{"id":4440,"date":"2021-08-12T15:12:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T22:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=4440"},"modified":"2021-08-12T15:49:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T22:49:31","slug":"the-total-breakdown-of-law-and-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=4440","title":{"rendered":"The Total Breakdown of Law and Order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you read major U.S. newspapers or watch the network news lately you have been informed that while homicides increased in some American cities over the past two years, overall crime is down.\u00a0 This Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-police-reform-health-coronavirus-pandemic-business-4a65c2bc8386c06ed5bae5b7597c8f2e\">story<\/a> by David Klepper and Gary Fields is a typical example of this narrative.\u00a0 Nationally homicides last year increased by 25% with roughly 20,000 people killed.\u00a0 Preliminary data from police departments suggests that the homicide spikes were much higher in urban centers last year and will increase even more this year.\u00a0 We have also been told that these increases have occurred in some places that did not defund their police, so we can&#8217;t blame the anti-police progressives or politicians like President Biden who, last year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/joe-biden-systemic-racism-exists-law-enforcement\/\">labeled<\/a> police as racists.\u00a0 The problem with this narrative is that it is false.\u00a0 Two years of double-digit increases in murder is evidence of a serious breakdown in law enforcement.\u00a0 In urban centers the homicide increases are much higher than national numbers reflect.\u00a0 Murders in Los Angeles County are up by 95% over last year&#8217;s decade high.\u00a0\u00a0 In Chicago murders were up 22%, in Minneapolis 56% and in Portland an astounding 800% according to the AP article.\u00a0 Other crimes went up as well.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Accompanying the homicides are major increases in carjackings, auto theft, aggravated assaults and grand larceny.\u00a0 There were also 93,000 fatal drug overdoses last year, the most ever recorded.\u00a0 Most of the drugs causing these overdoses were smuggled by criminal gangs across American&#8217;s southern border and sold to the victims by drug dealers.\u00a0 Just for context, auto theft is up by 22% in Los Angeles, felony assault in NYC is up 20.5%, carjackings are up 70% in Chicago and 115% in Oakland.<\/p>\n<p>But the real evidence of the breakdown is the brazen, almost daily murders, robberies and assaults in public places that even the national news broadcasts cannot ignore.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com\/2021\/08\/08\/brazen-daylight-oakland-chinatown-street-attack-shooting\/\">Video<\/a> from CBS affilliate KPIX shows the 2 pm robbery of two women on a crowded street in Oakland&#8217;s Chinatown and the shooting of a young man who attempted to stop it.\u00a0 After grabbing the women&#8217;s purses, and shooting the young man, the attackers jumped in a car and drove off. \u00a0 Last week 82-year-old former Senator Barbara Boxer was assaulted and robbed of her cellphone while walking down an Oakland street. \u00a0 On August 4, in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of New York City, ABC News <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/female-suspect-fatally-shoots-unsuspecting-woman-point-blank\/story?id=79322352\">video<\/a> shows a woman double park on a crowded street, walk up to women talking on a porch and shoot one of them in the back of the head, then shoot her again as she lay bleeding on the ground.\u00a0 The attacker then calmly walks back to her car and drives away.\u00a0\u00a0 These were not gang assaults.\u00a0 These were unprovoked attacks on law abiding people in there own neighborhoods minding there own business.<\/p>\n<p>While there are several reasons that this is happening, it is not because of the pandemic lockdowns, unemployment and racism.\u00a0 The pandemic hit Europe much harder than the U.S. but there has been no comparable surge of crime and violence there.\u00a0 Today, there are more jobs available in the United States than people willing to take them, yet the shootings, robberies and carjackings continue to rise.<\/p>\n<p>In many parts of the country, especially in populous states with liberal\/progressive leaders, the penalties for crimes have been reduced or eliminated, especially for gateway crimes such as drug dealing and theft.\u00a0 Several states no longer hold suspects on bail.\u00a0 Add to this the widely-publicized charges by liberal politicians from the President down to the Mayor of Seattle, that the police are racists,\u00a0 which encouraged activists to arm themselves and riot in scores of cities for most of last year in the righteous cause of racial justice.\u00a0 The thousands of criminals set free via executive order to protect them from Covid-19 and the thousands more not charged or held after arrest, are thriving in this environment.<\/p>\n<p>The public is catching on.\u00a0 New York&#8217;s pro-criminal anti-police Mayor Bill de Blasio is being replaced by a former cop.\u00a0 California&#8217;s posturing, soft-on-crime governor is facing a recall.\u00a0 Chicago&#8217;s racist, cop-hating Mayor Lori Lightfoot hinted last month that she may not seek re-election.\u00a0 Democrats and Republicans in Los Angeles and San Francisco are signing petitions to recall their progressive district attorneys.<\/p>\n<p>The movement to restore law and order is very real and picking up steam.\u00a0 Those in the media and government downplaying the crime epidemic and its obvious causes are complicit and should be called out and fired.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you read major U.S. newspapers or watch the network news lately you have been informed that while homicides increased in some American cities over the past two years, overall crime is down.\u00a0 This Associated Press story by David Klepper and Gary Fields is a typical example of this narrative.\u00a0 Nationally homicides last year increased by 25% with roughly 20,000 people killed.\u00a0 Preliminary data from police departments suggests that the homicide spikes were much higher in urban centers last year and will increase even more this year.\u00a0 We have also been told that these increases have occurred in some places that did not defund their police, so we can&#8217;t blame the anti-police progressives or politicians like President Biden who, last year labeled police as racists.\u00a0 The problem with this narrative is that it is false.\u00a0 Two years of double-digit increases in murder is evidence of a serious breakdown in law enforcement.\u00a0 In urban centers the homicide increases are much higher than national numbers reflect.