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Say Goodbye to Defunding the Police
Amid a wave of violent crime and mass looting, progressive mayors are abandoning the dream of defunding police departments.
In Chicago, one Nordstrom was hit by a smash-and-grab mob twice in one day. A North Face store on Michigan Avenue was hit two days in a row.
Elsewhere in the city, $2 million dollars in high-end watches were stolen in another smash-and-grab, as was $20,000 in winter coats from Moose Knuckles and thousands from a Nike store.
In San Francisco, it’s the same story, told again and again; a large group of masked people arrive at a retail store, smash their way in, grab everything in sight and run before police or anyone else can respond.
Everywhere San Franciscans look this holiday season, its smashed and boarded-up storefronts, broken-out car windows, and worse.
In Minneapolis, a similar pattern is repeating. Progressive city council members, even the most supportive of defunding the police in 2020, have all changed their tune. These days, progressives on the city council can’t seem to fund the Minneapolis Police Department fast enough.
Anything to stop the burgeoning crime wave in Minneapolis.
In Chicago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s long and contentious relationship with other city leaders, recently laid bare again…