The World as I See It: Crime in America, Part I

It's Not Your City Any Longer 

By Rich Kozlovich

 

 

 

In this January 1, 2022 piece by John F. Di Leo, Crime and Consequences, a Holiday Tale, he asks: 

 

What does crime cost? Big question, I know. But as we have just finished up one of the worst years for crime in American history, in terms of unexpected and painful growth of various types of crime, it is worth considering the human cost of this epidemic.

He goes on the explain the consequences of having "just a wheel" stolen off an over the road truck, and they're long ranging, and that's just one truck and one wheel.  Extrapolate that to every crime, large and small in America and we see long term destructive consequences to society. He goes on to say:

There are many reasons why we live in a more dangerous time than before. Some are perhaps hard to correct, which makes it all the more important to do what we can, where we can, because every crime has real effects like the one in today’s (true) story.

District attorneys who refuse to prosecute crimes… judges who refuse to properly sentence convicted criminals… governors who throw open the prison gates for mass releases at every opportunity… federal officials who have rendered our borders porous… mayors who encourage crime through “sanctuary city” declarations… these are things we can fix, at the polling place, on Election Day… and so we must.

The ascendance of the inner-city predator is directly linked the breakdown and affirmation of their activity by criminal justice system, the media, left wing ideologues and sociologists:

 

These predators who come out of the inner city and smash and grab their way through suburban shopping malls for $500 to $1,000 are not thugs, but desperate young people.  Their behavior shows not their thuggery, but their limited opportunities.  Why else would they take such enormous risks for so little money.

According their their illogical and irrational view:

The predators are the true victim.  The prey is simply collateral damage..........And the legitimacy of this twisted ideology is underscored by having the police stand in place while the "teens" bash their way through suburbia.

In San Francisco, an elderly Asian man minding his own business gets kicked in the head by a young thug.  The thug sees no incarceration time.  Under the policy of prosecutor Chesa Boudin, he gets counseling.  This is called "distributive justice."  It, however, requires the assent of the victim, and in this case, the elderly victim speaks no English and never consented.  No matter — Boudin's concern is for the thug, not the victim.

In Chicago, an elderly white man sleeping on the elevated train is beaten by more than a dozen black teens.  Kim Foxx, Chicago's controversial state's attorney, refuses to prosecute the teens.  Why?  Because the victim suffered brain damage and cannot identify the assailants even though closed-circuit TV clearly shows the thugs beating the man.  One wonders: if a dozen or more white teens had beaten up an elderly black man, would the decision have been the same?

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Foxx has also refused to prosecute gang members shooting it out in broad daylight on city streets because being in a gang creates certain risks.  

Newly appointed Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg said he would not prosecute such criminal offenses as resisting arrest and evading transportation fares.  Armed robberies that did not result in injury would be treated as misdemeanor petty larceny, and not as a felony......

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Their concern is not for the law-abiding citizen, but for the criminal.  The criminal is the product of the social system.  The criminal is the true victim, in this mentality, and the rest of us need to stand ready to be collateral damage.

On January 12  AWR Hawkins posted this piece, Off-Duty LAPD Officer Shot, Killed While House Hunting in the City, saying:

 

27-year-old Arroyos was wearing plain clothes “when three armed suspects drove up.”...... screamed at his girlfriend to run away, then exchanged gunfire with the suspects. He was shot during the exchange of gunfire...... Arroyo “Died a hero trying to defend himself and his girlfriend.

This is a city with a 15 year high homicide rate.  

The bottom line here is that Gascon, who serves as D.A. for gigantic Los Angeles and is now subject to a recall, has unleashed a crime wave so big onto Los Angeles that it's now spilling over into the tony adjacent enclaves such as Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, and the Hollywood Hills.  Those residents cannot protect themselves, and the various crimes being reported, none of which ever happened in the recent past, have spun out of control.  Robberies, killings, and lots and lots of gun crimes by criminals have left them no choice but to arm up, and they're doing it.  Los Angeles County itself shows a sharp spike in applications for gun permits.

We'll come back to this in a later article, but here's the consequences of leftist policies, corrupt Soros D.A.'s, judges, mayors, media, academia and a corrupt Congress:   

That city you love so much doesn't exist anymore,  Baltimore? Chicago? San Francisco? Forget it. Stop looking back and think about how to move forward.  The big-city culture, history, entertainment, eateries, mass transit, and general hustle and bustle were the allure.  Amenities, job access, decreasing crime rates, overtaking the lower-income areas to create more affordable places to live once drove these large cities to be the targeted growth areas, especially for the up-and-comers.  According to U-Haul, recent moves include states like Ohio, Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, North Carolina, and Georgia.  Moves to the big cities in California and Illinois were the lowest-ranked destinations. 

