The Pro-Criminal Politics of Urban America.

ThyBlackMan ^ | April 13, 2021 | Torrance T. Stephens

[Lordjazz]

Jesse Jackson once stated: “There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery. Then (I) look around and see someone white and feel relieved.”

This unfortunately is a reality. Not just for Black folk but for many, especially in urban areas. Since 2019 and last summer, there has been a rise in crime in many cities. Not jaywalking or shoplifting (which may also be on the rise) but rather violent crimes such as carjackings, shootings, assaults and murders. From New York to Portland and Philadelphia to Atlanta, DC and Minneapolis, violent crime is on the rise. The reason for this is simple: first there is the laissez faire soft on crime approach that resorts to ending cash bail for violent criminals and last there is the defund the police movement afloat in a large corpus of major urban areas. In Minneapolis, police department statistics show that total violent crime in in the city between July 22, 2020, and March 28 was up 22% from 2019 and that between Dec. 11, 2020, and March 28 of this year, murders in the city rose 46%.

In New York city, the surge in crime resulted in a 97% jump in shootings and a 45% surge in murders from 2019. According to the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research: “Through December 27, 2020, the number of murders was up 41 percent from 2019 and 53 percent from 2018. Shooting victims were up 103 percent from 2019 and 109 percent from 2018; shooting incidents rose 97 percent and 104 percent. In gang-ridden precincts, the spike was even more startling.

[BenLurkin]

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[Midwesterner53]

When the media and Democrats destroyed the respect and yes fear of the cops, all he!! broke loose and is staying on the loose.

[Lordjazz]

I can feel the love. Thanks my friend.