Posted on 05/31/2021 4:41:16 AM PDT by blam
Our cities are filled with extreme violence, and the blood of the innocent flows in our streets, and yet most Americans still seem to be in denial about what is happening. This isn’t just a momentary spike in violent crime that we are witnessing. The increase in violent crime that we experienced in 2020 was unprecedented, and things have been even worse in 2021.
If you are not familiar with those numbers, here is a reminder…
Police and public reported data details that from January through March of 2021, the homicide rate rose by 28% from the same period last year in 20 major cities across the country. Homicides had already previously risen by 30% in 2020.
Everyone should be able to agree that we are very rapidly going in the wrong direction.
But many on the left assured us that things would “return to normal” and the violence in the streets would subside once Joe Biden was in the White House.
Obviously, that hasn’t happened. In fact, the violence in New York City over the weekend made headlines all over the nation…
New York City is officially back: almost 30 people were shot in New York City this past weekend – and that number was only up until about 2PM on Sunday.
29 victims in total had been struck by gunfire by early evening Sunday, according to the New York Post, with one reported fatality.
“These kids are having running gun battles and innocents are getting shot,” one veteran NYPD officer told the Post.
Do you remember when New York City was one of the safest big cities in the United States?
Those days are now gone, and violent criminals are having a field day as the Big Apple slowly but surely descends into madness.
Of course New York City still has some catching up to do in order to get to Chicago’s level. During the weekend before last, 48 people were shot, and five of those that were shot ended up dying…
Chicago police are planning to target 15 areas of the city this summer in the battle to combat violence and keep people safe.
The plan comes after a particularly violent weekend in which police say five people were killed and 48 people were shot, including two police officers and six juveniles.
Authorities in Chicago have promised that they will work very hard to implement their plan to fight violent crime, but things certainly didn’t get any better this past weekend.
In fact, they got even worse.
Over the weekend, 55 more people were shot, and 11 more people were killed.
What a nightmare.
But if you want to see a city that is quickly becoming even more violent than Chicago, just check out Minneapolis. Violent crime in the city spiked dramatically in 2020, and the numbers have surged even higher in 2021…
The city has seen a 222 percent increase in carjackings this year compared with this point in 2020, averaging 1.27 incidents per day, according to police data. Homicides are up 108 percent from a year earlier, while shootings have risen 153 percent.
If you are running a city and carjackings, shootings and murders are all up by triple digit percentages, you are definitely not on the right track.
Minneapolis had been the epicenter for the “defund the police” movement, but now that violent crime has started to spiral out of control, the city has decided to bring in outside law enforcement help…
Minneapolis police are bringing in outside help as they try to temper weekend violence that killed a least four people, including a college senior who was out celebrating graduation.
Mayor Jacob Frey, speaking a day after a mass shooting downtown, said the city has asked state and federal agencies for assistance, as Minneapolis police face a shortage of officers.
Is anyone surprised that Minneapolis is now facing a “shortage of officers”?
What did they think was going to happen when city officials endlessly demonized the police?
On the west coast, authorities are facing other sorts of problems. The number of people that died from drug overdoses in San Francisco was twice as high as the number of people that died from COVID last year, and addicts continue to litter the streets with thousands upon thousands of used drug needles. Street crime is completely out of control as addicts endlessly search for money for their next hits, but city politicians keep insisting that they can handle this crisis.
Crime is on the rise from coast to coast, but before I end this article I would like to discuss one more type of violence that we have seen in recent days that is especially chilling.
Israel’s conflict with Hamas sparked a huge wave of anti-Jewish attacks, and many of these incidents made international news…
There were a series of street attacks that authorities are investigating as anti-Semitic attacks in the wake of Israel’s 11-day war with Hamas.
The list includes a Jewish man who was attacked by a pro-Palestinian activist in Times Square, a Jewish teenager was also put in a chokehold outside a Brooklyn synagogue over the weekend, and a rabbi was hounded with abuse in Hallandale Beach, Florida.
