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I don't see it. Crime is up on the subway, so you think this is part of a politically motivated strategy to "[hold] back the police force from doing their jobs"
by ryanmonroe 8y ago
I don't see it. Crime is up on the subway, so you think this is part of a politically motivated strategy to "[hold] back the police force from doing their jobs"? The article says they have a lot of vacancies. Maybe they can't find people who want the job? Maybe their budget for policeman salaries doesn't fare well compared to the area housing prices? I could think of quite a few possible reasons for a rise in crime before getting to the idea that this must be some leftist plot to help the criminals.
A track record of holding police back from political protests isn't relevant. There's no political group supporting these robbers.
- fareesh 8y agoOf course it can be many of those things. I was just pointing out that policing does not seem to be favored by the local government. In most of those other instances there were police officers available, so availability of police in the general case has not been the reason for why crimes were not stopped, when there was ample opportunity to stop them.
- ryanmonroe 8y agoI don't believe there is this large "criminal apologist" political force as you say there is. On the example you gave of a decision to hold back police force at an Antifa counterprotest, the police chief gave this explanation: "If police had deployed tear gas, they could have dispersed the black bloc, but they also would have gassed hundreds of peaceful protesters – including seniors and children – who had marched over from a “Say No to Hate” rally at nearby Ohlone Park." So they were concerned about injuring civilians, and moved in after all the non-criminals fleed, arresting 13 people. But even if there was this political motive to allow leftists to break laws with impunity, that has nothing to do with this story. This story is about run-of-the-mill robberies. Antifa doesn't run around robbing random people, and I don't think you'll find any influential bay-area politicians arguing against arresting people for robbery.
- linksnapzz 8y ago<q> There’s no political group supporting these robbers </q> Sure there are. I know how to easily identify them, too. If, perchance, one of the robbers is shot and killed while committing an armed robbery, look to see which groups are more concerned about punishing the shooter than blaming the criminal. Insofar as this is California, it will be a substantial list.
- ryanmonroe 8y agoFor all of the protests against police shootings / killings I know of, the protests were due to the fact that the criminal was unarmed and didn't actually pose a threat. Is there really a large political movement against shooting armed criminals?
- lamarpye 8y agoYes, there is.
- adjkant 8y agoSo you say there are some, you can identify them, and then fail to name a single one. Can you name them?
- jbmorgado 8y agoBLM