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US cities that defunded their police are continuing to experience historic crime waves


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2021 May 26, 9:08am   44,984 views  345 comments

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https://notthebee.com/article/us-cities-that-defunded-their-police-are-now-experiencing-historic-crime-waves?source=patrick.net

U.S. cities that virtue signaled by defunding their police departments are seeing record crime levels, forcing many city leaders to rethink their basic levels of intelligence.

Here's what has happened in a few cities that voted to slash police budgets:

Homicide grew by 44% in New York, which had 1,531 shootings and 462 murders in 2020.
Homicides also increased 36% in L.A. to 350, leading the police chief to say "a decade of progress" has been erased.
Minneapolis, the center of the "Defund the Police" movement, saw a 46% increase in murders.
Oakland, California has seen a staggering 314% increase in homicides.
Portland, Oregon has seen murders triple.
Austin, Texas has had a 26% increase in aggravated assault reports.
Chicago saw a 65% increase in homicides from June 2020 to February 2021, despite arrests dropping 53%.
Philadelphia hit a 30-year-high with homicides in 2020, with 499 people murdered.
Even smaller cities like Louisville, Kentucky had a record high of 173 murders and is on track to surpass that this year.
The New York Times reported that many such cities are now expanding their police budgets to try to deal with these outcomes that absolutely no one could have seen coming.


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190   Patrick   2023 Feb 26, 12:13pm  

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11790981/Mega-prison-El-Salvador-gangsters-80-beds-100-people-welcomes-inmates.html


Mega-prison in El Salvador for 40,000 suspected gangsters – which has only 80 beds for every 100 inmates - welcomes its first new inmates with vow 'You will never walk out of here'

El Salvador has the highest incarceration rate in world with 2 per cent of their population currently in jail
Recently the government has cracked down on gangs and arrested 63,000 people under state of emergency





I've that this policy has reduced El Salvador's murder rate, which was the highest in the world, mostly because of gangs. A comment on the article:


Unfortunately, those reprobates who have not been incarcerated will flee to the US and be welcomed by the lunatic Left here with the possibility of residing in. a $500/night hotel room in NYC.


Sadly, all too true. Democrats are a hazard to public safety.
192   Patrick   2023 Feb 28, 4:13pm  

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11803869/Horrific-moment-man-casually-loads-gun-executes-homeless-man-St-Louis-sidewalk.html


This is the horrific moment a man casually loads a handgun and executes a homeless man on a St. Louis sidewalk.

The incident occurred yesterday outside The Globe Building.

Harrowing footage shared online shows Deshawn Thomas, the shooter, standing behind the homeless victim as he sits on the sidewalk with his hands covering his ears.

After around 20 seconds, the gunman loaded his gun and shot the man at point blank range.




194   Patrick   2023 Mar 2, 7:54pm  

https://notthebee.com/article/chicago-man-arrested-twice-in-same-3-hour-period-for-breaking-into-cars-while-wearing-ankle-monitor-for-two-pending-cases-where-he-also-broke-into-cars


Chicago man arrested twice in same day for breaking into cars while wearing ankle monitor for two pending cases where he also broke into cars

Meet Rodolfo Santillan, a Chicago criminal who wears an ankle monitor for two car burglaries he committed back to 2021.



Last Tuesday, Rodolfo, ankle monitor and all, found himself in familiar territory — inside a random vehicle trying to get his hands on anything of value he could find. Before he knew it, however, the owner of the vehicle had him at gunpoint.

A Chicago police officer just happened to be passing by and astonishingly he pointed his gun at the owner of the vehicle, a concealed carry holder, because he thought maybe he was robbing our ankle monitor criminal. The concealed carry holder set his gun down, let the officer know what was going on, and then Santillian was taken to the station on misdemeanor charges.

However, just six hours later, around 4:00 p.m., Rodolfo Santillan was released from police custody on a recognizance bond, which means he paid zero dollars to get out.

Amazingly, just two hours later, well, you can guess…

About two hours later, Chicago police arrested Santillan again. This time it was in the 5000 block of West Belmont.

Prosecutor Victor Aberdeen said that two workers were detaining Santillan when officers arrived to investigate a vehicle break-in report. They told the police that they had caught Santillan inside their work van. Cops also allegedly found doorbell camera footage of Santillan taking work tools out of a nearby car.

