{"id":2151928,"date":"2024-01-17T17:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T22:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-controlled-cities-legalize-shoplifting-shocked-when-businesses-flee\/"},"modified":"2024-01-17T17:16:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T22:16:06","slug":"dem-controlled-cities-legalize-shoplifting-shocked-when-businesses-flee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-controlled-cities-legalize-shoplifting-shocked-when-businesses-flee\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem-controlled cities legalize shoplifting, businesses flee in shock"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fdem-controlled-cities-legalize-shoplifting-shocked-when-businesses-flee%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=2151928&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--><h2>Has\u2062 Boston Lost Its Creative Spark?<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s\u2063 easy to get the idea that\u200b the city \u200dof Boston has lost its creative spark. This is the\u2062 place that once \u2064brought America\u2062 a lot of firsts \u2014 the first public park, the first subway \u200bsystem, the first tea party, the first massacre and so\u200c on.<\/p>\n<p>Now whenever you hear Boston in the \u2062news, it\u2019s usually\u2064 pretty uninspiring \u200cstuff by \u200dcomparison. You\u2019re hearing about how \u2062the mayor is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/racial-segregation-is-making-a-big-comeback-thanks-to-the-left\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">banning<\/a> white people from holiday parties, or the fact \u200cthat the president of Harvard has never had an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/our-intellectual-elites-arent-just-plagiarists-theyre-also-morons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">original thought<\/a> in her life,\u2063 or the decision by Mass \u2064General\u2063 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/mass-general-brigham-mask-requirement-staff-respiratory-virus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bring back<\/a> mask mandates.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all that, it would be \u2063a mistake to say\u2063 Boston \u200chas given up on innovation. They\u2019re still doing groundbreaking stuff up there, \u2064at least if you ask them. For example, back in 2019, Suffolk\u2064 County, Massachusetts \u2014 which includes the city of Boston \u2014\u200d embarked on a first-of-its-kind, real-life social\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vera.org\/news\/what-happened-when-boston-stopped-prosecuting-nonviolent-crimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">experiment<\/a>. Under the leadership\u2063 of their \u2062new district attorney, Rachel\u200c Rollins, Suffolk County <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vera.org\/news\/what-happened-when-boston-stopped-prosecuting-nonviolent-crimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decided<\/a> to stop prosecuting criminals who were accused of\u200b most non-violent misdemeanors, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/january-6-defendant-dies-by-suicide\/\" title=\"January 6 Defendant Dies By Suicide\">including disorderly conduct<\/a> and shoplifting. The cops would arrest the\u200b shoplifters, and then the prosecutors would\u200d just \u2062let them off the hook.<\/p>\n<p>This was a relatively \u2064new strategy for a major \u2063American city \u2014\u200b remember, this was before\u200c the \u201cracial reckoning\u201d of 2020. The theory\u200d was these kinds of prosecutions did more\u200c harm than \u200dgood,\u200d and \u2064that it\u2019s better to refer these \u200bcriminals to \u200bcounseling sessions instead of throwing them in prison.<\/p>\n<p>A few years after that policy went \u200cinto effect, leading researchers at major \u2062universities \u2014 including Rutgers, Texas A&#038;M, and NYU \u2014 published a lengthy \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nber.org\/system\/files\/working_papers\/w28600\/w28600.pdf\">paper<\/a> declaring Boston\u2019s strategy had been successful. \u200bThey found that, \u201cthe recent policy change in Suffolk County imposing a presumption of non-prosecution for nonviolent misdemeanor offenses \u2026 [decreased] the\u2062 likelihood of subsequent criminal justice involvement.\u201d In other words, if you let criminals get \u2062away with shoplifting, they\u2019re less likely to get in\u2063 trouble with the\u200c law\u2062 in the future.<\/p>\n<p>In Left-wing circles, this is \u2064known as \u201crestorative justice,\u201d\u2062 and officials in Boston said\u2062 it was\u2062 proof their idea had \u200bworked.<\/p>\n<h3>Is Legalizing Shoplifting a Good Idea?<\/h3>\n<p>What no one seemed \u200bto grasp\u200c at\u200d these universities, however, is that this is the exact result you should expect when\u200c you legalize shoplifting \u2014 and it\u2019s not a good one.\u2064 It\u2019s not surprising that shoplifters don\u2019t get in trouble with the law anymore if you stop prosecuting them for petty crimes. But that doesn\u2019t mean\u200b they\u2019ve stopped shoplifting and committing petty crimes. In fact, if \u2062anything, it means \u200cthey\u2019re shoplifting a lot \u200bmore than they used to, because why wouldn\u2019t they? They\u2019re going to shoplift so much that it becomes impossible for\u200d businesses to stay \u2063open, which means that\u200b very quickly,\u2064 so-called \u201cdisadvantaged communities\u201d\u200c will lose access to convenience stores and pharmacies.