I guess Kaine doesn’t get out much.
He’s obviously never bothered to talk to anyone like Kate Steinle’s family, who were victimized in one of these “phantom” cities.
I should add—most big city police chiefs are political appointees (hacks) and paid media flacks.
If Kaine wants to know what is really going on in sanctuary cities he should:
—Talk to real cops on the beat
—Have his staff look at real crime statistics in the sanctuary cities (which are available on-line for most large cities these days).
An example of how you can use the web to pin down crime by very specific location (not just districts) is the DC police web site: http://crimemap.dc.gov/
I was able to use this at work when someone tried to argue a specific DC neighborhood was low crime—they were blowing smoke and this web site gave me the data I needed.