Man, this dude is resilient as they come.

Two car burglaries in the same 10-hour period!

All while wearing an ankle monitor he received back in 2021 for two more car burglaries.

And who knows how many he got away with in-between.

After seeing yet another story like this out of Chicago, it's no wonder voters took to the booth to remove Beetlejuice from office.
195   NuttBoxer   2023 Mar 3, 10:45am  

City of Portland losing their last two Walmart stores, I wonder why...

https://www.kptv.com/2023/02/23/2-portland-walmart-stores-close-march/?outputType=amp
197   Patrick   2023 Mar 8, 1:42pm  

https://slaynews.com/news/we-need-to-keep-violent-people-in-jail-dc-police-chief-overrules-dems-the-average-homicide-suspect-has-been-arrested-11-times-prior-to-them-committing-a-homicide/


D.C Police Chief Overrules Democrats: ‘We Need to Keep Violent People in Jail’

The head of Washington, D.C.’s police department has overruled the city’s “woke” Democrat lawmakers by warning that the way to stop crime is to “keep violent people in jail.”

Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert Contee explained that the “average homicide suspect has been arrested 11 times prior to them committing” murder.

Contee made the comments when asked what he can do to stop a rising murder rate in the city.

“What we’ve got to do if we really want to see homicides go down is keep bad guys with guns in jail,” he said.

“Because when they are in jail, they can’t be in communities shooting people.

“So when people talk about what we’re gonna do different or what we should do different or what we need to do different, that’s the thing that we need to do different.
198   Patrick   2023 Mar 9, 9:51am  

https://nypost.com/2023/03/07/wild-video-captures-rowdy-nyc-wolfpack-trashing-chinese-restaurant/


Wild video captures rowdy NYC ‘wolfpack’ trashing Chinese restaurant





“Nothing is going to happen to [the criminals]. They will be charged as juveniles and be back out on the street. Their friends will see the video, and they will be treated as heroes in the ‘hood.

“This is College Point. This never used to happen in College Point,” Sliwa said. “The city is out of control.”
201   WookieMan   2023 Mar 12, 12:17am  

Patrick says

https://twitter.com/FightHaven/status/1634554782068162560?ref_src=patrick.net



WTF?

What are we watching here? Cop has a baton on his belt. Why the hell is he throwing fists at the dude? Just whack the dude if you're gonna go full retard on someone with your stick. Also the transmission is going to get trashed throwing it into park like that on the arriving backup.
202   Patrick   2023 Mar 12, 3:22pm  

https://notthebee.com/article/you-think-crime-is-out-of-control-in-new-york-city


"The NYPD staffing emergency is approaching the point of no return," said Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch.

The shocking stats show 239 officers tapped out in January and February, a 36% spike from the 176 who fled in the same period last year and a disturbing 117% jump from the 110 in 2021, NYPD pension data show.

That's the highest number of resignations for the first two months of a year since 250 members quit in 2007 during a contentious contract dispute.
203   FuckTheMainstreamMedia   2023 Mar 12, 3:44pm  

That happened in 2020 and the cop was fired in 2021 and pled no contest last year.

I don’t know what his undersized female partner was supposed to do other than tell him to stop and call for backup.

The cop snapped and had no business being on the force at the time this incident happened. He was old and probably well qualified for retirement. I can’t understand why any cop stays on into their 50’s in Commiefornia. You’ve had enough time to get your crap together. Cash out your lotto ticket home, retire, move to another state where cost of living is cheaper, and live around people who genuinely respect you and the work you do.
Cops staying on in big city Commiefornia really ought to think twice.

https://boyleheightsbeat.com/2-years-probation-for-lapd-officer-charged-with-boyle-heights-beating/
204   FuckTheMainstreamMedia   2023 Mar 12, 3:49pm  

Patrick says

https://notthebee.com/article/you-think-crime-is-out-of-control-in-new-york-city



"The NYPD staffing emergency is approaching the point of no return," said Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch.

The shocking stats show 239 officers tapped out in January and February, a 36% spike from the 176 who fled in the same period last year and a disturbing 117% jump from the 110 in 2021, NYPD pension data show.

That's the highest number of resignations for the first two months of a year since 250 members quit in 2007 during a contentious contract dispute.



