Posted on 12/05/2021 7:11:04 AM PST by blam
After two years of rising crime in Los Angeles, residents of upscale neighborhoods are finally starting to freak out after a spate of ‘flash mob‘ lootings at high-end retail stores have been accompanied with a disturbing increase in violent crimes committed in the suburbs, according to the LA Times.
Private security officers guard the Beverly Hills home where Jacqueline Avant, the wife of music producer Clarence Avant, was shot and killed Wednesday. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Crews of burglars publicly smashing their way into Los Angeles’ most exclusive stores. Robbers following their victims, including a star of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” and a BET host, to their residences. And this week, the fatal shooting of 81-year-old Jacqueline Avant, an admired philanthropist and wife of music legend Clarence Avant, in her Beverly Hills home.
…these incidents have sparked a national conversation and led to local concern about both the crimes themselves and where the outrage over the violence will lead.
“The fact that this has happened, her being shot and killed in her own home, after giving, sharing, and caring for 81 years has shaken the laws of the Universe,” said Oprah Winfrey, expressing grief over Avant’s killing via Twitter. “The world is upside down.”
The Times notes that while overall crime rates within Los Angeles remain far below the notoriously violent 1990s, much of it has been concentrated in poor communities – so it receives virtually no attention. Now that crime has “crept up in wealthier enclaves and thrust its way to the center of public discourse” across the city.
Turning point?
In 2020, polls showed that California voters largely supported criminal justice reform, as well as rolling back tough sentencing laws to reduce prison populations without nary a thought to how it might affect the crime rate. Now, those concerned about crime and blame liberal policies for its rise are growing more vocal.
For others, it’s been a serious wake-up call.
“I have never seen anything like it,” said Dominick DeLuca, owner of the Brooklyn Projects skateboard shop on Melrose Avenue where burglaries and robberies have seen a sharp enough spike in recent months that he’s now carrying a gun to work. “In the last two years, I have been broken into three times.”
On Thursday, Mayor Eric Garcetti and LAPD Chief Michael Moore advocated for locking offenders up, and questioned several pandemic-related policies that put nonviolent arrestees back on the street without bail.
Moore said arrests had been made in several high-profile “smash-and-grab” burglaries but lamented that the suspects had all been released pending trial. Garcetti said warehousing criminals in jails without rehabilitating them is not a solution, but neither is ceding the streets to repeat offenders.
Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón, whose progressive policies around prosecution and sentencing many blame for the uptick in crime, was notably absent at the press conference but said through his office that he is working closely with law enforcement partners to hold perpetrators accountable for such brazen crimes. -LA Times
According to LAPD data through Nov. 27, property crime is up 2.6% YoY, but is down 6t.6% from 2019, while robberies are up 3.9% YoY and down 13.6% from 2019. Burglaries are down 8.4% from last year and 7.7% from 2019. Car thefts, meanwhile, are up nearly 53% vs. 2019.
The difference? Rich people are now getting hit, so officials are officially concerned.
What’s more, violent crime is way up – with homicides jumping 46.7% and shootings up 51.4% vs. 2019. As of the end of last month, there were 359 homicides year-to-date, compared with 355 in all of 2020. That said 2008 was LA’s deadliest year with 384 homicides.
Read the rest of the report here.
I think we need to look at what Singapore does, there is a reason why they have hardly any crime, granted they are harsh, but equal to perpetrators be rich or not rich, just my two cents.
In 2020, polls showed that California voters largely supported criminal justice reform, as well as rolling back tough sentencing laws to reduce prison populations without nary a thought to how it might affect the crime rate.
It’s not clear what reforms the concerns about crime in the Los Angeles area will lead to — if any.
may finally get some action. if big political donors are being affected watch the politicians jump to attention
A good rocker by Ratt.
I bet those folks wouldn’t dream of owning any of those yucky, evil firearms for protection.
Would they?
I’ve wondered what took them so long. Maybe it took some thinking on their part to follow and plan. Not their strongest suit. They try it in the middle-class suburbs and see what happens.
I am glad that I live in a State where I can have a concealed carry license and own firearms with magazines over 10 rounds.
The rich Californian’s have done this to themselves by putting up with and donating campaign funds to gun grabbing politicians. Sometimes, it is better to leave a place, than to stay.
Not sure what the state laws in CA are, but Los Angelenos still have federal 2nd Amendment rights. Since the people most of you voted for are going to let the criminals roam free, better buy some good protection for your home. Neighborhood watches would be good too - look out for each other, since you are pretty much sitting ducks and on your own these days.
“The fact that this has happened, her being shot and killed in her own home, after giving, sharing, and caring for 81 years has shaken the laws of the Universe,” said Oprah Winfrey, expressing grief over Avant’s killing via Twitter. “The world is upside down.” ...On Thursday, Mayor Eric Garcetti and LAPD Chief Michael Moore advocated for locking offenders up, and questioned several pandemic-related policies that put nonviolent arrestees back on the street without bail... Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón, whose progressive policies around prosecution and sentencing many blame for the uptick in crime, was notably absent at the press conference but said through his office that he is working closely with law enforcement partners to hold perpetrators accountable for such brazen crimes.
Thanks blam.
How Prop. 47 was sold to a gullible California electorate.
At least one of your representatives, Nancy Pelosi, is helping completely destroy and bankrupt California while she steals what she can and flees to Florida.
Rich liberals in LA are to blame for a lot of this crap. Let the thugs have at it . Pay back is a bitch.
At some point the gangs decide that your security guards are just scarecrows, that they won't actually shoot. Then they will come and loot all of Beverly Hills. They know there's valuables there.
“Private security officers guard the Beverly Hills home where Jacqueline Avant...”
So, does that make them Avant Guards ? /bad taste
chuckle...
Correct for the inner cities and rich suburbs. I’m darkly hoping they try mob invasions in the middle class suburbs. The couple who went out on their lawn to brandish their weapons won’t be the case. Even in California, one foot in the window...other States are less restrictive.
They’re only supposed to victimize Those People, eh? What can I say, except, have fun. Welcome to reality.
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