Posted on 06/21/2021 10:16:06 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
You can’t make this up.
As Milwaukee suffers from skyrocketing auto thefts, two Milwaukee aldermen have concluded the problem is the carmakers, essentially saying, “It’s the car’s fault. The car made them do it.”
The last part is hyperbole, but not far off.
The news release from Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs and Alderman Khalif J. Rainey blared, “Council members ask automakers KIA and Hyundai to build vehicles with more effective anti-theft systems.”
There have been 4,367 motor vehicle theft cases in 2021 so far to date, compared to 1,490 in 2020. That’s a spike of 193%, according to the Milwaukee crime dashboard.
Milwaukee Police say a 16-year-old who was driving a stolen Kia SUV crashed head-on into a car Tuesday night, killing himself and sending five people to the hospital.
“KIA and Hyundai are directly responsible, in my view, for the drain on police and other city resources that have been sadly directed to deal with the rash of vehicle thefts and the havoc those thefts have brought to our city,” Alderman Khalif Rainey actually said in a news release.
“It’s time for these companies to fix the problem they created.”
And Milwaukee wonders why the city can’t get a handle on crime? Rather than supporting tougher law enforcement measures or properly staffing the MPD, the aldermen are wasting their time sending “formal letters to the heads of vehicle manufacturers KIA and Hyundai, urging them to bolster their anti-theft systems so as to make their models harder to steal.”
In the nearly identically-worded letters sent to the car manufacturers on Wednesday, June 15, the Council members “note the jump in frequency with which the KIA and Hyundai models are stolen in the City of Milwaukee, according to the Milwaukee Police Department and backed up by posts on social media.”
The letters state, in part: “We recently asked our police department to review what we perceived to be a spike in vehicle theft. The results were disturbing. To date in 2021, the number of thefts has increased 181% over the same period in 2020. This spike began in November 2020 and was almost immediately associated by police officials with automobiles manufactured by your company and one other. Vehicles manufactured by your two companies have accounted for 66% of those stolen in 2021 – a number wildly out of proportion with their presence in this city.”
Alderwoman Coggs added:
“Social media videos exposing car thieves or those who hunt them make what our city is going through seem unreal. KIA and Hyundai owners have been under siege, and too many of our neighborhoods, streets and sidewalks have been filled with the reckless behavior of those driving these stolen vehicles.”
“As the manufacturers of these vehicles they owe it to their customers to fix the problems that help make these brands of vehicles easier to steal,” she said.
The news release said that “Alderman Rainey said KIA and Hyundai bare some measure of responsibility for the rash of stolen vehicles in the city since 2020 – and the destruction and danger to public safety that comes with the city-wide problem.”
“Because of the defective locking systems in these vehicles, we as a city have been offering steering wheel locks to people who can prove they own one of the vehicles in question,” he said.
Never blame the thieves first
I blame Global Warming
Ignorant morons.......................
How about if we blame the “Russians”? That always seems to help.
“Council members ask automakers KIA and Hyundai to build vehicles with more effective anti-theft systems.”
Just make manual transmissions mandatory.
This has nothing to do with who steals these cars.
Make unattended cars too hard to steal, carjacking will go through the roof. (unintended consequences).
Just put criminals in jail and keep them there as long as possible. There needs to be a deterrent.
Burglar Protected Car
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1Ug4I89c98
They need to offer the trunk monkey anti-theft and retrieval system
I appears that EVERY “news” outlet must now give free rein to the most moronic blacks to walk upright. You see it every single day, every single hour on CNN, MSNBC, etc. You read it every day in the NYT, WaPo, etc. It is the Age of Negro Launacy that has taken a death grip on nation.
Hyundai and Kia are made by the same company.
Vehicles manufactured by this company have accounted for 66% of those stolen in 2021
I think these Council members have a point.
I considered buying a Kia Stinger but I did not know they were so easy to steal.
Thanks for the post.
"Always blame objects, never ourselves."
V. I. Lenin
Oops! Title is:
Milwaukee Aldermen Blame Car Makers for Skyrocketing Auto Thefts
This is who they voted for.
My first thought was that the Bee nailed another one.
Maybe there are more KIA and Hyundai models sold to the inhabitants because they are less expensive. Price would matter a lot if the purchasers don't have as much money, which just might be the case in Milwaukee.
I am totally *not surprised* .
“Always blame objects, never ourselves.”
V. I. Lenin
Or Trump
“This has nothing to do with who steals these cars.”
His reasoning abilities are greatly impaired.
I blame us because we don’t hang car thieves.
I blame us for having a stolen election. Same reason.
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