LAPD is down 800 officers(probably more now as it increases each month) due to jab and imbecile politician embrace of blm. So 10,000 cops in 2018, 9200 or fewer now, on its way down to I estimate 7500. And no one applies either. They can’t fill their academy classes. I’d expects LASD experiences the same

I can’t express how dumb anyone not planning an exit from City of Los Angeles is. That place is gonna turn into a hellhole. Already Figueroa St is the human trafficking Capitol of the US, with children working as prostitutes each night. And business closing down left and right. Wait until huge parts of the city don’t even have one patrol vehicle during parts of each day.
206   Eric Holder   2023 Apr 13, 6:10pm  

Cellphone video caught the moment a male and female pounded a car's windows with a gun, stomped the doors and windshield, and ordered the driver to "get out!"


https://www.theblaze.com/news/first-they-shoot-at-driver-after-minor-crash-cops-say-then-they-pound-her-car-with-gun-stomp-her-windshield-order-her-to-get-out-at-traffic-light
207   rocketjoe79   2023 Apr 14, 10:42am  

Patrick says





Need moar gun control laws, because they don't have enough in Chiraq.
Clearly, amirite?
209   RC2006   2023 Apr 19, 4:34pm  

Need to change Chicago to Shitcongo.
212   WookieMan   2023 May 7, 4:07am  

RC2006 says

Need to change Chicago to Shitcongo.

I’ve said it before. Being close enough to go anytime I want. I may never set foot in the city again.

It was bad when I lived there and worked there till 2017. I think 2019 was the last time for a Cubs game.

Honestly there’s nothing to do. It’s the 5 sports teams, Navy Pier, Mag mile, river tour and a shitload of bars. So the draw is drinking, shopping and sports. The food is the only thing I’ll miss but as I get older I’m finding my taste buds are changing and a steak is a steak at this point unless it’s absolutely crap meat. And I can get pretty close cooking on my own at home for 1/4 the cost with top quality locally sourced meat.

I’ll keep advising people not to go to Chicago or any major city for that matter. Without a mindset change by leaders it’s simply not worth it. I never was this way but it is becoming as dangerous as going to a 3rd world country. San Diego is my only visit for the foreseeable future. I’ll be outside the city most the time though besides the last night.
214   FuckTheMainstreamMedia   2023 May 7, 11:58am  

WookieMan says


I’ve said it before. Being close enough to go anytime I want. I may never set foot in the city again.

It was bad when I lived there and worked there till 2017. I think 2019 was the last time for a Cubs game.

Honestly there’s nothing to do. It’s the 5 sports teams, Navy Pier, Mag mile, river tour and a shitload of bars. So the draw is drinking, shopping and sports. The food is the only thing I’ll miss but as I get older I’m finding my taste buds are changing a (some text omitted to shorten quote...) tely crap meat. And I can get pretty close cooking on my own at home for 1/4 the cost with top quality locally sourced meat.

I’ll keep advising people not to go to Chicago or any major city for that matter. Without a mindset change by leaders it’s simply not worth it. I never was this way but it is becoming as dangerous as going to a 3rd world country. San Diego is my only visit for the foreseeable future. I’ll be outside the city most the time though besides the last night.


San Diego and Salt Lake City are the nicest big cities I’ve ever visited. San Diego used to have bad areas on the fringes of downtown, but they are the one California big city that actually improved their homeless situation from where it was 20 years ago. Everyone else got worse. Austin was nice when I visited 25+ years ago, but even it had its really rough areas(we stayed one night in a &$*%# motel with bullet holes in the walls). Now I hear it’s much worse.

San Diego’s ghetto is almost non existent and even the low income Hispanic neighborhoods are relatively ok. Downtown is genuinely nice.
215   Patrick   2023 May 13, 8:52pm  

https://notthebee.com/article/a-minneapolis-teen-was-ruled-incompetent-to-stand-trial-after-shooting-someone-in-the-head-then-a-few-days-later-he-shot-another-person-in-the-head


A Minneapolis teen was ruled incompetent to stand trial after shooting someone in the head. A few months later, he shot another person in the head.
218   WookieMan   2023 Jun 17, 8:13am  

Patrick says






Sad and funny. Aren't brass knuckles illegal in most states? Even a crap jab to the face will leave you bleeding out. It's like having a bat on your hand.

