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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]t's false to claim it's a "Democrat" thing as crime rates went up in Republican-run cities like Jacksonville as well.[/quote]

I think the characterization of the rising crime being a "Democrat-thing" is less about who is running the city and more about how this is the effect (only partially, as Covid chaos has certainly played a part) of the anti-police protests from last summer---which were, largely, more overtly supported and endorsed by Democrats.

When ALL police are characterized as brutal thugs who persecute minorities---which is how a lot of last summer came across---then no one should be surprised if police efforts are now not what they should be.  And when unrealistic council members like Nadeau and Allan worsen DC policies which were already pretty bad when it came to "catch & release" for violent offenders---that just compounds the problem.

I can believe that policing needs to be reformed to make it easier to toss the bad apples, and that the prison-for-profit system which has flourished since the 1980s also needs to be changed, while at the same time believing that violent offenders need to be removed from the general public and not allowed to continue to terrorize.  [/quote]

"Police have low morale because of the protests" - but they brought it on themselves.  It's not as though any of this was a big surprise.  I'm old enough to remember calls for police reforms going back to the Rodney King beating in the 1990s and very little actually changed, despite decades of protests and calls for reforms.

Worse yet one cynical part of me is wondering if some in the police are deliberately allowing crime to escalate given how many comments I've seen on various forums about "let's see how you like it when crime rises because of defunding calls"

I think the Mayor, Chief, Council and others need to focus on any bad apples and demand accountability, and have them removed from the force.

I do think MPD needs to reprioritize.  I don't care about minor offenses as much as I do violent crime.  I think the Mayor, Council and others need to be clear and strong in messaging and policymaking that violent crime including robbery or other crimes involving threat of violence need to be front and center and prosecuted to the fullest extent possible.  Likewise, serial offenders.  NO "catch and release" treatment for them, NO pleading-down unless they provide something of great value, like prosecutable evidence/testimony against worse offenders.  I think the city needs to come up with a way to address gang-related juvenile violence, which has kids growing up thinking they can get away with crime because the prosecutors won't hold juveniles accountable.  Any "compassionate" approaches around juveniles MUST include something that will remove juveniles from the gang or other criminal influences.  [/quote]

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