Definitely have been seeing this in Portland for a while now. The interesting effect is that it seems to be moving people who were quite progressive in the "tim

Definitely have been seeing this in Portland for a while now. The interesting effect is that it seems to be moving people who were quite progressive in the "time to get tough on crime" direction, ie. to the right. That's natural, I suppose, what I find interesting is the effect it's starting to have on local politics. I think we could see some rather large swings to the right at least in terms of policing and getting a DA that's going to actually prosecute people who commit property crimes. Portland was the poster-child for giving people 2nd and 3rd chances and "We just need to empathize with their situation." Well, people are done with empathizing with other people essentially camping in their front yard, using drugs, and stealing everything that isn't nailed down.