A kid I knew in college got punched with some and ended up in the hospital. You WILL have stitches if you get whacked in the face when someone is using those.
220   RC2006   2023 Jun 20, 9:05pm  

Just watched Robocop 1 and 2 with kids this week. Crazy the whe world of Robocop 1980s seems safer and had no racism.
221   Patrick   2023 Jun 23, 1:56pm  

Shoplifter uses blowtorch to melt the door on of locked merchandise boxes in a Walgreens:

https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1671893690888122377


@libsoftiktok
Welcome to New York


Looters should always be shot on sight, as is traditional.
222   gabbar   2023 Jun 23, 2:20pm  

I met a state of ohio employee yesterday. She was a stranger. I told her that I moved to Columbus from Toledo (Ohio) and she goes why did you move here, this place is horrible! I didn't expect that.
223   DhammaStep   2023 Jun 23, 2:48pm  

Patrick says

Shoplifter uses blowtorch to melt the door on of locked merchandise boxes in a Walgreens

Oh no, not Walgreens! How could a company that literally has 18 year olds administer poison jabs and forced all customers to wear masks suddenly be facing retribution from the people?! What's next?! Big box stores that were allowed to stay open when everyone else was forced to close get looted too?!
225   Patrick   2023 Jul 6, 5:06pm  

https://nypost.com/2023/07/06/king-soopers-employee-santino-burrola-fired-after-recording-shoplifters/


A Colorado supermarket employee was fired after he recorded three men stealing approximately $500 worth of laundry detergent from the store on Father’s Day.

Santino Burrola, the King Soopers employee, was alerted to a theft in progress at the store and the first thing he thought to do was pull out his phone and record it.

“When I looked there was already a guy halfway headed out with a food cart full of laundry detergents and scent boosters and what have you,” Burrola told CBS Colorado. “My first instinct, record.”

As Burrola, a former military police officer, walked out of the store, the three thieves hurried to load up a black Chevy Trax, one opening the doors, another throwing a basket full of items into the back seat, and another struggling to unload the full shopping cart.

“Really, bro, you got to resort to this? The economy isn’t that bad,” Burrola could be heard in the now-viral video shared by the Arapahoe Sheriff’s Office.

“Better gettin’ while the gettin’s good,” Burrola joked to the men.

As the three stooges attempted to flee the parking lot, the getaway driver was a little faster than the two still outside the car, who had trouble getting into the vehicle.

That allowed Burrola to yank a sheet of foil covering the license plate.

After the men got into the car and left the area, Burrola called the police, later sharing the video to social media, which helped out the investigators.

“So I posted it on TikTok, hoping that somebody would recognize them,” said Burrola about the video that was seen 1.5 million times, including by rapper Snoop Dogg.

When Burrola returned to the store for his next shift, he learned he had been suspended, and a week later was fired.

“Me and the union rep sat down with them and they recommended termination,” Burrola said. “I would never let any criminal conduct slide, especially when it’s happening right in front of me.”

Burrola said he didn’t break any rules or touch the thieves — all he was doing was trying to help the community.
226   Patrick   2023 Jul 10, 9:27pm  

https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-how-bad-it-gets-50-cent-says-los-angeles-is-finished


‘Watch How Bad It Gets’: 50 Cent Says Los Angeles Is ‘Finished’
By Joseph Curl
Jul 10, 2023

If you think Los Angeles is bad now, just wait.

Sure, drug addicts are shooting up on the streets, aggressive homeless people are everywhere, and violent crime is soaring. But rapper 50 Cent says the worst is yet to come.

50 Cent (real name Curtis Jackson) took to Instagram to post a video clip of a news report about a federal judge’s decision that holding inmates until they can pay cash bail is a violation of their constitutional rights.

“Starting at midnight tonight, the sheriff’s department will no longer detain people for crimes such as theft, shoplifting, drug use, vandalism, battery, and a whole host of other non-serious, non-violent crimes that affect the quality of life of people here in Los Angeles County,” Deputy District Attorney John McKinney says in the clip.

The news anchor then says: “LA Deputy DA John McKinney explains that due to Judge Lawrence Riff’s ruling, many people arrested will be released immediately without having to pay bail before their arraignment.”
227   Patrick   2023 Jul 29, 11:42am  




Good point. Amazon has a large financial interest in retail crime continuing to escalate so that people will shop online.

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