Quid Pro No

Let's look at two facts and see if we can see if there is a link between them.

Violent crime is going through the roof in America. At the same time, several major cities are reducing their police forces….trimming their numbers in the face of this violence.

How do you rationalize these two headlines? This is clearly an attack on our way of life. You can’t prosper if you are worried about being gunned down in your neighborhood… and yet there is so little coverage of it. It is astounding to me.

Do you really think law and order will re-establish itself with teams of mental health, housing officials and educators answering calls in the neighborhoods of major U.S. cities? I don’t.

Let’s be clear, the George Floyd killing was despicable. Justice will be served on the attacker and the officers who allowed it to happen. Let’s look at the other side of this equation.  Twenty-seven officers have been murdered this year in the line of duty. Nobody is marching for them.

Where’s the leadership on this topic? I give the mayor of Chicago credit on this one. Chicago is a battleground and she is not pulling in her police. Nine kids under 18 have been killed this month in the Windy City alone. ..and Mayor Lori Lightfoot is not proposing police cuts. She is bucking the trend. Cuts have already occurred in Philly, Baltimore, Portland. New York cut their police one billion dollars. I visited there once. Not going back.

Increasing violence….decreasing law enforcement.

Unarmed social workers aren’t the answer…