Those Who Want to Abolish the Police Are Playing with Fire - "As eighteenth-century historian Barthold Georg Neibuhr once observed, “Times of plague are always those in which the bestial and diabolical side of human nature gains the upper hand.” In his 2009 book Contagion and Chaos, Andrew Price-Smith argues:
Disease-induced morbidity and mortality produces quantifiable negative effects on human capital and reduces the productivity of workers, but economic damage and violence between societal factions may also be induced by the visceral fear of contagion. Fear and anxiety generated by infectious disease may generate responses ranging from Pareto-suboptimal decision making to denial to social dissolution to vicious persecution of minorities or of other polities...
collective fear leads to bad decisions... The notion of defunding and even abolishing police departments has roots in the idea of self-policing, proposed by the Black Panther movement of the late 1960s and early 70s, and by anarchist collectives throughout history. While it’s often been proposed by activist circles and radicals of both the left and right, the proposal has usually remained confined to the political fringe. But it’s now being taken seriously by state governments and media outlets... 4,743 lynchings occurred in the United States between 1882 and 1968. Around 72% of the victims were black people. I don’t think people fully grasp the horror of lynchings... people wanted to believe that lynchings made them safer... When the police keep criminals in protective custody, they’re protecting due process and the rule of law—things that fly out of the window when the lynch mob approaches. These values—the rule of law, due process—are being increasingly ignored or dismissed as naive, ineffective and even racist... So, by all means, abolish the police. Abolish the supposedly racist structures instead of ousting the racist people and replacing them with people who aren’t racist or who are willing to change. Establish “community safety departments.” Pretend that the uncertainty and fear produced by a pandemic is not affecting everyone’s judgment. But remember that, throughout American history, community safety has been little more than a handy euphemism for the lynch mob."
Members Of Black Community Call On NYPD To Bring Back Anti-Crime Unit Amid Crime Surge: ‘We Need To Reevaluate’ - "“I think that a total elimination is something we need to reevaluate,” Adams said. “Right now, bad guys are saying if you don’t see a blue and white you can do whatever you want.” Activist Tony Herbert told the network that he agrees, saying, “we have a 1-year-old and the blood is on the hands of the mayor and the state Legislature.” Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) claimed on Sunday that the crime surge was happening because people were “scared to pay their rent,” or they were just needing some “bread.”"
From 2020
Did Domestic Violence Really Spike During the Pandemic? - Freakonomics - "GARCIA: I’ll say this, there has not been a neighborhood in the city of Dallas impacted by violent crime — regardless of the language spoken, racial makeup, or economic status — that has ever asked me for less police officers. In fact, unfortunately, it’s our communities of color that often beg me for more presence because they’re tired of the violence."
San Francisco DA who supports defunding police 'outraged' by mass looting of luxury store - "Following mass looting in the area, progressive San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, who has supported the defund the police movement, is now "outraged" by the rampant crime and promising felony charges. "In less than 24 hours my office has received over 1,000 emails demanding that San Francisco defund the police department," Boudin tweeted on June 5, 2020. Later that year on Aug. 7, 2020, Boudin shared a lengthy Vox article, advocating "How cities can tackle violent crime and defund the police." But after a series of smash-and-grab robberies resulted in more than $1 million worth of items being stolen from stores in San Francisco's Union Square on Friday night, the city's chief prosecutor is now condeming organized crime and touting "safety" as one of the community's "core values."... "I'm outraged by the looting in Union Square last night. We are seeing similar crimes across the country. I have a simple message: don't bring that noise to our City. Great work by SFPD. Standby for felony charges"... Boudin announced that an organized retail theft task force created by the San Francisco District Attorney's Office is leading more than half a dozen multi-agency investigations to "dismantle fencing operations that make crime profitable." He mentioned a major case that investigators brought forth with over 100 charges. District 11 Supervisor Ahsha Safai told ABC7 News that one of the looting suspects arrested Friday night had also been arrested back in March for gun possession. He said that unless the perpetrators are held accountable, crime will continue to plague the city. "We have to ensure there's consequences for this, and we have to send the message that Union Square is safe, that we want to have people come in and shop, and that we won't tolerate this kind of behavior," Safai said. In response to critics calling Boudin soft on crimes like shoplifting, he argued that in order to see real change, the incentive has to be removed... Boudin's office declined to file charges against one of the teenagers police believe was involved in a March carjacking attempt in San Francisco's Richmond district, which left a 75-year-old woman beaten. The suspected teen was arrested for misdemeanor shoplifting in Pittsburg back in August... A juvenile suspect was also arrested for the attempted daytime carjacking, but felony charges were reportedly dropped at the time. ABC7 News reporter Dion Lim discovered that Boudin's office dropped all charges for the minor, including counts of robbery, elder abuse, aggravated assault, and conspiracy that were nixed for the minor, citing lack of DNA evidence."
