{"id":1830518,"date":"2023-01-31T14:19:39","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T19:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1830518"},"modified":"2023-01-31T14:21:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T19:21:39","slug":"how-the-soft-on-crime-sausage-gets-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-soft-on-crime-sausage-gets-made\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Soft-on-Crime Sausage Gets Made"},"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\">12<\/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%2Fhow-the-soft-on-crime-sausage-gets-made%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=1830518&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-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Soros-DAs.small_.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>October 2022 saw the Ronald Brownstein Of <em>The<\/em> <em>Atlantic <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2022\/10\/crime-rate-justice-republicans-2022-elections\/671800\/\">Write<\/a> A passionate defense of left-wing progressive criminal reform movement. Claiming that there is no connection between rising crime rate and polices, \u201csoft-on-crime\u201d district attorneys (DAs).<\/p>\n<p>This article gives you an overview of. . . Interesting. . . argument.<\/p>\n<p>Brownstein admits, among other points, that<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2014, national crime rates saw a reversal in their downward trend.<\/li>\n<li>In the beginning, left-leaning progressive DAs were popularized in the \u201cmid 2010s,\u201d<\/li>\n<li>20 percent of the country is now in the jurisdiction of a left wing progressive DA. This is compared with \u201cessentially none 10 years ago\u201d In the days when crime rates were at an alltime low,<\/li>\n<li>It is \u201cno clear alternative explanation\u201d Besides rising crime rates, the left-leaning progressive DAs are also a contributing factor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brownstein asserts that correlation evidence is not reliable as proof of causality. Brownstein cites two academic studies as evidence to support his claims.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Study 1 \u201cThe Red State Murder Problem\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the studies\u2014conducted by the far-left <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/third-way\/\">The Third Way<\/a>Brownstein calls it a \u201ccentrist Democratic group\u201d\u2014claims that Republicans, not left-wing progressives, are responsible for rising crime because \u201cper capita murder rates in 2020 were 40 percent higher in states that voted for Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This study was it reputable? It is not.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, the Third Way study was ahref=&#8221;https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2022\/10\/19\/murder-rates-red-states-myth\/&#8221;>thoroughly debunked<\/a> In the left-leaning <em>Washington Post<\/em> just the day before Brownstein\u2019s article. The study was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/larry-krasners-lies\/\">Widely ridiculed<\/a> Because it failed to recognize the fact that nearly all \u201cred state murders\u201d These events took place in Democrat-controlled areas within these states. Discrediting the study\u2019s claims about Missouri, Marc Thiessen of the American Enterprise Institute wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Missouri is an example. It voted for Trump. It is also home two of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/laurabegleybloom\/2022\/02\/23\/crime-in-america-study-reveals-the-10-most-dangerous-cities-its-not-where-you-think\/?sh=61ee0f277710\">most dangerous<\/a>\u00a0U.S. cities\u2014St. Louis and Kansas City\u2014both of which are run by Democrats. CBS News earlier this year did an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pictures\/murder-map-deadliest-u-s-cities\/\">Analyse<\/a>\u00a0The \u201cdeadliest U.S. cities\u201d The latest FBI crime data. The FBI found that St. Louis had 64.54 murders per 100 residents in 2019, making it the most dangerous city in America. Kansas City was meanwhile the eighth most murderous city with 29.88 per 100,000 residents. According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ucr.fbi.gov\/crime-in-the-u.s\/2019\/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019\/topic-pages\/tables\/table-5\">FBI<\/a>In the same year, there were approximately 520 murders within major metropolitan areas. Twenty of these occurred in cities that are not in metropolitan areas and 28 in counties outside of metropolitan areas. So, the vast majority of Missouri\u2019s homicides took place in its Democrat-run cities.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Third Way also was ridiculed for suggesting that high crime rates in Nebraska and South Dakota were caused by Republicans. Thiessen points out that Third Way did not mention the fact these three states had 75 murders in 2019, which is less than some areas in Chicago and St. Louis.<\/p>\n<p>Brownstein could have been forgiven for using the Third Way study, even though he might have known from basic critical thinking that it was fake. It had been debunked only one day earlier. On top of that, the Third Way study isn\u2019t really the heart of his argument anyway. The second study may be more reliable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Study 2: Violent Crimes and Public Prosecution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The main point of the article was \u201cViolent Crime and Public Prosecution,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/munkschool.utoronto.ca\/gjl\/research\/full-report-violent-crime-and-public-prosecution\">a new study<\/a> by the University of Toronto\u2019s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. Brownstein stated that the researchers who conducted the study had discovered that\u00a0\u201chomicides over recent years increased\u00a0<em>less rapidly\u00a0<\/em>in cities with left-wing progressive prosecutors than in those with more traditional district attorneys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the Third Way article, the Munk School article had not been thoroughly debunked when Brownstein\u2019s article was published. As the study had already been published, not much had been done about it. <em>You can get it earlier than the same day<\/em>. A summary of the study is a good way to understand its claims without having to read any additional commentary.<\/p>\n<p>This summary is an example of a political point-scoring strategy. It points out that \u201cthe greatest proportional <em>increase<\/em> in homicide in 2020 took place in Mesa, Arizona, a city served by a conservative prosecutor.