Crime Crisis

After the social justice protests of the summer of 2020, some cities scaled back laws that kept crime in check. It’s not going well - Jason Rantz

Crime Crisis
Crime Crisis

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Rafael Mangual On The Crime Crisis In America

I think that if you let cities go by refusing to enforce these public order offenses, you immediately start to diminish the quality of life, which really pushes a lot of people away from the public spaces that need prosocial forces to meet just to have a presence there, to maintain a presence there. And as that presence starts to erode, all of those places become increasingly vulnerable to more serious types of crime. And I think what we’re learning, especially with the sort of remote work revolution that the pandemic brought on, is that cities are much more vulnerable now than they used to be, and it is possible for cities to die.

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 Rafael Mangual On The Crime Crisis In America

As violent crime continues to be a major concern for Americans, we delve into the data. We cover where crime has hit new highs, the policies that have helped and the policies that have hurt, and what we can expect as elected officials are now focused more on supporting police versus defunding them. In other words, are we headed in a better direction?

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