California Democrats Change Their Stance on Defund Police, Lawlessness: ‘Reign of Criminals’ Must End
From the mayor’s office in San Francisco to the governor’s mansion and the U.S. House of Representatives, California Democrats in recent days have said the crime surge in the state must be stopped and police are needed to make that happen.
“It’s time that the reign of criminals who are destroying our city, it is time for it to come to an end,” San Francisco Mayor London Breed said on Tuesday when announcing new public safety measures. “And it comes to an end when we take the steps to be more aggressive with law enforcement … and less tolerant of all the bullshit that has destroyed our city.”
“It’s absolutely outrageous, obviously it cannot continue,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said on Wednesday about the surge of retail thefts in San Francisco. “There is an attitude of lawlessness in our country that springs from I don’t know where … and we cannot have that lawlessness become the norm.”
“They’re not just stealing people’s products and impacting their livelihoods, they’re stealing a sense of place and confidence,” Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom said of theft suspects.
“That’s why you’ve got to get serious about it,” Newsom said. “I’m not the mayor of California. But I was a mayor. And I know when things like this happen, mayors have to step up.”
SF Gate reported on the changing attitudes of politicians who ignored months of violent protests and the destruction of property in the name of “racial justice” and “police brutality” after the death of George Floyd in police custody:
Thefts in San Francisco are growing increasingly brazen and seemingly organized at a large scale. Nationally, public polling indicates potential political vulnerability for Democrats, as a national poll from ABC/Ipsos this week found that just 36% of voters approve of President Joe Biden’s handling of “crime” generally, which is down from 43% in October.
…
By way of actual policy, Breed’s public safety measures include more policing in areas such as the Tenderloin and amending existing legislation to allow law enforcement to access private surveillance cameras in real time, while Newsom’s involve using the California Highway Patrol to assist in patrols of highly trafficked shopping areas.
https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/1470916282300071936
And beefing up police operations are now suddenly on the table, as the CBS affiliate in San Francisco reported:
Mayor London Breed launched an emergency police intervention in San Francisco’s crime-ridden Tenderloin neighborhood Tuesday, targeting a pipeline of illegal drugs that has been fueling a surge in gun violence and deadly fentanyl overdoses.
On Tuesday afternoon, the SFPD’s Tenderloin Station Twitter account posted information on police activity in the neighborhood over just the past week, including the seizure of nearly a kilo of drugs — more than half of which (over 600 grams) was fentanyl — and the arrests of 17 suspected drug dealers.
Last week, in addition to arresting five drug dealers for violating stay away orders and six for outstanding arrest warrants, drug enforcement in the Tenderloin seized over 950 grams of drugs (including more than 600 grams of fentanyl), over $3,400 in drug money, three knives, and a taser.
“The Tenderloin crackdown was just one of four crime fighting initiatives Breed announced at a news conference that afternoon,” CBS reported, including:
- Securing emergency police funding for needed resources
- Amending our surveillance ordinance so law enforcement can interrupt crime in real time
- Disrupting the illegal street sales of stolen goods.
“In recent months we’ve not only seen a number of high-profile incidents of brazen robberies and car break-ins but also street behavior and criminal activity especially in the Tenderloin that has become far too normal and cannot continue to be tolerated,” Breed said.
Crime data reveal that just in November there were 3,375 reports of larceny theft citywide, the majority car break-in. Last month there were 876 reports of “smash and grab” thefts, almost 30 a day, compared with 442 last November.
In the 50-square block Tenderloin last month there were six shootings, 20 drug arrests, and 16 assault and batteries.
Breed said horror stories from Tenderloin residents are partly responsible for her pivot on lawlessness.
“Hearing their stories was hard,” Breed said. “Hearing their stories was heartbreaking. Just imagine if you had to walk your kids down the streets of the Tenderloin every single day with people shooting up (on drugs), selling drugs and because the sidewalks were so packed with people, you had to walk out into the streets in incoming traffic on a regular basis.”
“You got these brand new playgrounds where you don’t even feel comfortable walking your kids to play in them because of everything you see around them so you don’t feel safe,” Breed said.
Breed said she is not concerned about being criticized for taking this stance.