Stop focusing on race in Tyre Nichols’ death - "The police officers who killed Nichols are Black, which has prompted many people - particularly online - to attempt to counter the idea that his death is linked to systemic racism and police brutality in the law enforcement system. Not only is this a simplistic and illogical argument, but it’s one meant to distract us from our fight. The fight against police brutality has never just been about white cops or racist cops. It’s about how the entire system encourages all those who join it - no matter what their own racial background - to dehumanize and target people of color... Defunding the police and prison abolition are the only paths forward that offer any kind of moral clarity, any kind of hope for freedom"
Liberals should get what they're demanding, then they'll blame racism and white supremacy as they get murdered
We now have woke soap. Like literal soap has gone woke now 🤦🏻♀️ - "the green detergent company Seventh Generation made explicit their support for the #defundthepolice movement. Comparing the "murder" of George Floyd to the use of fossil fuels seems to be a new one, but leave it to the woke to make all sorts of bizarre analogies. At least they related it to their product somehow... Allie Stuckey was quick to remind the company that most black Americans don't support defunding the police. But I'm pretty sure the company's target audience is white yuppies anyways."
Shooting at York University Quad residence today (105 The Pond Road) : toronto - "Our student union (YFS) literally fought for no cops on campus. Idk why, no one asked for that. Here we are now, getting shot at. Edit: heres a thread talking about that, and heres our school paper on it too."
Left-Wing Activists Harass Random New Yorkers Over Jordan Neely’s Death, Defunding The Police - "Left-wing activists were caught on video Thursday night shouting at random New York City residents over the death of homeless man Jordan Neely and the need to defund the police."
Jordan Neely's uncle who called for no plea deal for Daniel Penny is ARRESTED - "Jordan Neely's uncle fled police and then was arrested Monday after being caught with several allegedly stolen credit cards, a day after he urged no plea deal for the ex-Marine accused of placing his nephew in a fatal chokehold... Christopher Neely was arrested late Monday night after running away from a police pickpocket team that confronted him at the Port Authority bus terminal in Manhattan... He was also carrying a gravity knife... Christopher Neely, 44, has an extensive criminal record with over 70 prior arrests, and had two active warrants for his arrest at the time of his apprehension Monday. Daniel Penny, 24, faces a manslaughter charge in connection to Neely's death. He was charged after protests called for him to be arrested. On Sunday, Christopher Neely stated that Penny should not get a plea deal, or 'he will do it again.' Neely also called for the two men seen helping Daniel Penny hold Neely down during the deadly May 1 encounter on the F train to face criminal charges... Neely's funeral was held on Friday in Harlem, where Rev. Al Sharpton delivered a fiery eulogy to a crowd of hundreds, saying 'when they choked Jordan, they put their arms around all of us.'... Penny said he does not watch the news and that while he was aware of negative opinions about him, he tried not to let them affect him. 'If you're faced with all these challenges, you have to remain calm,' he said. 'What's the point of worrying about something, worrying is not going to make your problems disappear. 'I attribute this to my father and grandfather. They are very very stoic.' Penny also said he had quit social media years ago. 'I don't follow anyone, and I don't have social media because I really don't like the attention and I just think there are better ways to spend your time. I don't like the limelight,' he said."
