Los Angeles is experiencing a significant increase in crimes, including robberies and assaults, as well as other parts of the nation. In these “follow-home crimes,” the perps stake out fancy restaurants, nightclubs, expensive stores, and jewelry shops.
They select patrons wearing jewellery and costly clothing, especially women, to rob. Then they follow them into their cars or homes until the victims are unguarded and alone.
The L.A. Police Department was quick to respond. It did not stake out specific areas in order to identify waiting stalkers. Not placing highly-visible additional units in target areas. Not sending decoy officers who are well prepared.
No, the robbery problem has grown so serious that the LAPD put out a public memo, yes, a “cooperate and comply” message to law-abiding citizens. The memo included other helpful tips to combat crime.
Do not resist being robbed. Instead, cooperate with the suspects and follow their instructions.
Mike Miller, our colleague had the following disappointing details. For instance: “After a robbery, immediately call the police department by dialing 911.”
Over the past few years, law enforcement has come under increasing pressure. No doubt, police offering such advice to frightened citizens is clearly a good thing, if inadequate and rather obvious: “After a robbery, immediately call the police department by dialing 911.”
But it’s a rather passive strategy of addressing a wave of serious crime. And it’s not one likely to discourage the crime-wave’s growth and spread. Which – Hello, White House – is certain to affect next year’s midterm elections, now just 51 weeks away.
It’s also a “strategy” that’s spread well beyond California. Biden has many measures that are completely absurd and do not make sense. No one is blaming anyone. For instance, he believes that pumping more money from the printing press into the economy can cure inflation.
While he accepts illegal activity as an “Oh, gee, look at that” fact of life and does nothing effective to staunch it.
Biden named Kamala Harris to deal with the root causes of the south border crisis and hundreds of thousands have been illegally entered the United States since then.
The Biden administration instead quietly flew and bused the foreign lawbreakers across the country to various cities, in order to later dispose of them. If you believe this will ever actually happen, I’ve got a bridge to sell you in Nuevo Laredo.
Now came word the Biden crowd is “negotiating” with thousands of these illegals to pay them each individual indemnities upwards of $450,000, more than a million dollars for some families, for alleged poor treatment at the border.
So, ignore our national borders, break immigration laws, dodge health screenings and mask rules, and we’ll “punish” you with immense cash payments of taxpayer funds.
While under Biden’s employer vaccine mandate, Americans who decline to get a COVID vaccination for whatever reason are set to lose their jobs and family income.
Joe Biden also announced earlier in the fall that cash bail would be eliminated for violent criminals.
According to the president’s thinking, this is necessary to improve social equity because why should people accused of violent crimes have to post cash bail, while other citizens can walk around freely without bail simply because they’re not accused of killing someone?
So many of these nonsensical actions are happening under Biden – for instance, withdrawing all U.S. troops from Afghanistan Before evacuating thousands of Americans and endangered civilians – you have to wonder if all these seeming screw-ups are really coincidental.
Many thousands of prisoners were freed early during the pandemic. The stated reason: So they wouldn’t get COVID-19 in jail. They were equally likely to become ill in other places than the prison. And – oh, look – being totally at liberty allowed some to commit new crimes, while they should have been serving time for previous crimes.
Joe Biden flew earlier in the month to U.N. Climate Summit in Europe to, among other things, boast of all that he’s doing to cut U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases. A Boeing 747 was his aircraft and he flew with half of his cabinet along with scores of assistants.
There were also unknown numbers of cargo and passenger jets that carried Secret Service agents as well as automobile fleets. In Rome, Biden’s motorcade contained 80 vehicles.
California’s state government took action against the threat posed by tiny shampoo bottles found in hotels. Plastic. Shoplifting was abandoned by local government offices in the state. The officials announced they would not pursue shoplifting of merchandise under $1,000.
The result – gee, if only someone could have seen this coming – was a sharp increase in shoplifting incidents of goods valued under $1,000. So much so that Walgreen’s announced store closings from organized theft rings.
The alarm went off in an LA drugstore not too long ago. The manager — I’ll call him Bob — ran out the front door. The young couple waited patiently. The man returned two items to the woman, one of which was a stocking cap. The woman did not say anything.
Bob was back at home and I asked him if it happened more often. Bob said that it happened several times daily. “It seems organized to me,” he said. “The guy always has just a few little things. The girl probably had a couple hundred dollars of our makeup on her.”
To whom do you need to report it? I inquired.
Bob stared in shock. “No one! I have to be very careful.”
Careful? Why?
He said, “My bosses don’t want me making trouble for them over shoplifting that scares customers, and no one is gonna prosecute anyway.”
So, let’s get this straight. Two thieves steal at most a couple hundred dollars of goods and then they walk. They’re free to fence the stolen stuff on the street or turn it over to gang leaders for a cut.
If he attempts stop illegal activity, or takes issue with lawbreakers, the only one who is likely to face any penalties is the law-abiding shop manager. We will all make up the difference in higher prices.
Too many things like these have already gone cockamamie in the America of Joe Biden’s presidency.
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