Posted on 04/14/2022 3:35:15 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
On March 22, in the broad daylight of a typically gorgeous day in Beverly Hills, thieves in hoodies and sunglasses took a sledgehammer to the plate glass window of Peter Sedghi’s boutique and furiously rummaged through the shards. In less than 90 seconds, the robbers stole more than $3 million worth of jewels. Two days later, in response to a wave of high-end robberies, the Los Angeles Police Department announced there would be no arrests. Instead, it cautioned Hollywood residents not to wear high-quality jewelry in public.
“Beverly Hills is one of the most affluent, safest neighborhoods in the world and now everyone is scared,” Sedghi said. “All of my clients – no one wears anything.”
Crime has risen dramatically in Los Angeles, as well as in many other major cities, since the start of the pandemic and last summer’s protests against police violence resulted in the slashing of many law enforcement budgets. News stories document rising fear across LA and crime has become the major issue in both the upcoming mayor’s election and a possible recall of the district attorney. It may not be surprising that issues of race and class are driving this concern, though they have a new twist.
Wealthy and predominantly white neighborhoods have experienced the sharpest upticks in a wide array of crimes, according to an analysis conducted for RealClearInvestigations by criminologist John Lott of the Crime Prevention Research Center.
Beyonce and Jay-Z have their West Coast house; Bel Air, of "Fresh Prince" Will Smith fame, where Jennifer Lopez now resides; and Los Feliz, where Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom share a house and where Angelina Jolie has resided since her divorce from Brad Pitt. Nearby, the U.S. Postal Service has suspended delivery to one neighborhood in Santa Monica – a town where celebrities including Tom Cruise, Christian Bale and Sandra Bullock reportedly have homes – because “multiple carriers have been subjected to assault and threats of assault.”
Lott’s analysis (data here), which correlates census and LAPD crime statistics for the period January 2019 to January 2022, also reveals that those neighborhoods now account for much greater shares of the total number of crimes committed in Los Angeles. It shows that the richer and whiter the area, the greater the increase in both raw crime totals and percentages of total city crime. This includes a wide range of felonies, from robbery, burglary, shoplifting and car theft to aggravated assault and rape. Although poor and minority neighborhoods still experience the largest total number of crimes, including violent crimes such as murder, the shift to relatively safer neighborhoods is pronounced.
While the total number of rapes fell in Los Angeles during the 37-month period studied, their share spiked in predominantly white neighborhoods – rising 18.2% in neighborhoods where they comprise 81% to 100% of residents.
Asked once upon a time “why do criminals rob banks?”
Answer, “that is where the money is”.
Bet the thieves weren’t as tall and pretty like Brigitte Nielsen in Beverly Hills Cop 2 (opening scene of that movie).
Q: “Why do you rob banks?”
A: “Dats where da monies be!”
Not so hard to understand, is it?
And protective ironwork grilles hurriedly installed in front of showcases flaunting millions of dollars of jewelry be ra-aacist!
Regards,
Fantastic news!!!!!!!
I hope these white, woke, far leftist elitist wealthy liberals who support all these policies/politicians get it good and hard.
Willie Sutton, paraphrased?
If the rich and famous don’t welcome the poor masses with sharing of their wealth that hurts their image and if they shoot one....... oh no there goes the career.....
Reaping what they’ve sown! Bummer…..Ha!
Why aren’t these proud proud progressive democrat liberals just surrendering their valuables to the marginalized minority yutes they have been supporting?? Maybe we just need a New Law Outlawing Fences, Gates and Locks on Doors?
Meanwhile, I'm locked and loaded.
And thanks to all you faggot, anti Christ vermin for the America you've created. I hope you choke on it.
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