Learning from the past to stop the next Jordan Neely moment - The Spectator World - "Crime has risen in New York City since 2020, and the city has done precious little to address it, though Mayor Eric Adams has been slightly more proactive than his predecessor, Bill de Blasio. Go back a few decades, however, and you find the Big Apple in an almost unimaginably worse situation. That period, and the extraordinarily successful efforts to bring peace and prosperity back to the city, is the subject of a new documentary film, Gotham: The Fall and Rise of New York. The film primarily covers developments under the mayoralty of Rudy Giuliani from 1994-2002, and the drastic improvements in crime, education and the fiscal status of the city. If New York City could lift itself out of the hole it was in during the early years of the 1990s, then it can pull itself out today. But doing so takes a concerted effort and good policy — both of which are currently lacking. Under Commissioner William Bratton of the New York Police Department (who would go on to be the police commissioner of Los Angeles), monumental changes were made to how crime was fought. Bratton implemented the now-famous “broken windows” policing, whereby the NYPD would police quality of life issues and “small” crimes, with the intent of preventing worse crimes from happening. A simple but extremely effective application of this policy was in the subways, which then, as now, were one of the focal points of crime. “Too many people were jumping the turnstiles,” Larry Mone, executive producer of Gotham and former president of the Manhattan Institute, told The Spectator, “and [Bratton] made it a priority for the police to stop everyone going through the turnstiles, regardless of [who they were]… But what turned out was that a significant percentage of people that were going through the turnstiles had previous records.” Stopping and punishing a petty crime like jumping the turnstiles ended up massively reducing overall crime on the subways. “You have to think of crime fighting as proactive,” Mone said. “You are not apprehending people who already [did] a bad thing, you are trying to create a situation where you prevent bad things from happening.”... If you live in the city, the lack of proactive policing is likely evident almost every day — just go into your local pharmacy. “The most extraordinary phenomenon that I have seen,” Mone said, “is when you walk into your local CVS… everything in the CVS store is locked up. So there is the choice we have made: you can either lock up people who steal from CVS or you lock up CVS.” Responsibility for these failures lies squarely with the leadership of both New York City and New York State. “You had a lack of support across the board, from the Albany politicians, to the New York City council, to the mayor’s office,” said Louis Anemone, New York police chief from 1995-1999. “They are talking about defunding the police, they changed a lot of the laws in 2019 and 2018, they raised the age of culpability, they changed the bail procedures, they changed the discovery laws… what conclusion can you draw from actions like that?” Decisions by progressive prosecutors, like Alvin Bragg’s refusal to go after lower-level crimes, demoralizes the police force and disincentives policing. “It doesn’t take long for a [police] department to say ‘Listen, why am I spending money and time grabbing people at the turnstiles when before the cop is finished with his paperwork the DA is saying he is not going to prosecute, send them home?’” said Anemone. “They [prosecutors] had a way of determining exactly what the cops were going to do just by negating any proactive work that the cops were doing, and the cops learned.” Anemone said that some of this is changing under Mayor Adams, with an uptick in quality of life policing regarding illegal scooters, motorcycles and fake license plates. It is a good sign, but there is a long way to go. The other critical issue — and this is one that has been around for decades — is the lack of mental health facilities... “Going forward, I think we need to be much more aggressive about institutionalizing mentally ill people who can’t take care of themselves”... Part of the crisis is due to deinstitutionalization, which was sparked by revelations of horrible mistreatment in mental health institutions. “They [politicians] threw out the baby with the bathwater,” said Anemone. “The pendulum swung so far in the other direction, so there is absolutely no place for people [with serious mental illness].” Creating institutions where the humane treatment of patients is rigorously monitored and enforced will be key. The other problem, however, is funding... Ultimately, what happened with Daniel Penny and Jordan Neely is a consequence of the city failing to do its job. “I think there is going to be a public outrage if there is a really negative result for him [Penny],” Mone said, “because the public is thinking that if you are not going to protect us, how can you penalize ourselves for protecting ourselves?”"
DA Alvin Bragg Makes Curious Admission About NYC Crime - "Crime is so bad in New York City that even Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is admitting he is concerned for family members who take the subway... 61 percent of New Yorkers are worried about being a victim of a crime. Eighty-seven percent say that crime is a serious problem in the state and 57 percent said it's a problem in the community... Not only is it particularly rich that Bragg would claim to acknowledge concerns about transit crime, since he's the one who could actually do something about it, but he's actively punished the people who would dare to protect the family members he claims to worry about, while going soft on other criminals."
Race-Baiting Dems, Media Fall Silent After Black Subway 'Hero' Kills Crazed Man In NYC - "The case of Daniel Penny, who is white, has made national headlines and sparked turbulent protests with howls of racism. Penny was indicted Wednesday for allegedly placing Jordan Neely, a mentally disturbed black man with a lengthy criminal record, in a fatal chokehold in an effort, Penny and others have said, to protect himself and fellow passengers on a NYC subway. In a separate incident this week, Jordan Williams allegedly stabbed a black man who was violently threatening passengers on a NYC subway car. Williams, who is black, was arrested Thursday with no national headlines and no outraged protests from woke leftists. Like Penny, Williams was charged with manslaughter and both potentially face long prison sentences. In both cases, witnesses reportedly confirmed that both men acted in self-defense while also trying to protect others from what they perceived as a potentially deadly threat. When Penny was originally arrested in May, several Squad Democrats used the opportunity to stoke racial discord, calling Penny’s actions another example of white supremacy and demanding protests, which erupted to shut down the subway system. The arrest of Williams has been met with crickets."
