Posted on 09/23/2024 10:18:47 AM PDT by knighthawk
The leafy East Bay city of Antioch is in the grip of a spiraling gang war after police numbers collapsed under the Democrat run council and its 'equity conscious' mayor.
Crime was already spiking on every major metric before a weekend of unprecedented gun violence left one man dead, emptied the city center and left business owners fearing for their future.
Police numbers have plunged from 115 to 76 in the last four years under the tenure of Mayor Lamar Hernandez-Thorpe who was elected in the teeth of opposition from the local police Officers' Association.
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Don’t worry... Dems are for the people! /s
The residents did less than nothing by voting for Democrats.
i think the ca dem party has ballot fraud down to a science
ballot harvesting is legal in ca
ca will not be able to vote their way out of this
Robberies do count as economic activity, but you don't get to tax them. Across the board, though, it looks like a positive trend. If you're into that sort of thing...
Under Democratic control, they are becoming prophecy.
Apparently 1984, Animal Farm, Lord of the Flys are not the Democrats only sources of inspiration.
Antioch was never that great when I lived in the Bay Area.
Pulled up some images....I’m not impressed
Correct, my FRiend.
Neither was ever (at least in the past several decades) a place to spend any involuntary time. I used to have a satellite office in Oakland and visited Antioch a few times. (They aren't all that far from each other) As with so very, very many cities and towns in the once-Golden State, view them only in your rear-view mirrors.
Antioch was pretty nice in the 70's and 80's, while its neighbor, Pittsburg, was an absolute craphole. But over the past 20 or 30 years, the two towns have been on opposite trajectories, with Antioch in serious decline, while Pittsburg is much improved.
Vote for Dims and get dim results.
Those who vote for corrupt politicians aren’t victims but accomplices.
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