“To be clear, what I’m proposing today and what I will be proposing in the future will make a lot of people uncomfortable and I don’t care,” Breed said. “At the end of the day the safety of the people of San Francisco is the most important thing to me. We are past the point where what we see is even remotely acceptable.”
Follow Penny Starr on Twitter
15 Shot Friday Alone in Democrat-Controlled Baltimore
Fifteen people were shot, two of them fatally, in Democrat-controlled Baltimore, Maryland, on Friday alone.
WBAL reports that the first of the two shooting fatalities occurred just before 1:00 p.m., when an unidentified individual was shot and killed “in the 600 block of Laurens Street.”
The deceased individual was one of three shot in that single incident.
Friday’s second fatal shooting occurred just before 8:00 p.m. “in the 1300 block of West North Avenue.” Five people were shot in the incident and one of them, a 36-year-old man, succumbed to his injuries.
WYPR noted that Baltimore had witnessed 315 murders for the year, as of December 15, 2021.
The Baltimore Sun pointed out that the 300+ homicides for 2021 “marks the seventh consecutive year of 300 homicides or more, a streak that began in 2015.”
On June 16, 2019, Breitbart News observed that crime was surging in Baltimore despite the presence of stringent gun control. The Firearms Safety Act of 2013 banned “assault weapons” and “high capacity” magazines and put in a place a fingerprinting/registration requirement for new handgun buyers. The Sun explained that Maryland has a red flag law that took effect October 1, 2018.
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. Reach him at awrhawkins@breitbart.com. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange.
BLACKS ARE THE MOST VIOLENT SUBCULTURE IN THE WORLD
Woman uses stool to stop 'smash-and-grab' robbery at jewelry store
Bank Jugging A Rising Concern In North Texas
'Two O’Clock BLACK Rock Burglar' suspected in 60 burglaries at mom-and-pop shops in the San
Fernando Valle
BLACK Suspect arrested in Atlanta couple's stabbing
Two men killed by trooper in Memphis identified
2 BLACKS WITH LENGHTY CRIMINAL RECORDS Arrested In Baltimore Police Officer Keona Holley's Shooting & Separate Murder Case
BLACK Teen caught smiling during sentencing in murder of Ann Arbor student
BLACK WITH LONG HISTORY OF CRIME Lindsey re-sentenced to life in prison
Nikko Jenkins sentenced to death
BLACK Man accused in triple murder has courtroom outburst...again
Prisoner kills cellmate because of his sexual orientation
BLACK APES BEATING UP ON WOMEN, PARTICULARLY ASIAN WOMEN IS NOTHING NEW.
IT'S TIME WE BUILD MORE PRISONS!
6 Men Arrested After
Committing 70 Crimes Targeting Asian Women
Six men were arrested after working together on over 70 crimes targeting Asian women in California’s Bay Area, according to Santa Clara County authorities.
The six men allegedly committed more than 70 robberies, thefts, and burglaries against Asian women between October 2020 and September 2021. Santa Clara County’s District Attorney’s Office charged the six men with hate crime enhancements after the suspects targeted Asian women and used “ethnic slurs against Asians.”
Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said:
I decided to charge this also as a hate crime for a few reasons. Number one, it adds additional time in custody, which is appropriate for a case of this magnitude. Number two, I recognize that a hate crime doesn’t only affect the individuals involved… it also affects the people in the Asian American community who were not targeted in that it makes them fearful that they may be next.
San Jose Police Captain Brian Shab revealed that three suspects are in custody. The other three were released. One of the men faces a maximum sentence of 95 years in prison.
One man, who is suspected to be involved in over 30 robberies and thefts, was arrested in August on suspicion of felony robbery and misdemeanor vandalism.
Three of the suspects were arrested and charged with hate crimes in September. Then, in November, authorities made the final arrests after witnesses the last two suspects commit robberies.
Mercury News reported:
Ethnic slurs were allegedly used against some of the women by the three men and officials said the suspects followed the women to their cars in parking lots and waited until they were inside before opening the door or breaking a window to snatch a purse from their passenger seat.
“There is no doubt that these suspects believed they could prey on these victims because of their ethnicity and because of their gender,” Shab said. “They believed that they were going to be easy targets and that they were carrying large sums of cash.”
No comments:
Post a Comment