What on this planet is going on to our nation? As soon as upon a time, the streets of our main cities had been so civilized, however in the present day our legislators appear to have no solutions as crime charges spiral uncontrolled. The variety of drug overdose deaths in the USA retains hitting new all-time highs, and naturally the drug disaster is fueling an unbelievably dangerous homelessness disaster. In the meantime, groups {of professional} looters all around the nation are driving numerous retailers out of enterprise as shoplifting numbers go to heights that we have now by no means seen earlier than. On high of all the things else, homicide charges simply proceed to soar. The truth is, it’s being reported that homicide charges in main U.S. cities had been even increased in 2021 than they had been in 2020…
Homicides in main American cities ticked up in 2021, with a 5% improve from 2020 and a 44% improve over 2019, in keeping with a brand new evaluation of crime tendencies launched Tuesday by the Council on Felony Justice (CCJ).
The examine drew on crime knowledge from 22 cities nationwide — together with Atlanta, Detroit, Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, Memphis, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia — and located a further 218 murders final 12 months, in comparison with 2020. And whereas the general improve within the murder fee slowed, homicide charges in St. Petersburg, Florida, (108%) and Austin (86%) skyrocketed, whereas Washington, D.C., (16%) additionally recorded a notable improve.
In 2020, we witnessed the biggest spike in homicide charges in our complete historical past by a really vast margin.
2021 was presupposed to be the 12 months when homicide charges began going again down, however as a substitute they really elevated.
Sadly, homicide charges proceed to escalate throughout the early levels of 2022. For instance, Baltimore simply skilled “its deadliest January in virtually 50 years”…
Baltimore, Maryland, suffered its deadliest January in virtually 50 years, with 36 homicides – most of which had been capturing deaths in robberies and brazen assaults
And the homicide fee in Philadelphia in 2022 has risen “to a fee unseen for a minimum of six many years”…
Philadelphia District Lawyer Larry Krasner desires his workplace laser-focused on preventing the town’s gun violence epidemic as homicides spike to a fee unseen for a minimum of six many years.
“We should always concentrate on shootings when the disaster is shootings,” Krasner stated at a weekly violence briefing held Monday. “I don’t assume that’s difficult.”
In Denver, the violence has gotten so dangerous that they’ve determined to begin paying companies to maneuver into the downtown areas…
The Downtown Denver Partnership and the town’s Division of Financial Growth and Alternative introduced the launch of the Pop-up Denver Program final week.
Chosen companies might get pleasure from as much as three months of free hire and a $20,000 award to make use of for inside design and setup bills and merchandising assist.
Isn’t that loopy?
In regular occasions, you wouldn’t must do one thing like this. However thus far this 12 months, robberies in Denver are up 75 %.
A few years in the past, I really thought-about shifting to Denver.
I wouldn’t dream of doing such a factor in the present day.
In a civilized society, police are capable of preserve order within the streets, however at this level our police are more and more changing into the victims of violent crime themselves.
For instance, I used to be astounded to be taught {that a} complete of 9 law enforcement officials had been wounded throughout a horrifying shootout in Phoenix on Friday…
A person ambushed a police officer who responded to a name at a Phoenix residence early Friday, capturing him a number of occasions, then rained extra gunfire on different officers who tried to rescue a child that was positioned exterior the door.
In all, 5 officers had been shot, together with 4 who had been wounded whereas attempting to take the child to security. 4 extra officers had been injured by shrapnel or ricocheting bullets, Phoenix Police Sgt. Andy Williams stated. “I hate to take a position, however it feels like I’d be fairly protected to say 9 goes to be the very best quantity we’ve ever had injured in in the future, in a single incident,” Williams stated.
I’m positive that the politicians in Phoenix will give plenty of speeches about this incident.
Similar to politicians all around the nation have been giving speeches about violent crime for years.
However they will’t appear to cease it.
One other sort of crime that’s quickly rising is shoplifting. I prefer to name it “skilled looting”, as a result of it’s typically being executed by extremely organized groups {of professional} looters. At this level, issues have gotten so dangerous that some retailers are even placing deodorant and toothpaste behind locked doorways in order that looters shouldn’t have quick access to them…
Shoplifting has gotten so dangerous nationally that chains like Ceremony Assist are closing hard-hit shops, sending terrified staff residence in Ubers and locking up aisles of seemingly mundane objects like deodorant and toothpaste.
I definitely can’t blame pharmacies reminiscent of Walgreens, Ceremony Assist and CVS for closing so many shops. In accordance with a spokesperson for CVS, their chain has seen “a 300% improve in retail theft” over the previous couple of years…
“We have now skilled a 300% improve in retail theft from our shops because the pandemic started.” CVS spokesman Michael DeAngelis tells Axios.
Though I write about these things on a regular basis, it’s nonetheless tough for me to consider that issues have actually gotten this dangerous in the USA of America.
At one time a visit to an area shopping center was such a soothing strategy to spend the weekend, however in the event you go to a shopping center in California in the present day there’s a good probability that you will notice a crew {of professional} looters at work.
In the meantime in California: pic.twitter.com/wvVEvpLko4
— Suburban Black Man 🇺🇸 (@goodblackdude) February 10, 2022
That is what occurs while you elevate a whole era of younger folks with out values and rules.
Our nation is actually beginning to come aside on the seams, and the chaos on our streets is simply going to worsen.
As a society, we’re the product of our collective choices.
And we have now been making actually, actually dangerous choices for many years.
Now we’re reaping what we have now sown, and our legislators don’t appear to know what it will take to show issues round.
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