ABC News: 'It's just crazy': 12 major cities hit all-time homicide records

[Alexx1401]

But that isn't something that changed. These cities, as far as I know, have all been havens for that party for years and decades.

They have which is why I have long said its some kind of mental illness with a lot of these people. They literally do the same thing over and over with their voting. Then really expect a different outcome. The people they put in charge make a huge mess. Then run for election on the promise to clean up the mess, that they made
When that does not work they blame the mess they made, on people who are not in power there and have nothing to do with it, and the voters buy it and vote for them again.

 

[lonegunman]

It is what they voted for, they love to see their friends and neighbors murdered for no reason. This is exactly what Biden voters demanded, more crime, more misery and more murder.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Soros very likely installed key judges etc. in each and every one of those cities also.

 

[arakboss]

Imagine all the policing work this will save in future arrests. I'd say give them more ammo except that it will likely speed up the gun restrictions coming our way.

 

[parallax]

I'm stuck in L.A. for a couple more days. Feels like a scene out of the movie Purge, when i watch the local news. I don't go out wandering at night, very often. Am in a hotel thats housing homeless in some of the rooms, I don't care if its stereotyping, the homeless in the hotel are causing alot of problems, drug dealing. late night parties, coming and going at all hours of the night.etc. etc. gonna be glad when i get out of here.

 

[Longwalkhome]

Math doesn't lie.

That's why Kate signed the bill to no longer teach math.

 

[Mikej]

Folks if you really want change, vote for candidates that represent the other major party…. You might be pleasantly surprised at how things change. Remember, elections have consequences…

The problem is, no one from the "Other" party runs for these positions. Who are you supposed to vote for then? In potland we HAD to vote for tod whalen! A vote for anyone beside that feckless fart bag wheeler may have ended up with the much more destructive and toxic sarrah ianarone as mayor.
Less that a 20,000 difference in the two.
Wheeler received 46% of the vote with 163,009 votes. Iannarone finished second with 143,631 votes (41%) and 13% of voters wrote in a candidate.

How about that recall feckless tod? when the democraps have justdges that are full retard democrap you end up with things like this...

Recall Ted Wheeler | Total Recall PAC | Portland, OR

Politicians lied, abused power, violated laws, and opposed racial justice and police accountability. Portland remembers. Total Recall PDX is the grassroots campaign to take back our democracy.

www.totalrecallpdx.com

excerpt:
As a final attempt to ensure that every Portlander who wanted to sign the recall petition would be able to have that chance, the recall Ted Wheeler campaign initiated a suit in federal court, alleging that the 90 day restriction violated our constitutional right to petition for redress while in a pandemic. The reality is that signature gathering—with ink on paper signatures—is incompatible with a pandemic. Due to the difficulty of collecting signatures in person during a pandemic, other states and municipalities have shown flexibility on signature gathering requirements. The City Auditor of Portland chose not to allow similar flexibility with signature gathering for the people of Portland.

So who the hell are we supposed to vote for now?

 

[nammac]

I'm stuck in L.A. for a couple more days. Feels like a scene out of the movie Purge, when i watch the local news. I don't go out wandering at night, very often. Am in a hotel thats housing homeless in some of the rooms, I don't care if its stereotyping, the homeless in the hotel are causing alot of problems, drug dealing. late night parties, coming and going at all hours of the night.etc. etc. gonna be glad when i get out of here.

Escape from LA…

 

[arakboss]

Escape from LA…

 

[JuglansRegia]

Homicides are the easist indicator of an uptick in crime because they get the most coverage and attention but you can bet all crime is way up nationwide

 

[arakboss]

I think it's obvious the social workers just aren't working enough hours.

 

[3MTA3]

Defund the police, stop prosecuting crime, disarm the law abiding citivictims. What could possibly go wrong?

 

[arakboss]

Defund the police, stop prosecuting crime, disarm the law abiding citivictims. What could possibly go wrong?

Nothing, for the criminals.

 

[Longwalkhome]

When they emptied the jails out because they didn't want to pay for criminals health-care it filled the streets with criminals. Covid excuse again.

 

[RicInOR]

A Dozen Major US Cities Hit All-Time Murder Records With 3 Weeks Remaining in 2021

www.theepochtimes.com

 

[Stomper]

The problem is, no one from the "Other" party runs for these positions. Who are you supposed to vote for then? In potland we HAD to vote for tod whalen! A vote for anyone beside that feckless fart bag wheeler may have ended up with the much more destructive and toxic sarrah ianarone as mayor.
Less that a 20,000 difference in the two.
Wheeler received 46% of the vote with 163,009 votes. Iannarone finished second with 143,631 votes (41%) and 13% of voters wrote in a candidate.

How about that recall feckless tod? when the democraps have justdges that are full retard democrap you end up with things like this...

Recall Ted Wheeler | Total Recall PAC | Portland, OR

Politicians lied, abused power, violated laws, and opposed racial justice and police accountability. Portland remembers. Total Recall PDX is the grassroots campaign to take back our democracy.

www.totalrecallpdx.com

excerpt:
As a final attempt to ensure that every Portlander who wanted to sign the recall petition would be able to have that chance, the recall Ted Wheeler campaign initiated a suit in federal court, alleging that the 90 day restriction violated our constitutional right to petition for redress while in a pandemic. The reality is that signature gathering—with ink on paper signatures—is incompatible with a pandemic. Due to the difficulty of collecting signatures in person during a pandemic, other states and municipalities have shown flexibility on signature gathering requirements. The City Auditor of Portland chose not to allow similar flexibility with signature gathering for the people of Portland.

So who the hell are we supposed to vote for now?

VOTE FOR PEDRO!


Pedro offers you his protection.

 

[CRBMoA]

VOTE FOR PEDRO!


Pedro offers you his protect.

 

[po18guy]

I hope the infrastructure bill provides more trafic barrels!

 

[RicInOR]

Record homicides in city after city

With three weeks still to go in 2021, at least 12 major U.S. cities have broken their annual homicide records. Two other cities are on the verge of doing so. The cities that have already suffered a…

www.powerlineblog.com

 

[salmon creek gary]

Homicides are the easist indicator of an uptick in crime because they get the most coverage and attention but you can bet all crime is way up nationwide

Can't speak for nationwide, but the Philadelphia's elected DA has actually proclaimed that there is no uptick in criminal violence in Philadelphia. That's a pretty surprising thing to say, given Philly's record-breaking homicide tally.

Well, explains the DA, it's because all other violent crimes (except for armed robbery) actually show a decline over previous years' statistics. Yeah, I love it. Across all the stats, it's a wash - flat - no increase at all! Full pause. OK, the motivation for the DA's argument is understandable, given that he's probably a tad bit defensive about what's been happening on his watch.

But, is there even any real support for his argument at all? Are those other crimes really down, or is that statistical decline simply misleading? I could only vote for "really down" if I ignore that crime statistics correlate best with what the cops are doing, rather than with what the criminals are doing. In this case, there's little room to argue that police "stats" are inescapably impacted by lack of administration support, department morale problems, force reductions (defunding, and officers escaping to other departments or early retirement), and diminishing 911 calls because "what's the use of calling?" (if the cops don't show up, or if BLM convinced me I'll get shot 'cause I'm BIPOC, or if the DA won't prosecute, or if the sentence will be only a slap on the wrist anyway).

So, my vote goes to "misleading"; there are just too many real-world variables that can combine to artificially lower those "all other" crime stats in spite of what's really happening on the streets of Philadelphia. I think the Philly DA is treading water and grasping at straws. However, I wouldn't be surprised to hear the DA's argument regurgitated by other big city administrations in the next couple of months.