Chicago’s Descent into Lawlessness Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/artic

[FONT=&quot]Chicago is perhaps the most obvious example to date of the “Ferguson Effect,” the previously mocked hypothesis that, in the wake of the hostility toward law enforcement that sprang up following events in Ferguson, Mo., in 2014, police in minority neighborhoods have backed off interacting with residents when not absolutely necessary. Last year saw homicide rates spike in cities with aggressive anti-police movements — St. Louis, Baltimore, Milwaukee, Chicago, etc. — and even Ferguson Effect–skeptics such as Richard Rosenfeld of the University of Missouri–St. Louis were forced to change their minds. Rosenfeld has declared that the Ferguson Effect is “the only explanation that gets the timing right.” In October 2015, even Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel said that police in his city were going “fetal.” But Emanuel and the rest of Chicago’s left-wing city government have only compounded the problem. Public anger over the hideous 2014 shooting death of Laquan McDonald by Chicago Police officer Jason Van Dyke — who is now facing first-degree murder charges — and the subsequent mishandling of the shooting by the police department led Emanuel to establish the “Police Accountability Task Force” last year. Preventing shootings like McDonald’s should be a priority of any department. But the Task Force, filled with police critics, inevitably declared this spring that the Chicago Police Department is a cesspool of “racism,” and suggested that Chicago’s record of police shootings gives “validity to the widely held belief that the police have no regard for the sanctity of life when it comes to people of color.” The body recommended a host of accountability measures, some of which are potentially promising (expanding the force’s body-cam program), but several of which are predictably ludicrous (a “Deputy Chief of Diversity and Inclusion” in the police force, and a “Reconciliation Process” in which the police superintendent would “publicly acknowledge CPD’s history of racial disparity and discrimination”). Emanuel has taken up these suggestions with alacrity.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Read more at: Chicago Gun Deaths Spike in August: Police ?Reform? Part of the Problem | National Review[/FONT]

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Kobie said:

The National Review, as per usual, is full of ****.

Chicago's homicide problem is the product of a good ol' fashioned gang war over drugs and turf. It predates Ferguson by several years. And it's VERY compartmentalized -- the vast majority of Chicago's murders happen in like 3 areas. Downtown is pretty safe.

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truthatallcost said:

tough on crime and elected Giuliani as mayor.

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SenorXm/Sirius said:

Continue telling that story.

Much of that 'tough on crime' agenda was Giulianni pushing through some of the toughest gun control laws this country has ever seen. Still tough, BTW.

I can get a carry permit that's good anywhere in NYS, well anywhere except NYC. If I go to NYC with a NYS permit I will be arrested.


So go ahead. Continue singing the praises of Rudy, and his good buddy Donald.

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EMNofSeattle said:

The Sullivan Act predates Guliani by decades. Most of his crime policies never really involved guns, they involved enforcing quality of life issues and minor offenses. A fair amount of gentrification doesn't hurt either

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I generally oppose gun control, but I support the ban on assault weapons and I support a slightly longer waiting period to purchase a gun. With today’s Internet technology we should be able to tell within 72-hours if a potential gun owner has a record.
Source: The America We Deserve, by Donald Trump, p.102 , Jul 2, 2000

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