\u201d It is what it is <em>doesn\u2019t<\/em> It is worth noting that Mesa (a city of more than 500,000) saw only 24 total murders in 2020. This is certainly not an indictment against conservative prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>The study\u2019s central claim, as Brownstein writes, is that \u201cfrom 2015 to 2019, for instance, the study found that murder rates increased in a smaller share of cities with progressive prosecutors (56 percent) than in those with traditional prosecutors (68 percent) or prosecutors who fell in the middle (62 percent).\u201d Although the data are interesting, they are not particularly useful as they do not include data for 202o which is the year of progressive criminal justice reform. It also doesn\u2019t account for state and local legislation that might affect crime rates. It does not consider any changes to police budgets or policing. It only draws data from 65 cities and counties across the country. The full study also shows that New York City, Los Angeles, Dallas and Houston were included in the mix. \u201cmiddle\u201d category.<\/p>\n<p>Later, the summary will present data from the study that allegedly vindicated the left-wing progressive DAs for Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago and Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>Kim Foxx, the summary claims, can\u2019t be blamed for Chicago\u2019s staggering <em>56 percent <\/em>An increase in homicides in 2020 and continued increases in 2021. This is because homicides spiked in 2017, just before she took office, and then declined for three years until the pandemic in 2020. Summary <em>doesn\u2019t <\/em>Foxx announced that she was the only one to do so. <a href=\"https:\/\/news.wttw.com\/2020\/03\/20\/kim-foxx-s-office-won-t-prosecute-low-level-drug-offenses-during-covid-19-pandemic\">They would not prosecute<\/a> Most drug offenses in 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookcountystatesattorney.org\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/documents\/policy_position_protest_related_charges_6302020.pdf\">Refused to face charges<\/a> against those accused of rioting in 2020. Illinois also passed left-wing progressive legislation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.illinois.gov\/news\/press-release.22830.html\">Criminal justice reform laws<\/a> In 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Similar excuses were offered for Larry Krasner from Philadelphia, where the summary claims that there was a combined 57 per cent increase in homicides cannot be his fault simply because the murders took place in August or December. George Gascon of Los Angeles County was also not responsible for the 12 percent increase in murders in his first year. However, murders rose by 12 percent at Los Angeles&#8217; city center and 41 percent in the outlying counties (which were also under his jurisdiction).<\/p>\n<p>The summary claims seem weak or severely flawed. However, time and further investigation by experts will determine if the study has merit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow the Money<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The questionable assertions of the summary and the untested data of the full study are not the only possible problems with Brownstein\u2019s primary source. A disturbing money trail is found behind the study, which suggests possible biases.<\/p>\n<p>Brownstein and the Munk School authors admit that the study was funded and commissioned by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/center-for-american-progress-cap\/\">Center for American Progress<\/a>, one of America\u2019s leading left-of-center think tanks and policy-advocacy organizations. This alone is cause for concern, but there\u2019s more.<\/p>\n<p>Todd Foglesong (lead author) is currently a Munk School fellow \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/munkschool.utoronto.ca\/person\/todd-foglesong\">In cooperation with the Open Society Foundations<\/a>\u201d and has been involved in its development. \u201cdeveloping a peer-based system of support for government officials that seek to solve persistent problems in criminal justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/open-society-foundations\/\">Open Society Foundations<\/a> This is the private charitable foundation of the famous left-wing billionaire. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/person\/george-soros\/\">George Soros<\/a>, who is also the largest campaign donor to left-wing Progressive DAs. Since 2015, Soros spent over $30 million to support left-wing progressive DAs all across the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/capitalresearch.org\/article\/living-room-pundits-guide-to-soros-district-attorneys\/\">over two-dozen DAs<\/a> Those who have received the money are currently in office. It seems notable that at least part of the primary author\u2019s salary is apparently being paid by the largest campaign donor of many of the DAs being studied, but neither Brownstein nor the Munk School study makes any mention of this fact.<\/p>\n<p>Open Society Foundations (OSF), in fact, is a website. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/grants\/past?filter_keyword=University+of+Toronto\">Reports<\/a> The $144,265 OSF grant to the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy was received by the Munk School, while $2.7 million has been received by the University of Toronto. In 2016, the largest grant was $1.3 million, which established the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. \u201cpeer support system\u201d Foglesong is currently working on criminal justice reform.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Behind the Curtain<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is how soft-on-crime sausages are made.<\/p>\n<p>Brownstein\u2019s article, and countless others like it, instruct readers to ignore the evidence of their eyes and ears because \u201cthe experts\u201d You may have come to different conclusions. One quick look under the hood will reveal this. \u201cthe experts\u201d are either incredibly biased or completely debunked, but most people don\u2019t have the time or patience to look deeper so \u201cthe experts\u201d get accepted at face-value.<\/p>\n<p>On social media, protestors and activists assure the crowd that the experts are correct, and that they would vote for such changes. A candidate emerges from nowhere with a lot of money (from the same megadonor that funded the experts) as well as a group of activists to take the city into a new era. When the left-wing progressive is elected and the destruction of their policies is felt, the same experts come forward again to explain that it\u2019s not their fault, the media rushes to report the expert testimony as fact, and the whole process starts over again. Rinse and Repeat.<\/p>\n<p>American cities need to break this vicious cycle to escape the scourge left-wing progressive utopian experiments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 2022 saw the Ronald Brownstein Of The Atlantic Write A passionate defense of left-wing progressive criminal reform movement. Claiming that there is no connection between rising crime rate and polices, \u201csoft-on-crime\u201d district attorneys (DAs). This article gives you an overview of. . . Interesting. . . argument. 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