'For the first time in 30 years, I feel uneasy driving around LA in a nice car or wearing a nice watch.'
Thanks to the defunding, LA now has 500 fewer officers than in 2019. It also has a demoralized police force which clearly does not have the support of City Hall.
To city leaders, the criminal is the victim, and the police are the culprits. The response of many officers has been to retreat from crime fighting. This is only natural since the more aggressively they fight crime, the more likely they are to be accused of brutality or being a racist. on sidewalks and in parks. Homicides were up 94% last year over 2019 and auto thefts were up 59%., whose primary focus is on "making our communities more safe and more equitable.
He immediately announced that he would not seek cash bail for numerous offenses and would release those currently awaiting such bail. He also said he would never seek the death penalty and would end charging juveniles as adults. He also announced he would reevaluate all sentences of prisoners having served over 20 years. He is already so unpopular he is facing a recall effort.
For the first time in 30 years, I feel uneasy driving around LA in a nice car or wearing a nice watch. Two weeks ago, my friend pulled into a 7-Eleven in West Los Angeles in his BMW convertible. He was wearing a nice watch and necklace. Before he could get out of his car three men wearing ski masks were pointing guns at him. They opened his door, ripped the watch and necklace off him, stole his wallet, and sliced him with a knife.
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