Posted on 02/10/2022 11:02:36 AM PST by Kaslin
"Defund police" is arguably the most destructive, idiotic political slogan in living memory. No serious person – certainly no elected leader worthy of any respect – should have ever supported it in practice or principle.
But many Democrats did, and there must be accountability for such insanity. Thousands of lives – including a record number of cops – have been lost to increased criminal violence because the Left told lies about law enforcement when it suited their politics.
The causation of the national crime wave is straightforward. After the killing of George Floyd in May 2020, the Black Lives Matter movement mobilized behind the "defund police" slogan. The mainstream Democrat Party cynically promoted this anti-police narrative to rally their base in an election year. They pandered to BLM, because anything was justified in their minds to stop President Donald Trump, including widespread riots and anarchy in American cities.
Now the enduring results of that madness are in, over 18 months since the rise of BLM. Predictably, the data tells an appalling tale.
The last year and a half in America has been a bloodbath of violent crime. According to the FBI, murders in the U.S. rose almost 30% in 2020, the same year BLM gripped the nation with anti-police protests and riots. Last year was awful as well. Murders in almost two dozen U.S. cities were up 5% in 2021, after already being up 44% in 2020 as compared to 2019, according to an analysis by the Council on Criminal Justice.
And in the middle of it all – our police officers. Police suffered more casualties nationwide – 73 killed in the line of duty in 2021- than they have in almost three decades.
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The legacy of BLM and defund police is MORE DEAD BLACKS
Since the feast day of St. George Floyd back in 2020, America has seen an increase of about 6000 blacks dead by murder, and about 2000 dead by increased traffic fatalities.
Something to keep in mind is that more black people are murdered by black criminals in one year, than were murdered by the KKK during its entire 140 year existence.
There could not have been any doubt from the beginning that was the intended result.
Shame on all of the cowardly corporate sponsorship it gained from "mainstream America".
Common sense prevails again too bad the libtards don’t have any 🤪
George Floyd wasn't killed by anyone except himself. The Coroner said he died from heart failure due to a massive overdose of self-ingested illegal drugs.
The original BLM leaders probably don’t care as they have raped the BLM treasury and bought mansions with the proceeds and will disappear from public view.
Excellent point.
Excellent point.
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