I see one cope that the person Williams stabbed had been physically violent. But Williams stabbed him - and Penny only restrained Neely
Bragg singled Daniel Penny out, but mentally ill are real subway threat - "Williams knifes a guy to death, and he walks. Penny restrains a manic loon who dies in the neckhold, and picks up $100,000 bail and a manslaughter indictment. Sure looks like Penny’s getting singled out for special treatment. But whether Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is trying to make an example of Penny because it’s politically convenient (white killer, black victim) is irrelevant to the larger problem. That would be: Dangerous people running around free in the subway system. Like Kemal Rideout, the alleged subway slasher. Or Martial Simon, accused of pushing Michelle Go under a train. Or Waheed Foster, who allegedly beat Elisabeth Gomes within an inch of her life in a Queens station. Or Alvin Charles, alleged killer of Tommy Bailey. And on and on and on. It’s partly the way New York’s criminal justice “reforms” have made it nigh-impossible to stop thugs when they’re still minor menaces, before they graduate to violent assault, rape or murder. And partly the near-abandonment of fare-beating enforcement, an open invite to any and all wrongdoers: come on down!"
Misdemeanor charges dropped for demonstrators arrested at Jordan Neely protest - "The charges included disorderly conduct and resisting arrest."
Left-sanctioned protests are good
The Daniel Penny Effect? Straphangers reportedly do nothing as subway slashing victim chases attacker - "Three separate slashing incidents took place within minutes on a New York City subway, with one victim taking a video after she was slashed on the leg, bleeding everywhere, screaming and begging for help from passengers who did nothing as she chased her attacker... “Somebody call 911! Somebody call 911!” the 28-year-old unidentified woman screamed. “Pull the emergency brake!” The brave woman went after the fiend who allegedly slashed her leg despite dripping blood in her wake. She followed him through a door connecting two subway cars and videoed him casually walking away. Approximately a dozen subway riders reportedly just stared at the woman as entered the car but none of them moved. It was the third attack in about 20 minutes by the same man... Kemal Rideout, 28, was arrested Tuesday and charged with three counts of felony assault for allegedly slashing the three women... The woman who took the video was the most seriously injured of the three victims. A tourniquet was necessary to stop the flow of blood before she was whisked away to Bellevue Hospital. The cut appeared to go to the bone. Aside from physical injuries that will leave the victim scarred, she has also experienced mental trauma from the attack... Rideout allegedly slashed his first victim, Bianchelli Diplan, 19, at about 4:15 pm at the 86th Street and Lexington Avenue station on the Upper East Side as she was walking up the stairs... Rideout then allegedly attacked a second woman with what is thought to have been a piece of glass. She had to have 48 stitches. He was finally taken into custody after being kicked off a city bus for not paying the fare... The serial slasher has five priors in New York. They include attempted rape, assault, criminal mischief, and forcible touching... According to authorities, in at least four of those cases, including the attempted rape and forcible touching charges in upstate New York, Rideout was able to plead “not responsible” by reason of mental disease or defect."
If you're not responsible for crime because you're mentally ill, you should not be free to terrorise the public
Left’s Betrayal of the Mentally Ill on Full Display in Jordan Neely Case - "Neely was a diagnosed schizophrenic and, according to the New York Post, spent years “battling a slew of mental health issues.” One of his assault victims had even previously blasted city officials for not taking Neely off the street and placing him in a psychological care facility. Throughout his more than 40 arrests, New York City’s institutions had many opportunities to recognize Neely’s serious health issues. They did not. As the Editorial Board at National Review wrote, if Neely’s death is an indictment of anyone, it is an indictment of the liberal government of New York: “Constrained by outdated law and updated progressive shibboleths, the city’s amply funded institutions had effectively abandoned Neely to his psychosis and his addictions, leaving him on the street to be a danger to himself and others.” Liberals assert that people like Neely being unable to receive care is the result of Reagan-era government policies, specifically the 1981 repeal of the Mental Health Systems Act. However, what these criticisms often miss is that, at the time the bill was repealed, mental healthcare in the United States was already in a severe state of decline that the Mental Health Systems Act had only worsened. Mainstream media outlets also conveniently seem to have forgotten that for decades, social liberals led an international movement to end all involuntary commitment of the mentally ill in the 1960s. The cause, known as the “deinstitutionalization movement,” was a moral panic following the revelations of improper treatment at some mental institutions. Backlash to these revelations and mass protests led millions of liberal activists to call for the end of all involuntary commitments. These activists asserted that communities could provide far more mental health support to individuals than large institutions. This movement culminated in the 1975 Supreme Court decision O’Connor v. Donaldson. The landmark ruling established that “a state cannot constitutionally confine a non-dangerous individual who is capable of surviving safely in freedom by themselves or with the help of willing and responsible family members or friends.” As a result of this ruling, hundreds of thousands of mentally ill individuals were released into the general public. Most immediately ended up on the streets, where they became prey for human traffickers and drug dealers. To this day, those most vulnerable cannot be held if they refuse treatment. The legacy of the deinstitutionalization movement can be seen in the modern “deincarceration movement.” Proponents once again assert that community-led services are more effective for criminals than the current prison system. While there are clear issues that need to be addressed with the criminal justice system in America, the no-bail laws enacted in New York City and other jurisdictions, which are a concrete result of the deincarceration movement, are sending a clear signal that criminals can act with impunity and without any fear of consequences. The inevitable result is a growing culture of fear across America among law abiding citizens."