But what about these leftist elites who've been behind this insanity?  It turns out, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, and Hollywood Hills elites are arming up, and I'm shocked, shocked I tell you. 

After decades of blaming guns on the streets for violent crime, and elections of district attorneys who actually believe that crap, Hollywood's elites are finally getting religion on gun ownership.  They're arming up.

They're arming up!  Imagine that!  As it turns out, as a result of all the insane lefty coprolite they've been embracing crime is spiraling out of control in Los Angeles.  Imagine that!  And that includes the wealthy, prominent and powerful.  When it was merely the deplorables who were being assaulted, robbed, raped, mugged and murdered they demanded the nation disarm, and those who refused be punished.  But now here's what's happening, and guess what?  They're scared!  And they are.....watch out now.....here it comes.......watch out now....they're arming themselves.

 

Many are self-proclaimed progressives who've never even held a gun before, but who've been so spooked by soaring crime in the famously wealthy enclave that they've decided to arm themselves.  It appears that the gun control solution these palmy leftists have prescribed for violent crime is drawing a different response.

So, we find their high self-righteous moralizing has turned out to be.....wellllll......stupid!  It is amazing how it all depends on who's ox is being gored isn't it.  Here's a gory list of things that's scared them:

• A well known socialite and philanthropist, Jacqueline Avant, was shot and killed in her own home on Dec. 1 by a career criminal in the terrifying act of cat-burgling, and her home had a security guard.
• In October, a star of the reality television show The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills was subject to a similar smash-and-grab incident in her Beverly Hills home.  The criminals departed as millionaires.
• A tony Beverly Hills restaurant, Il Pastaio, saw a patron robbed of $500,000 in a brazen robbery where a gun was put to his head, and another patron was actually shot.
• Investigators have said seven people have been robbed of "high-end jewelry" and Rolex watches between Jan. 30 and Feb. 15 in west Los Angeles neighborhoods bordering Beverly Hills, including nearby Wilshire, the Times reported.
• Meanwhile, just days ago, a man taking out his garbage on the still-fancy north side of the hills, in Studio City, was set upon by thugs who busted into his home for a smash-and-grab ransacking, zip-tying his handicapped son.
• Thugs with guns are turning up all over the place in Beverly Hills, a small independent city encircled by gargantuan Los Angeles, where the district attorney, George Gascon, has ended sentencing enhancements for gang members and lobbied for enhanced charges for the use of guns during the commissions of crimes. According to David Shellenberger, quoting a local cop: 

And guess what, these pampered fools are ...... here in comes again..... watch out now, here it comes......"Hollywood has gone quiet about gun control and they're arming up!"  Remarkable.  

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Even that air head Alyssa Milano, who spouted off about gun control has had two guns.....two mind you.....did everyone get that....she owns two guns!  These hypocrites are now even taking shooting lessons....because......watch out now.....here it comes again.....they actually think they have a right to defend themselves.  Imagine that!   All the while condemning Rittenhouse and expressing outrage at the verdict of acquittal.  Apparently becoming collateral damage is just fine for others, but that doesn't apply to them.  

It must be nice the be a leftie, because cognitive dissonance is standard in their thought processes, as it means never having to say you're sorry for all the damage they've heaped on America when it comes back to bite them.  They always find it easy accommodate and justify themselves at the expense of others.  Remarkable!

On December 25, 2021 Nadra Enzi in his article, In America’s violent cities, is self-defense the last civil right?, saying:

As much as I love sipping political philosophies like fine wine, now isn’t the time. Of all the important questions to be asked in this manic hour, I offer this one: In America’s violent cities, is self-defense the last civil right or a path to the last rite? As violent crime rises and the leftists’ will to fight it plummets, we who are in the midst of daily destruction must make up our minds.

After listing a series or high profile crimes he goes on to say:

 

Targets (i.e., citizens) still face several waves of attacks from a generation that hasn’t faced consequences for its actions........... Violent young people’s lifestyles change only after persistent pressure is applied over time.  Police officers, mayors, prosecutors, and judges are instrumental but not fast moving. We targets (aka citizens) must exercise our last right of self-defense, and loudly defend the right to do so, or what we call self-defense will become the equivalent of a last rite courtesy of violent offenders.  Fortunately, self-defense is instantaneous.

 

The problem is now these corrupt leftists in leadership roles are criminalizing self defense, as was obvious in the Rittenhouse case, and now even for cops, which I will be addressing in another piece.  In the meanwhile please think about this Thought For the Day.