{"id":1127237,"date":"2021-12-17T01:43:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T06:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1127237"},"modified":"2021-12-17T01:43:41","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T06:43:41","slug":"california-democrats-change-their-stance-on-defund-police-lawlessness-reign-of-criminals-must-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-democrats-change-their-stance-on-defund-police-lawlessness-reign-of-criminals-must-end\/","title":{"rendered":"California Democrats Change Their Stance on Defund Police, Lawlessness: \u2018Reign of Criminals\u2019 Must End"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fcalifornia-democrats-change-their-stance-on-defund-police-lawlessness-reign-of-criminals-must-end%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=1127237&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 class=\"subheading\">From the mayor\u2019s office in San Francisco to the governor\u2019s mansion and the U.S. House of Representatives, California Democrats in recent days have said the crime surge in the state must be stopped and police are needed to make that happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time that the reign of criminals who are destroying our city, it is time for it to come to an end,\u201d San Francisco Mayor London&nbsp;Breed said on Tuesday when announcing new public safety measures. \u201cAnd it comes to an end when we take the steps to be more aggressive with law enforcement \u2026 and less tolerant of all the bullshit that has destroyed our city.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_16482902\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1307622230.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16482902\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1307622230.png\" alt=\"San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaks during a news conference outside of Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital with essential workers to mark the one year anniversary of the COVID-19 lockdown on March 17, 2021 in San Francisco, California. San Francisco has some of the lowest number of coronavirus cases and death rates in the country with only 422 deaths in a city with a population near 900,000. (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaks during a news conference outside of Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital with essential workers to mark the one year anniversary of the COVID-19 lockdown on March 17, 2021 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s absolutely outrageous, obviously it cannot continue,\u201d House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said on Wednesday about the surge of retail thefts in San Francisco.&nbsp;\u201cThere is an attitude of lawlessness in our country that springs from I don\u2019t know where \u2026 and we cannot have that lawlessness become the norm.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19148658\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"38\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/wi\/ap\/15\/congress-budget-speaker-of-house-nancy-pelosi-calif-meets-reporters-at-capitol-washington-wednesday.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19148658 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/congress-budget-speaker-of-house-nancy-pelosi-calif-meets-reporters-at-capitol-washington-wednesday-1024x614-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re not just stealing people\u2019s products and impacting their livelihoods, they\u2019re stealing a sense of place and confidence,\u201d Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom said of theft suspects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why you\u2019ve got to get serious about it,\u201d Newsom said. \u201cI\u2019m not the mayor of California. But I was a mayor. And I know when things like this happen, mayors have to step up.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18237034\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/california-gov-gavin-newsom-school-october-1-2021-getty-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18237034\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/california-gov-gavin-newsom-school-october-1-2021-getty-1.jpg\" alt=\"SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 01: California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference after meeting with students at James Denman Middle School on October 01, 2021 in San Francisco, California. California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that California will become the first state in the nation to mandate students to have a COVID-19 vaccination in order to attend in person classes. The mandate will go into effect at all private and public schools in the state when the FDA approves the vaccinations for students age and grade level. It is expected that 7th to 12th graders will likely have to have the vaccine by January of 2022. (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference after meeting with students at James Denman Middle School on October 01, 2021 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>SF Gate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/bay-area-politics\/article\/Pelosi-Breed-Newsom-on-crime-16704428.php\">reported<\/a> on the changing attitudes of politicians who ignored months of violent protests and the destruction of property in the name of \u201cracial justice\u201d and \u201cpolice brutality\u201d after the death of George Floyd in police custody:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"18.963730569948\">\n<p>Thefts in San Francisco are growing increasingly brazen and seemingly organized at a large scale. Nationally, public polling indicates potential political vulnerability for Democrats, as <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/president-bidens-job-approval-sinking-inflation-crime-covid\/story?id=81701113\">a national poll from ABC\/Ipsos this week<\/a> found that just 36% of voters approve of President Joe Biden\u2019s handling of \u201ccrime\u201d generally, which is down from 43% in October.