\u200b They will become even more \u2064disadvantaged, which is supposedly the opposite \u200dof \u201crestorative justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t\u2064 have to speculate\u2062 about this. All we have to do is look at what\u2019s happening right \u2064now in Boston. Walgreens has just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2024\/01\/10\/metro\/boston-walgreens-closing-on-mlk-day\/#:~:text=Statewide%2C%20Walgreens%20has%20224%20of,have%20opened%20where%20others%20closed.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> it\u2019s \u2063closing its fourth location in \u2062Boston \u2063in\u2063 the\u200d past year. Every single time, it\u2019s been a low-income community, mostly black or Hispanic, that\u2019s been affected. This time, they\u2019re closing a store in the mostly black neighborhood of Roxbury.<\/p>\n<p>You might think this development would prompt some reflection from the media in Boston, or the politicians, or activists\u200c in the local community. You might think they\u2019d ask \u2063whether allowing people to rob stores is, in fact, a bad idea. But that\u2019s not what\u2019s happening.\u200c Instead, we\u2019re getting\u2063 reports \u2064like this \u200done, from CBS Boston:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Well, that last question is \u200deasy to\u200d answer:\u200b Walgreens, \u200djust like every\u2062 other private business, has no \u200cobligation \u2062whatsoever to lose money. They don\u2019t have to\u2064 stay open\u200c to provide any\u200c kind of \u201cservice\u201d to the local community. Their job is to make money. That\u2019s \u2063not greed. That\u2019s called economics. It\u2019s the government\u2019s job to make sure there is law and order, so that thugs don\u2019t just \u200cwalk into the\u2063 Walgreens and take everything. And in the past several\u200c years, the government has deliberately decided not to do that.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But there\u2019s no sense anywhere in that entire segment \u200cthat Boston\u2019s policy\u200c of encouraging shoplifting might be to blame. You can go online and watch the whole clip if you want. It\u2019s not there. There\u2019s no sense that Boston\u2019s recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2023\/06\/14\/boston-city-council-approves-4-2b-budget-with-31m-in-police-cuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decision<\/a> to defund its police department could be\u2062 playing a\u200c role, either. Instead, we\u2019re\u200c left with the implication that Walgreens just doesn\u2019t like black people. The\u200c argument\u200b appears to be that Walgreens should keep its business open as a\u2064 charity, where\u2064 it keeps bleeding money in order\u200b to provide various services to the local community.<\/p>\n<p>But \u2063if you do some digging, it\u2019s not hard to conclude why Walgreens is shutting down this\u200d Roxbury location. Here\u2019s footage taken by a citizen journalist in Boston a couple of years \u2063ago. He films as police\u200d finally arrest a woman they said shoplifted\u200b <em>three separate times<\/em> in\u200d one day. Watch this to\u2064 get a sense of what it\u2019s like \u2063at these Walgreens locations in the area:<\/p>\n<p>This is how \u2062common shoplifting became in Roxbury \u2064and the surrounding areas after Boston\u2019s \u200bbig push to legalize shoplifting. The cops don\u2019t arrest the shoplifters anymore, for the most part. They released this woman several times before arresting her out\u200c of exasperation.\u2062 And when they finally\u200d feel compelled to make an \u200carrest, everyone knows it doesn\u2019t \u200creally matter. The shoplifters know they won\u2019t get \u2064prosecuted, \u200dso they keep coming back. That woman will be \u200cback robbing the\u200c store within a few hours.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why Walgreens is now \u2063shutting down all these stores in Boston. \u200cThis is a massive problem, as the \u200ccops \u200csay\u200b in\u200c that \u2064video. \u2062According to one study, shoplifting in Boston is up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-locals-shame-walgreens-pharmacy-says-itll-leave-theft-ridden-neighborhood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">roughly<\/a> 40%since June of 2019, when the city\u2019s experiment began. That\u2019s in the city overall. In\u2063 neighborhoods like Roxbury,\u200c the figures \u2064are \u2063presumably far higher.<\/p>\n<p>And \u200bit\u2019s \u2062not just shoplifting that\u2019s out of control. Recently the \u2063Boston Globe ran a story that was intended to\u200b portray Walgreens \u200bin a bad light, \u200dand make them seem like an evil greedy megacorp for closing their Roxbury location. But they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2024\/01\/10\/metro\/boston-walgreens-closing-on-mlk-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">included<\/a> \u200d this information in their report. \u201c[The] generational \u200bimpact is felt by Roxbury residents \u200clike Lucille Culpepper-Jones. \u2026 She \u200dsaid she \u2062doesn\u2019t see herself visiting the Columbus Avenue drugstore [a mile away], because\u2062 she doesn\u2019t feel safe walking there \u200calone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So this is a neighborhood \u200dthat\u2019s so dangerous\u2063 that elderly women don\u2019t want\u2063 to go\u2064 outside. \u2064And yet we\u2019re \u2062expected to believe that \u200cbusinesses should stay\u200b open\u2063 in these \u200dkinds of neighborhoods, where their stores \u2063will\u200b get\u200d robbed and their employees will get\u200c attacked.\u200b That\u2019s just an assumption CBS and the NAACP \u200ddemand \u200dyou make. \u200cSo naturally they\u2019re telling everyone to protest Walgreens, \u200dinstead of the politicians that CBS \u200dand the NAACP support.