Bad to Worse in New York

When the number of people being shot and killed is rising sharply and misguided city policies are a substantial factor in the increase, what should the city council do? Double down with more of the same? Rafael Mangual has this article with the above title in the City Journal.

The radical wing of the criminal-justice reform movement has enjoyed enormous legislative and electoral success over the last few years, in New York and elsewhere. Such success owes much to the impression—carefully crafted and nurtured by those leading the movement—that the fight for reform is, à la Public Enemy, a fight against “the power.” David versus Goliath. Meek Mill versus The System. But that’s all just a smokescreen. When the smoke clears, it reveals that those leading the movement to de-police city streets and depopulate jails and prisons are the power. As such, they should be held accountable for their “victories”—and what follows from them.