"Restorative Justice" vs "Broken Windows" policing

"Bottom line, when you elect and then re-elect morons, this is what you get. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result. Our big blue cities are becoming, or have become, hollowed out hell holes. Does anybody really care? Only the people who for economic reasons, are stuck living there. Welcome to our new America, land of restorative justice and unfettered crime."

Many of us old timers remember when the term "America's Mayor" was coined. It was for Rudy Guliani when he was mayor of New York City. Prior to being sworn in, New York City was a hell hole to live in and work in. Crime was king, and just to walk down the street took courage beyond imagine. But Rudy had a better idea. An old term called Broken Windows policing. The theory was if you allowed a perp to break a window without punishment, soon he (or she) would be doing worse things. Pretty soon, some perps graduated all the way up to murder.

Oh, the ACLU was howling like banshees. Especially when the cops also started stop and frisk as well. The libs hated what Guliani was doing, but the citizens loved it. Why? It was working. And working well. Soon crime across the board was dropping like a rock off a cliff. NYC was becoming livable again. People could walk down the streets, safely and soundly. If many could, they would have coronated Rudy to be "King of NYC" instead of just mayor.

But that was then, and this is now. We have a slew of Soros funded DAs in large blue cities. We have Democrat or Socialist mayors straight out of la-la land. All of a sudden, some new terms were hatched to replace broken windows and stop and frisk. Now we have restorative justice and cashless bail. What does that mean? It means perps run wild and free. They get picked up, they get let go without charges, they are back on the street re-offending. There is one story about some gal who was picked up three times in one day for shoplifting. And why not? The punishment DID NOT fit the crime. Not even close.

I have said this before in past posts. In America, if you don't like someplace, you can leave. And that is exactly what some stores are doing in crime infested cities. Leaving, and taking their money with them. In Boston, all the Walgreens have left the inner city. Why? Could not afford to keep the doors open. Cost of theft was way too high. The city leaders in Boston called Walgreens racist for leaving black and brown parts of Boston. Other store owners called Walgreens smart.

President Trump is trying to give the blue cities a hand in fighting crime by authorizing the National Guard to help the local LEOs. Most of the blue mayors and governors want none of it. In fact, they are going to court to stop it. Through rose colored glasses, these Democrats look out at their cities and see Nirvana. Citizens who live there however, look at their neighborhoods and see drug dealing, shootings and misery. 

Bottom line, when you elect and then re-elect morons, this is what you get. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result. Our big blue cities are becoming, or have become, hollowed out hell holes. Does anybody really care? Only the people who for economic reasons, are stuck living there. Welcome to our new America, land of restorative justice and unfettered crime.