Political Observer received an email from ‘MI Weekly’.
Nov 10, 2024
It takes some brass for Rafael A. Mangual to opine about ‘The decaying state of public safety’ here is its final paragraphs:
…
The decaying state of public safety didn’t immediately deliver the backlash against soft-on-crime policies many expected. During those years, mass outrage over various policing incidents that went viral on social media seemed to override whatever reservations Americans had about the hundreds of legislative and administrative criminal-justice reform initiatives of the 2010s and early 2020s. It’s now clear, though, that many voters have reached their limits with respect to how much crime and disorder they were prepared to tolerate.
The progressive argument about crime and justice has always been based on lies and half-truths. Yes, America is an international outlier on incarceration, but the vast majority of prisoners in the U.S. are violent, chronic offenders who have squandered more than one “second chance.” Yes, police are imperfect and sometimes abuse their authority, but the sorts of fatal encounters that drove public outrage are statistically rare. Meantime, the public began to associate large-scale pullbacks in policing and concurrent declines in incarceration rates with deteriorations in public safety. And while certain minority groups have indeed been overrepresented in enforcement statistics, those same groups wound up bearing the brunt of the crime spikes that resulted from the “progressive” reforms.
One of the key takeaways of the 2024 election cycle may be that voters have learned a key lesson from recent history. When it came to progressive policies, they went along to get along—until the results hit them, hard and fast. If voters have wised up, however, it remains to be seen how much (if at all) this election cycle will affect the Left’s approach to these issues. The choices for Democrats are clear: moderate their positions to meet most Americans where they are, or stick to the playbook that brought them these election losses. Those hoping that they opt for the first course can enjoy, at least for now, some cautious optimism.
The Anti-Crime Election | City Journal (Nov 06, 2024)
Editor: With the Mayor of New York City under a 57 page indictment, what might that reveal about Rafael A. Mangual, The City Journal and the Manhattan Institute? Eric Adams was the favorite of the City Journal and the Manhattan Institute, not to speak of the New York Time’s resident Neo-Conservative Bret Stephens.
What’s in the 5-count indictment against NYC Mayor Eric Adams | CNN
By Eric Levenson, Celina Tebor, CNN
6 minute read
Updated 5:43 PM EDT, Thu September 26, 2024
Editor: The Reader might ask what is the relationship between public safety, and the indicted Mayor of New York City? Not to speak of the relationship of Rafael A. Mangual, The City Journal and the Manhattan Institute to the Mayor?
Political Observer
StephenKMackSD's Blog 