The incident in Hallandale Beach was particularly alarming. After yelling “Jews should die”, an unidentified man later returned to that same location and dumped a bag of human feces right in front of a Jewish synagogue…
A man yelled antisemitic remarks at a rabbi in front of a South Florida synagogue, before returning and dumping a bag of human feces in front of the building.
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I plan on not going near major cities. Can’t stand ‘em anyways.
CC
MAJOR US CITIES DEVOLVE INTO WASTELANDS DOMINATED BY LAWLESS CRIMINALS (AKA DEMOCRATS—ALL OF THEM).
I’m reading a new book out by Erwin Lutzer, called “We will Not be Silenced: Responding courageously to Our Culture’s Assault of Christianity.” It is directed to Christians, but I heartily recommend it to everyone. He explains what is happening in America with BLM, Antifa, and CRT. It’s well documented and he lays out the historical origins of these organizations with open-eyed clarity. He addresses solutions that begin with self, family, and churches.
My Plan?
A;ready done.
Move to the
out back after expanding the hunting camp. purchase 600 rounds of ammo and palnt a huge garden.
Estabklish own medical kit and locker.
Go into town once a month. Stock up on preserved food , a 2 year supply.
Cutting my own firewood off the stump.
Until MAGA takes over again, the left can GTH.
Get far away from blue hive, aka Democrat vote-harvesting plantations.
Get far away.
Politics is no longer an answer to our problems.
Chicago 2021...
May to Date
Shot & Killed: 62
Shot & Wounded: 326
Total Shot: 388
Total Homicides: 65
Last Week’s Totals (5/23 – 5/29)
Shot & Killed: 17
Shot & Wounded: 77
Total Shot: 94
Total Homicides: 17
Year to Date
Shot & Killed: 249
Shot & Wounded: 1186
Total Shot: 1435
Total Homicides: 266
Long ago I lived in St Louis, it was a great place.
I wouldn’t go there on a bet now!
I grew up in Baltimore, left at age 17 for college, and now I only return to visit family.
North Florida for me.
Government programs for life-time losers who get by in life without EVER working, is the thing that keeps urban areas alive.
Voters need to wise up and end the free party.
I can’t even remember the last time I went into the city for anything
It’s not just major metros...
We moved to rural MO ten years ago. I became a prepper after 9/11 because I was living in FL, the state where jihadists could go and learn to fly a plane. Every beverage store & convenient store were run by Middle Easterners and they were running about half the grocery stores at the time too. They could almost shut FL down if they wanted by all of them simply not opening the doors one day. Plenty of diversity for things to turn city like.
Haven’t heard a foreign language/accent, ebonics or a siren in years.
I live in a small town in a large Appalachian county with a population of 17k. I think I am good. People go downtown to fish for small mouth bass. The county has a Walmart and a hospital.
The local volunteer fire department has a siren to summon personnel. It reminds me of the air raid siren that sounded every Saturday when I was a kid.
Good Move!
There is something very comforting with a Sam Colt variant in your hand, and the sound of the action on a 12 gauge pump, the snap of a bolt release on a .223 caliber semi auto rifle.
The left thinks that 37% of Americans have firearms in their homes according to recent surveys. They need a wake up, its more like 70%.But they diminish the true number so they can make their lefty cannon fodder think they have a chance. They have NO chance.
We’ll take ‘em all down if it comes to that.
Funny how St Louis rarely gets the nationwide attention that Chicago, NY, San Fran and L.A. do, even though St Louis is the most violent city in the nation. Not as iconic as the NE cities and Cali though. Thanks to St George Fentanyl, Minneapolis has made the grade.
We plan to make an obscene profit as we sell
a wonderful 12 acre mountain country property in a recently gone bad shade of blue state outside one of these dangerous urban areas and take all of it to Florida and semi retire. It’s about time as we’ve lost in prior markets run by demon rats. We also want to live amongst sane individuals that vote red.
Of course Christianity is under assault. If not actively assisting in America’s destruction through illegal immigration, un-Biblical social policies, etc., Christianity refuses to fight back.
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