Russian Riot

In which we tried to explain to confused Russians why there are riots in the streets:

Progressive cities like Minneapolis (ground zero of the George Floyd riots), Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York are defunding the police with predictable results. In all of these cities, police morale is plummeting while retirement applications are soaring. In Chicago, 63 people were shot and 12 were killed last weekend. Then, on Tuesday, 15 people were shot in a Chicago area funeral home. In Denver, police were ordered to stand down as Antifa descended upon a Back the Blue rally. In Bill de Blasio’s New York City, he and the council have slashed a billion dollars from the New York Police Department’s budget. The NYPD has released crime statistics for June and they are not pretty. On the streets, the NYPD has backed off. So far, police have made 40,000 fewer arrests this year compared to 2019. At the same time, murders increased by 30% over June of last year. June also saw a 51% increase in auto-thefts and a 118% increase in burglaries. Over the course of nine days, 112 people were shot in Bill De Blasio’s New York. And so, a young generation of New Yorkers, who grew up in the city of Giuliani and Bloomberg’s aggressive Stop and Frisk policing and have zero street smarts, must adapt to life in high-crime urban areas.

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