'This is Disorder': California Residents Blame Politicians' Policies for Dramatic Rise in Crime
December 22, 2021
Shoplifting has been a growing problem across America for some time, and now experts say these brazen smash-and-grab robberies are being organized on social media and present a new kind of challenge from high-end stores to corner pharmacies. Los Angeles has been especially hard hit, seeing more than 20,000 property crimes per month this year.
And it's not just organized retail theft. A map shows vehicle break-ins over just three days in December.
Add stolen cars, assaults, and other crimes and you can see why certain California politicians are waking up to the idea that defunding the police might not be such a great option after all.
"Our residents are suffering and we need to be different, to act with urgency and to be aggressive," said San Francisco Mayor London Breed.
"Part of it, to be fair is more people are in trouble economically, and part from the lockdown, but if I had to guess, I think more of it is there's an atmosphere of impunity in Los Angeles," John, an LA resident told CBN News. "People know they can get away with what they want to get away with. But this to me is not liberal by progressive standards or by mine. This is disorder and fear and always having to look over your shoulder and knowing the police don't have your back at all."
Story by Chuck Holton for CBNNEWS.com
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