{"id":1108835,"date":"2021-12-11T11:59:03","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T16:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1108835"},"modified":"2021-12-11T11:59:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T16:59:05","slug":"lapd-detective-compares-city-to-the-purge-we-dont-think-we-can-keep-you-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lapd-detective-compares-city-to-the-purge-we-dont-think-we-can-keep-you-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"LAPD Detective Compares City To \u2018The Purge: \u2018We Don\u2019t Think We Can Keep You Safe\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flapd-detective-compares-city-to-the-purge-we-dont-think-we-can-keep-you-safe%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1108835&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Los Angeles Police Department detective compared the city to the movie \u201cThe Purge,\u201d and warned people to stay away following reports of numerous smash-and-grab incidents and robberies.<\/p>\n<p>Jamie McBride, an LAPD detective and director of the Lost Angeles Police Protective League, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M6FEwBdFBr8\">told<\/a> Fox News earlier this week that the city was not safe. He told people \u201cdon\u2019t visit because we don\u2019t think we can keep you safe right now\u201d and compared Los Angeles to \u201cThe Purge,\u201d insisting that \u201cinstead of 24 hours to commit your crime, they have 365 days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox 11 further <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/news\/lapd-detective-calls-california-the-purge-due-to-rise-in-crime\">reported<\/a> that \u201cMcBride blamed the crime surge on things like Proposition 47, which changed sentencing guidelines, as well as the state\u2019s zero-bail policy, which he said puts criminals back on the street, \u2018faster than the officers can finish the report.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More from the outlet:<\/p>\n<p><em>Last week, LAPD Chief Michel Moore and LA Mayor Eric Garcetti announced&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/news\/smash-and-grab-robberies-14-arrested-in-11-incidents-all-released-on-cas-zero-bail\">14 arrests&nbsp;<\/a>in connection with a series of smash-and-grab robberies spanning late November. All 14 of those people who were taken into custody were later released due to the state\u2019s zero-bail policy. &nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In order to fix the problem, McBride suggested starting from the top with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/\">California<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/people\/gavin-newsom\">Gov. Gavin Newsom<\/a>. Newsom though called out local officials last week, saying that shoplifters should be prosecuted, calling the spate of robberies \u201cunacceptable.\u201d The governor has also promised the proposed budget he sends to state lawmakers next month will \u201csignificantly increase our efforts to go after these retail rings.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire has reported, California has seen a string of smash-and-grab crimes in recent weeks. Earlier this week, a family with young children visiting San Francisco had their rental car <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/car-with-family-young-children-robbed-in-san-francisco-latest-in-smash-and-grab-crime-spree\">broken into<\/a>, with several valuable items stolen. The family was in the car when the theft occurred.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was in the car when it happened. All I could hear was a smash and then I said no, I jumped out of the car but it was quick. It was five seconds,\u201d Kimberly Balde told KRON 4. \u201cYou could see people were in the car so each seat was taken and my two daughters were in the back, one\u2019s two and one\u2019s four and it was behind the 4-year-old and like I said, she seen him. He was wearing all black with a black ski mask and she said, \u2018that ninja took that bag.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/14-arrested-in-smash-and-grab-thefts-totaling-340000-all-quickly-released-due-to-zero-bail-policy\">14 were arrested<\/a> by LAPD in connection to 11 smash-and-grab robberies that totaled around $340,000 in stolen goods.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Eric Garcetti&nbsp;said during a press conference regarding the incidents that the city needs \u201cthe help of our criminal justice system, of our judges, of our jailers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have opened up a lot of the city because we\u2019re in a better place with COVID,\u201d Garcetti added. \u201cWe should be able to also open up our jails, and we should be able to have judges that put people behind those bars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Los Angeles Police Department detective compared the city to the movie \u201cThe Purge,\u201d and warned people to stay away following reports of numerous smash-and-grab incidents and robberies.Jamie McBride, an LAPD detective and director of the Lost Angeles Police Protective League, told Fox News earlier this week that the city was not safe. He told people \u201cdon\u2019t visit because we don\u2019t think we can keep you safe right now\u201d and compared Los Angeles to \u201cThe Purge,\u201d insisting that \u201cinstead of 24 hours to commit your crime, they have 365 days.\u201dFox 11 further reported that \u201cMcBride blamed the crime surge on things like Proposition 47, which changed sentencing guidelines, as well as the state\u2019s zero-bail policy, which he said puts criminals back on the street, \u2018faster than the officers can finish the report.\u2019\u201dMore from the outlet:Last week, LAPD Chief Michel Moore and LA Mayor Eric Garcetti announced\u00a014 arrests\u00a0in connection with a series of smash-and-grab robberies spanning late November. All 14 of those people who were taken into custody were later released due to the state\u2019s zero-bail policy. \u00a0In order to fix the problem, McBride suggested starting from the top with\u00a0California\u00a0Gov. Gavin Newsom. Newsom though called out local officials last week, saying that shoplifters should be prosecuted, calling the spate of robberies \u201cunacceptable.\u201d The governor has also promised the proposed budget he sends to state lawmakers next month will \u201csignificantly increase our efforts to go after these retail rings.\u201d\u00a0As The Daily Wire has reported, California has seen a string of smash-and-grab crimes in recent weeks. Earlier this week, a family with young children visiting San Francisco had their rental car broken into, with several valuable items stolen. The family was in the car when the theft occurred.\u201cI was in the car when it happened. All I could hear was a smash and then I said no, I jumped out of the car but it was quick. It was five seconds,\u201d Kimberly Balde told KRON 4. \u201cYou could see people were in the car so each seat was taken and my two daughters were in the back, one\u2019s two and one\u2019s four and it was behind the 4-year-old and like I said, she seen him. He was wearing all black with a black ski mask and she said, \u2018that ninja took that bag.\u2019\u201dEarlier this month, 14 were arrested by LAPD in connection to 11 smash-and-grab robberies that totaled around $340,000 in stolen goods.Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Eric Garcetti\u00a0said during a press conference regarding the incidents that the city needs \u201cthe help of our criminal justice system, of our judges, of our jailers.\u201d\u201cWe have opened up a lot of the city because we\u2019re in a better place with COVID,\u201d Garcetti added. \u201cWe should be able to also open up our jails, and we should be able to have judges that put people behind those bars.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1108835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1108835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1108835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1108835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1108835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}