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Joy Behar told her co-host Wednesday on ABC’s “The View” that President Donald Trump was somewhat responsible for the recent crime rate spikes across America because he spent “four years normalizing crime.” Behar said, “Well, you know, I’m old enough to remember many decades where crime spiked. I was afraid to, you know, go out at night. You know, you were scared you were going to be mugged in New York City. And then I have another statistic here that’s interesting because from 1993 to 2019 — and that is a period that I was not scared to go out...

In quite possibly the worst article written in Gawker history, whose headlines are so terrible that the words "sorry," "no," and "yes" were banned, Jordan Sargent explained that white women should allow themselves to be mugged by black people. No, this is not an exaggeration. Sargent literally began his article, "On Friday, a white lady named Clara Vondrich had her iPhone stolen..." Ms. Vondrich then chased down her mugger, a thirteen-year-old black teenager, which Sargent said was a "s**tty" thing to do. Sargent also repeatedly put quotations around the word "crime," as if stealing an iPhone from someone is not...

Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis declared war on drug dealers, gangs and other law breakers on Tuesday night during a community meeting at the South HOPE Center. Maj. Hampton Gardner told the audience of about 100 people that it’s no secret that Sumter has had its share of problems, and is seeking the community’s help in combating crime to find a “common solution.” More than a dozen members of the sheriff’s office were on hand for the forum, representing all the divisions under Dennis’ auspice. “We’re being victimized by a small, small, small minority of criminals. But we are the...

It has been an interesting week. The Chinese homily, “May you live in interesting times,” has its roots in a curse, not a blessing. As I said, it has been an interesting week. The controversy in California regarding Proposition 8 (the proposed amendment to the California constitution defining marriage to be strictly between a man and a woman) built to a frenzy in the days leading up to Tuesday's election and then exploded into anger and violence in the aftermath of Prop 8's slim passage into law. I am a Los Angeles Police Department detective supervisor running a sex crimes...

Christmas ought to be a time when people focus on what they can do to live in peace, Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory said. "Certainly, we need peace in the city of Cincinnati," he said Sunday. That need was brought home with particular force on Saturday, when the city recorded its 82nd and 83rd homicides of the year, a modern record. "It's terrible. It's tragic," Mallory said. "It's an unfortunate time in Cincinnati history." The modern record was set in 1971, when the city recorded 81 homicides, the most recorded since records have been kept. Last year, there were 79 homicides,...

While Rudy Giuliani is known as "America's Mayor" for his leadership in the weeks following September 11, what has been overshadowed is how he brought accountability and competency to New York's dysfunctional city government during the prior seven years. The best known turnaround story of the Giuliani era is the 65% plunge in serious crime. By restructuring the NYPD and focusing its resources on the neighborhoods that needed them the most via the famous Compstat system, the poorest neighborhoods saw the greatest reduction in crime and improvement in quality of life. 'snip' Rudy could be considered the original "compassionate conservative"...

There has been no hesitation in the historical record to refer to industries producing armaments as "war profiteers". Generally, that label had been reserved for industries or individuals that benefit from the inevitable shortages of necessities consequential to a protracted and destructive conflict. The implication is that branded industries and individuals have an interest in promoting war for gain and opposing efforts for peaceful resolution. Liberals have given us a new breed of war profiteers as well as retaining some of the old. In the best tradition of the New York World and the New York Morning Journal, it was...