New Yorkers Investing in Private Personal Protection Amid Rising Crime - "40% of state residents have spent $100 or more in the past year on goods or services that increase their sense of safety. Furthermore, 12% have spent $500 or more on such items. The SCRI poll revealed that approximately one-third of respondents have purchased home security cameras (34%) or security lights with motion sensors (32%). Additionally, 25% have opted for professionally monitored home security systems. Around one in six New Yorkers (16%) have taken self-defense classes, and 12% have purchased firearms for self-defense. The poll also provides insights into individuals who claim to have witnessed or experienced crimes. According to the SCRI, 9% of respondents reported being assaulted within the past year, while another 9% claimed to have been victims of burglaries. Nearly 40% stated that they had witnessed violent or threatening behavior in public settings."
Amiri King on Twitter - "STRANGER THAN FICTION—Boston City Councilor, Kendra Lara, crashed into a house last Friday, severely injuring her autistic son who was not in a car seat. Lara was driving on a suspended license and the car was not registered. She falsified her report to police by attempting to blame another driver who she claimed she swerved to avoid while speeding. What else could we expect from a staunch ‘defund the police’ proponent. 🙄 So who did the car belong to? I’m glad you asked. The Honda Civic belonged to Boston teacher, Owen Thomas. You might remember him. He leaked a video a few months ago of him bragging about just having anal sex with Lara while she was in the background naked from the waist down, doing her son’s hair. Yeah. 😳 Child protective services are involved."
VIDEO: Man Filmed Passing Out Baseball Bats To Activists Before NYPD Officials Were Attacked - "Surveillance video from outside City Hall appeared to show anti-police protesters getting a trunk full of baseball bats delivered to them on Wednesday morning shortly before they headed onto the Brooklyn Bridge to disrupt a unity rally in support of the police (video below). The video showed a man with a four-door sedan parked next to the “Defund the Police” protest area in front of City Hall... When the “Defund the Police” protesters crossed paths with the pro-police “Stop the Violence” demonstration, at least four police officers – including a high-ranking official – were attacked."
Mark Zuckerberg spends on security and 'defund police' groups - "The tech tycoon’s company has spent more than $40 million on Zuckerberg’s personal security over the past three years — while at the same time his family-run foundation has donated millions of dollars to groups that want to defund or even abolish the police. Since 2020, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has donated $3 million to PolicyLink, the organization behind DefundPolice.org, according to investigative reporter Lee Fang... CZI, which Zuckerberg founded with wife Priscilla Chan, has also donated more than $2.5 million to Solidaire, Fang reported, which seeks to do away with policing... defundpolice.org It wouldn’t be the first time Zuckerberg has been seemingly hypocritical when it comes to protecting his family. Earlier this week, the Meta boss sparked outrage for posting a photo to Instagram where he concealed his two eldest daughters’ faces with emojis... Instagram users criticized Zuckerberg for insisting on privacy for his children even as his company has been accused of monetizing user data that has led to personal information becoming public. “Even Zuck doesn’t trust his platforms to put his kids faces up,” one Instagram user commented."
These US cities defunded police: 'We're transferring money to the community' - "More than 20 major cities have reduced police budgets in some form"
US records largest annual increase in murders in six decades
Someone accused me of living in Fox News fantasy land for believing that the police were defunded and that crime went up. Hilarious. But there're some leftists who claim the Guardian is too right wing, so
