Posted on 11/25/2024 10:29:52 AM PST by DFG
In the last 10 days, the most liberal city in Texas has seen six murders, a unusual phenomena in the red state that prioritizes public safety.
Austin's murder rate has spiked in recent years, along with crime, which has spiraled out of control.
With several weeks in the year left, the capital city has recorded 62 homicides; compared to 73 in 2023.
An all-time high of 88 murders took place in 2021.
'You're looking in Austin, prior to 2020, I believe it was the norm to have 25 homicides a year, so to go up from 25 to 30 homicides to most likely will end at 70 for the year, that's a concern,' the city's brand new police chief, Lisa Davis, told the local Fox station just last week.
Led by then-mayor Steve Adler and ultra leftist members of city council, 2020 was a pivotal year for public safety in the growing Texas city.
Anti-police sentiment reached a boiling point after riots broke out in Austin's streets over the death of George Floyd.
The former mayor and city council went to war with the police that same, slashing the department's budget by a third - and dismissing two recruiting classes for new police cadets.
The city was later forced to give back the money due to a state law that penalized municipalities that defunded police.
However, the damage was done, with cops retiring early or transferring to departments in the Lone Star State.
It's left the police department understaffed by 483 officers and created a public safety crisis that means 911 calls will be directed to the non-emergency number unless you're in a life or death situation.
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Ya gets what ya vote fer.
Willie Nelson is happy
Same thing happened in South Africa when they ended Apartheid.
Seems Apartheid was the only thing keeping the indigenous peoples from slaughtering each other.
Horrible way for these idiots to learn a hard lesson.
Dead would be better.
They made their bed......let ‘em lay in it
If there was an incoming Republican prosecutor, he should declare that any shooting of someone with a long arrest record will have the case recorded as self defense if at all plausible.
Watch the Left scream.
Willie Nelson is always happy....he’s a pothead
Doh! LOL! Defunding law enforcement do have its consequences. Heh Heh. BlewGuys Liberals are idiots.
Austin and Dallas are Texas’ cesspools.
We have one here too- we call it Atlanta.
If you defund the police, import a bunch of criminals and disarm your residence you are going to have a small problem.
ALWAYS invite a liberal to a poker game the richer the better.
I spent last week in Austin for work. Didn’t get around too much so I couldn’t get a feel for the lefty lunacy. But, I flew Southwest where you board by group and choose your own seat. Leftist city to leftist city.
I boarded fairly early and got an exit aisle seat. There was a guy at the window and no one between us. They made several announcements about the flight being full and to grab the first seat you could find.
I was wearing a Trump hat. Let’s just say it was a great decision. I think the only open seat was next to me.
I knew it would be blue Austin.
Austin has consistently had a lower violent crime rate than Texas as a whole. It has fallen markedly from the first decade of this century, and is far below the crime rate from the 70’s to the 90’s.
https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/cities/us/tx/austin/crime-rate-statistics
San Francisco on the Colorado River of Texas.
San Jose, CA has 1.2 million people and won’t break 40 murders
We never do
The pole polishers, carpet munchers, gang member and black apologists are reaping what they sow.
Austin is a different planet...
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