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>By way of actual policy, Breed\u2019s public safety measures include more policing in areas such as the Tenderloin and amending existing legislation to allow law enforcement to access private surveillance cameras in real time, while Newsom\u2019s involve using the California Highway Patrol to assist in patrols of highly trafficked shopping areas.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We owe police officers an apology. As a nation.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shellenberger\/status\/1470916282300071936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.313253012048\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last year, San Francisco became one of the first cities to defund the police. Yesterday, the city&#8217;s mayor dramatically reversed herself, calling for a significant increase in police funding, and an end to the city&#8217;s deadly open drug scenes. Why?<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KByutpdv54\">https:\/\/t.co\/KByutpdv54<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShellenbergerMD\/status\/1471161504460263431?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And beefing up police operations are now suddenly on the table, as the CBS affiliate in San Francisco <a href=\"https:\/\/sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com\/2021\/12\/15\/mayor-breed-orders-crackdown-on-crime-in-san-franciscos-tenderloin-neighborhood\/\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15\">\n<p>Mayor London Breed launched an emergency police intervention in San Francisco\u2019s crime-ridden Tenderloin neighborhood Tuesday, targeting a pipeline of illegal drugs that has been fueling a surge in gun violence and deadly fentanyl overdoses.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday afternoon, the SFPD\u2019s Tenderloin Station Twitter account posted information on police activity in the neighborhood over just the past week, including the seizure of nearly a kilo of drugs \u2014 more than half of which (over 600 grams) was fentanyl \u2014 and the arrests of 17 suspected drug dealers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Last week, in addition to arresting five&nbsp;drug dealers for violating stay away orders and six for outstanding arrest warrants, drug enforcement in the Tenderloin seized over 950 grams of drugs (including more than 600 grams of fentanyl), over $3,400 in drug money, three knives, and a taser.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Tenderloin crackdown was just one of four crime fighting initiatives Breed announced at a news conference that afternoon,\u201d CBS reported, including:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Securing emergency police funding for needed resources<\/li>\n<li>Amending our surveillance ordinance so law enforcement can interrupt crime in real time<\/li>\n<li>Disrupting the illegal street sales of stolen goods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cIn recent months we\u2019ve not only seen a number of high-profile incidents of brazen robberies and car break-ins but also street behavior and criminal activity especially in the Tenderloin that has become far too normal and cannot continue to be tolerated,\u201d Breed said.<\/p>\n<p>Crime data reveal that just in November there were 3,375 reports of larceny theft citywide, the majority car break-in. Last month there were 876 reports of \u201csmash and grab\u201d thefts, almost 30 a day, compared with&nbsp;442 last November.<\/p>\n<p>In the 50-square block Tenderloin last month there were six shootings, 20 drug arrests, and 16 assault and batteries.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Breed said horror stories from Tenderloin residents are partly responsible for her pivot on lawlessness.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHearing their stories was hard,\u201d Breed said. \u201cHearing their stories was heartbreaking. Just imagine if you had to walk your kids down the streets of the Tenderloin every single day with people shooting up (on drugs), selling drugs and because the sidewalks were so packed with people, you had to walk out into the streets in incoming traffic on a regular basis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou got these brand new playgrounds where you don\u2019t even feel comfortable walking your kids to play in them because of everything you see around them so you don\u2019t feel safe,\u201d Breed said.<\/p>\n<p>Breed said she is not concerned about being criticized for taking this stance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be clear, what I\u2019m proposing today and what I will be proposing in the future will make a lot of people uncomfortable and I don\u2019t care,\u201d Breed said. \u201cAt the end of the day the safety of the people of San Francisco is the most important thing to me. We are past the point where what we see is even remotely acceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Penny Starr on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PennyStarrDC\">Twitter<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the mayor\u2019s office in San Francisco to the governor\u2019s mansion and the U.S. House of Representatives, California Democrats in recent days have said the crime surge in the state &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"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-1127237","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\/1127237","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\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1127237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127237\/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=1127237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1127237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1127237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}