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2021-12-15 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Why Can't We Talk About the Murder Wave?

[Free Beacon] During a weekly briefing last Monday, Philadelphia district attorney and prominent "progressive prosecutor" Larry Krasner sought to downplay the surge in violence his city has endured over the last two years.

"We don't have a crisis of lawlessness, we don't have a crisis of crime, we don't have a crisis of violence," Krasner said. "It's important that we don't let this become mushy and bleed into the notion that there is some kind of big spike in crime."

Those claims are at odds with the facts on the ground. Philadelphia has seen over 500 homicides this year, the most in 60 years; shootings, which began surging last year, remain well above pre-2020 norms. As former mayor Michael Nutter (D.) put it in a blistering op-ed, "I'd like to ask Krasner: How many more Black and brown people, and others, would have to be gunned down in our streets daily to meet your definition of a ’crisis'?"

Krasner's comments, though, typify a rhetorical approach adopted by prominent politicians, think tanks, and the media amid a record surge in homicides across the country. Since murders began rising in the wake of last summer's anti-police protests, progressives have sought to discount or otherwise wave away the spike and conspicuously avoided discussing the role of the diminished criminal justice system. This wariness reflects a progressive fear of "tough on crime" rhetoric but is likely to cost them electorally—if it has not already.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-12-15 13:32|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ] Top

#1 Tribal courtesy ?

Posted by Besoeker 2021-12-15 13:34|| 2021-12-15 13:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Cause Jemarius don' wanna hear 'bout how bad his shootin' is.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-12-15 13:36|| 2021-12-15 13:36|| Front Page Top

#3 There are two things in play here. The first is that diving down into the murder problem inevitably leads to black guys shooting black guys. Not an easy thing to admit or fix.

The other is you can make more money *trying* to fix a problem than actually fixing it. Vote for me and I will fight to fix Problem X. We will need money. And community outreach. And community outreach assistants. And a new city department of gang intervention. Come on, man! Get onboard and we can all get our beaks wet.

Note that strategy #2 only works if the problem never actually goes away.

Posted by SteveS 2021-12-15 13:46|| 2021-12-15 13:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Strategy #2 also fails when people stop believing the bullshit.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-12-15 13:48|| 2021-12-15 13:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Actually, money for the prosecution offices for far more hours to address the under incarceration problem. Lock them away if you are not going to permanently remove them as a threat to society.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-12-15 14:59|| 2021-12-15 14:59|| Front Page Top

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