbs may counterbalance Chicago’s contribution to the national murder rate, but that’s little consolation to those who live in the South Side war zones.
Second, the claim that crime isn’t as bad as it was in the 1990s is no longer true for a long list of American cities, many of which have either surpassed or are currently flirting with that decade’s homicide tallies. Philadelphia just shattered its all-time annual homicide record with a full month remaining in 2021, as have Louisville, Ky.; Indianapolis; Columbus, Ohio; Austin, Texas; Tucson, Ariz.; St. Paul, Minn.; Portland, Ore.; Albuquerque, N.M.; and Fayetteville, N.C. Other cities, like Cincinnati;Trenton, N.J.; Memphis, Tenn.; Milwaukee; Kansas City, Mo.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Denver; Cleveland; Jackson, Miss.; Wichita, Kan.; Greensboro, N.C.; Lansing, Mich.; and Colorado Springs, Colo., saw their highest homicide tallies since 1990 last year.
... [*Note* skipped to the the end because it's great] Shushing skeptics by pointing out that things aren’t as bad in the aggregate as they were 30 years ago invites an obvious question: So what?
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