\u00a0 Murders in Los Angeles County are up by 95% over last year&#8217;s decade high.\u00a0\u00a0 In Chicago murders were up 22%, in Minneapolis 56% and in Portland an astounding 800% according to the AP article.\u00a0 Other crimes went up as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Total Breakdown of Law and Order - Crime &amp; Consequences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=4440\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Total Breakdown of Law and Order - Crime &amp; Consequences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you read major U.S. newspapers or watch the network news lately you have been informed that while homicides increased in some American cities over the past two years, overall crime is down.\u00a0 This Associated Press story by David Klepper and Gary Fields is a typical example of this narrative.\u00a0 Nationally homicides last year increased by 25% with roughly 20,000 people killed.\u00a0 Preliminary data from police departments suggests that the homicide spikes were much higher in urban centers last year and will increase even more this year.\u00a0 We have also been told that these increases have occurred in some places that did not defund their police, so we can&#8217;t blame the anti-police progressives or politicians like President Biden who, last year labeled police as racists.\u00a0 The problem with this narrative is that it is false.\u00a0 Two years of double-digit increases in murder is evidence of a serious breakdown in law enforcement.\u00a0 In urban centers the homicide increases are much higher than national numbers reflect.\u00a0 Murders in Los Angeles County are up by 95% over last year&#8217;s decade high.\u00a0\u00a0 In Chicago murders were up 22%, in Minneapolis 56% and in Portland an astounding 800% according to the AP article.\u00a0 Other crimes went up as well.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=4440\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Crime &amp; Consequences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CriminalJusticeLegalFoundation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-12T22:12:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-12T22:49:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/FB_DefaultLJ.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Rushford\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Rushford\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=4440\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=4440\",\"name\":\"The Total Breakdown of Law and Order - Crime &amp; Consequences\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-12T22:12:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-12T22:49:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/#\/schema\/person\/818db0b54694df828fde443a64c42758\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=4440#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=4440\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=4440#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Total Breakdown of Law and Order\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/\",\"name\":\"Crime &amp; Consequences\",\"description\":\"Crime and criminal law\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/#\/schema\/person\/818db0b54694df828fde443a64c42758\",\"name\":\"Michael Rushford\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.cjlf.org\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?author=3\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Total Breakdown of Law and Order - Crime &amp; Consequences","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=4440","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Total Breakdown of Law and Order - Crime &amp; Consequences","og_description":"If you read major U.S. newspapers or watch the network news lately you have been informed that while homicides increased in some American cities over the past two years, overall crime is down.\u00a0 This Associated Press story by David Klepper and Gary Fields is a typical example of this narrative.\u00a0 Nationally homicides last year increased by 25% with roughly 20,000 people killed.\u00a0 Preliminary data from police departments suggests that the homicide spikes were much higher in urban centers last year and will increase even more this year.\u00a0 We have also been told that these increases have occurred in some places that did not defund their police, so we can&#8217;t blame the anti-police progressives or politicians like President Biden who, last year labeled police as racists.\u00a0 The problem with this narrative is that it is false.\u00a0 Two years of double-digit increases in murder is evidence of a serious breakdown in law enforcement.\u00a0 In urban centers the homicide increases are much higher than national numbers reflect.\u00a0 Murders in Los Angeles County are up by 95% over last year&#8217;s decade high.\u00a0\u00a0 In Chicago murders were up 22%, in Minneapolis 56% and in Portland an astounding 800% according to the AP article.\u00a0 Other crimes went up as well.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=4440","og_site_name":"Crime &amp; Consequences","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CriminalJusticeLegalFoundation\/","article_published_time":"2021-08-12T22:12:31+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-08-12T22:49:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/FB_DefaultLJ.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Michael Rushford","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Michael Rushford","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=4440","url":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=4440","name":"The Total Breakdown of Law and Order - Crime &amp; Consequences","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-08-12T22:12:31+00:00","dateModified":"2021-08-12T22:49:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/#\/schema\/person\/818db0b54694df828fde443a64c42758"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=4440#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=4440"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=4440#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Total Breakdown of Law and Order"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/","name":"Crime &amp; Consequences","description":"Crime and criminal law","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/#\/schema\/person\/818db0b54694df828fde443a64c42758","name":"Michael Rushford","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.cjlf.org"],"url":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?author=3"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4440"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4449,"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4440\/revisions\/4449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}