I read your article exactly opposite, the 5 year renewal was baked into the infrastructure bill. From your article, bolding mine:
I have no idea what point you are trying to make. Just think it's now as bad as 50 years ago? So what. I said violent crime is up. The idiotic policies and rehetoric of the far left have contributed to a rise that you have to go back 50 years to compare to. They've eliminated all of the gains we've made as a country - spanning decades. What's more they did it predicated on a false narrative. Harris and AOC and others have blood on their hands. Despicable.
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Could it also be that downtowns are ghost towns these days? I wouldn’t call Indy unsafe, but it is certainly dead. A lot of zombies roaming the streets.VIolent crime is up. There's nothing to debate. I blame it on woke politicians at the local level and anti cop rhetoric giving rise to retirements and resignations. For the record I don't blame Biden
Record Levels of Gun Violence and the Democrats’ Dilemma
Amid continued calls for police reform and a surge in firearm deaths, the Biden Administration and Mayor Eric Adams are trying to balance public safety and politics.www.newyorker.com
What my cop buddies have told me is that 1) people have lost their damn minds over the last two years as a result of the pandemic. that poor areas and people prone to crime have endured greater stress and pressure and are losing their shit; 2) a ton of guns have been sold in this time and for some reason guns are more prevalent and sold illegally and getting into the hands of bad guys faster than ever; and 3) the summer of love and anticop political rhetoric has divided cops from the communities they police. cops have less interest in proactive policing and communities have ill will towards cops and less interest in working with them. and there's fewer cops out there due to resignations and early retirements
I’m referring to local highs. All time high means absolutely nothing. Wouldn’t you agree? And I’ve not pivoted off of criticizing KCM’s data. It’s incomplete. Not having 2020-2021 is clearly incomplete. So, no, he wasn’t right from his data. He’s likely right that it doesn’t show that we’re at an “all time high” because that would be a silly claim.
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I agree that the current political climate has made being a cop a tough career choice. Why we have chosen to shit on cops and teachers is beyond me. Two noble professions that are underpaid and under appreciated on the best day. The crap both have had to put up with lately is complete bull shit.
They both are, and guess what happens? We get worse cops and worse teachers. Is this what people want? Really?
Yep. On top of two professions that already don't pay that well in an increasingly expensive world
While there is some undeserved right wing ire directed at Big Teacher - it’s at their national union heads and the like - and the teachers in my life despise them too. At the ground level they are getting pounded by idiot parents and dealing with problem children of absentee parents. That’s not political.
This is the least surprising response ever. I could have written this for you COH. Right side swipes at teachers - ok. Left side swipes at police - not ok. Damn.
I think you are understating the right side attack of teachers, especially from elected GOP. Also, there is a crazy parent wing of the GOP. Here in Indiana it is called the Liberty Party and they won a few state legislative seats.
Actually, I think the problem from both stem from their unions. From what I've seen in Chicago, police unions protect bad cops too much.
Yeah. I think the FOP protecting a cops job, or the CTA protecting a teachers job is a different thing though.
Hold up, that wasn't the claim. The claim was that crime "is at an all time high." I appreciate you demanding accuracy and precision from kraft, but don't let ftw off the hook while doing it. His claim was facially ridiculous.
Crime is clustering. For many people and in many locations, it is an all time high. That’s pretty much undeniable.
And bubonic plague is at an all time high for the unfortunate few who have bubonic plague. But that doesn't mean we're on the verge of another Black Death.
Brilliant. I think my favorite line from any movie comes from the life of bryan when he says "what jesus fails to appreciate ...." It's like jesus just doesn't get it.
Interesting data from 2020 here...a bunch of safe blue states at the top and a bunch of unsafe red states at the bottom.
I don’t get your point. Crime us a very significant social problem. Stores are closing, people leave vehicles unlocked in hopes that people win break in, drug dealers and gun runners prey on targeted populations , and democratic mayors and prosecutors are the common denominator.
Panties twisted? I don't need a link. I have 30-40 hate crime, theft crime, and murders daily on my news feed. Thats all the proof I need. Ohhh and lets not leave out the liberal riot driven summer of love of 2020. How many lives and how many billions in damage? Theres your Biden challenge answer.
Both are focused on individual cases and events when defending individual cops and teachers. The bigger problem has to do with both professions as a group.
While that was (and probably still is) the case, with the anti-cop sentiment at a recent high, now they’re needed. BLM and Defund the Police made the cop unions stronger.
Marv curious what you think about the below article.
Crime is a very big problem. I probably have a better appreciation of how much more than you at the moment. But that doesn't change the fact that FTW's statement was pure bullshit.
KCM posted something that refuted part of what FTW was saying. I didn’t acknowledge that as I was reading FTW’s post entirely from the Biden viewpoint. I was not clear enough. All time highs mean nothing except for sporting records.
For a hyperbolic poster like FTW, "all time high" means "it's worse than it's ever been in this country because we're f*cked because Democrats GRRRRRR!!!!!!!!"
I am not sure why the size matters, if you move from a 2000 sq foot home to a 6000 sq foot home, would you elect to to really clean or paint the extra 4000 feet because it is unrealistic.
