Years ago, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band released a popular song titled ‘Born in Chicago.’ Butterfield’s song talked about a group of young friends that, while politicians debated gun control, are shot to death on Chicago’s tough streets.
Democrats need to admit that crime in big cities continues to be a major problem and to quit allowing Trump to take control of this issue. Why not make fighting criminals a major priority of the Democratic Party and especially of Democratic mayors? Why are they always on their back foot on this issue? There is no political logic to being seen as soft on crime when most of the victims of crime are the very minorities that Democrats are supposed to champion. The single most important thing Democrats could do to save the lives of young black men would be to reinstitute the policing policy of “stop and frisk” in black neighborhoods to stop the blight of illegal guns. This would help stem the tide of murders of blacks that fill the nightly news in every major city in America. These kids would quickly get the message and quit carrying illegal guns. Young black men (15-34) are just 2% of the population and yet commit about half of the nation’s homicides. A rate an astounding 50 times higher than the average American. They are also the primary victims of these murders. We need to save their lives in spite of all the ACLU bullshit niceties.
Dave: The Democrats have no agenda except to take and retain power. Fighting crime is the farthest thing from their warped minds. I surely hope you don't think for a moment that they give a big rat' ass about serving the poor slobs who voted them into office.
Democrats need to admit that crime in big cities continues to be a major problem and to quit allowing Trump to take control of this issue. Why not make fighting criminals a major priority of the Democratic Party and especially of Democratic mayors? Why are they always on their back foot on this issue? There is no political logic to being seen as soft on crime when most of the victims of crime are the very minorities that Democrats are supposed to champion. The single most important thing Democrats could do to save the lives of young black men would be to reinstitute the policing policy of “stop and frisk” in black neighborhoods to stop the blight of illegal guns. This would help stem the tide of murders of blacks that fill the nightly news in every major city in America. These kids would quickly get the message and quit carrying illegal guns. Young black men (15-34) are just 2% of the population and yet commit about half of the nation’s homicides. A rate an astounding 50 times higher than the average American. They are also the primary victims of these murders. We need to save their lives in spite of all the ACLU bullshit niceties.
Dave: The Democrats have no agenda except to take and retain power. Fighting crime is the farthest thing from their warped minds. I surely hope you don't think for a moment that they give a big rat' ass about serving the poor slobs who voted them into office.