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, protesting Walgreens\u2019 decision to pull out of this neighborhood is a bit like protesting\u2062 the laws of gravity. You can whine all you want, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/85-of-top-economists-reject-elizabeth-warrens-latest-proposal\/\" title=\"85% of Top Economists Reject Elizabeth Warren's Latest Proposal\">basic economic principles<\/a> still exist. Businesses exist to make a profit, and when they can\u2019t make a profit, they have to\u200c close \u2062down. But the other day, the\u200d residents of Roxbury dutifully protested anyway.\u200c Watch:<\/p>\n<p>So CBS does \u200bsome investigative reporting in that segment,\u200d by which I mean their reporter sat \u2063in the parking lot\u200c for a little while and noticed a \u201csteady\u2063 stream\u201d of customers at the \u2064Walgreens.\u200b We\u2019re apparently supposed to conclude from this that the store is doing great\u2062 businesses, and has no reason to close. But the problem\u200b with shoplifting isn\u2019t that no one goes into the store. It\u2019s that too \u200bmany people go into the store\u2063 \u2014 specifically criminals \u200d\u2014 and then they don\u2019t pay. But the reporter can\u2019t explore that avenue whatsoever, because that would be racist.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, in\u200c their statement, Walgreens\u2063 couldn\u2019t really blame shoplifting either. They had to give some coded language about market \u2062dynamics. That\u2019s \u200ca contrast to what we saw last year, when\u2062 Target shut down nine \u2064stores, including its store \u200bon Folsom Street in San Francisco and one location in Harlem. In that\u2062 instance, Target \u200bexplicitly <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate.target.com\/press\/statement\/2023\/09\/target-closes-select-stores-to-prioritize-team-member-and-guest-safety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blamed<\/a>, \u201ctheft and organized retail crime [which] are threatening the safety of our\u200b team and guests, and contributing to \u200dunsustainable business performance.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>The Reality of Shoplifting and Business Closures<\/h3>\n<p>After Target made \u200dthat decision, various Left-wing publications, \u200bincluding CNBC, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NBCNews\/status\/1737174744485490973?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attacked<\/a> Target. \u2062They <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JuddLegum\/status\/1709913774206169375?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rushed<\/a> to point out that Target was closing stories with relatively low reports of shoplifting, compared to stores Target was\u200b leaving \u2063open. And from\u2063 this data\u2063 point, we were supposed to conclude that Target was \u2062racist. Of course the whole argument was absurd. One of the problems with this analysis is that stores where shoplifting\u200d is common <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13seattle.com\/news\/seattle-businesses-fatigued-by-reporting-shoplifting-cases-with-no-end-in-sight.amp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">often don\u2019t \u2063report<\/a> it. That led to a comical moment\u2062 in \u200d2021, when a single \u2063Target store decided to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/san-francisco-shoplifting-numbers-doubled-after-store-changed-reporting-method-2021-12?amp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">start\u200c reporting<\/a> shoplifting incidents, which doubled the\u2062 entire city\u2019s \u2062shoplifting rate in the month of September.<\/p>\n<p>None of\u2063 this is compatible with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/building-an-antiracist-america-top-pennsylvania-school-district-pushes-teachers-to-infuse-critical-race-theory-into-their-lessons\/\" title=\"Top PA School District Urges Teachers to Incorporate Critical Race Theory\">social justice narratives<\/a>, \u200cso you never hear about it. Now \u200dstores like Walgreens\u200b have learned to just avoid mentioning\u2064 organized\u2063 theft entirely.\u2062 But\u200d that \u2062hasn\u2019t appeased these activists. They \u200cstill\u2062 want\u200b you to \u200cconclude that there\u2019s a vast racist conspiracy among various pharmacies \u200bto pull out of black communities, just \u2063to spite them. \u200cYou\u2019re supposed to believe \u2064that this is why, in just the past two\u200d years, between Walgreens, Rite Aid, and CVS, more than 1,500 stores have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/maryroeloffs\/2024\/01\/14\/heres-why-drug-stores-are-closing-in-minority-neighborhoods-walgreens-cvs-and-rite-aid-shutter-more-than-1000\/?sh=2c5968f741f4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">closed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s completely insane, but it\u2019s not just activists in Boston who \u2064are \u2064pushing this narrative. We\u2019re seeing this denial of reality\u200d everywhere, including San\u2062 Francisco. And once again, the \u2063NAACP is involved. Watch:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Black community leaders are outraged over the\u200c impending closure of a \u200c40-year-old \u200binner-city Safeway in \u200dSan Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>The closure\u2064 comes despite the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/string-of-burglaries-calls-into-question-the-safety-of-downtown-walnut-creek\/\" title=\"Downtown Walnut Creek's Safety Questioned Amidst Burglary Spree\">increased security\u2063 measures<\/a> at the store. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EPi5Ziqjll\">pic.twitter.com\/EPi5Ziqjll<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TENET\u200c Media (@watchTENETnow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/watchTENETnow\/status\/1745561978754740473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So they\u2019re going to get rid of the\u200d business and replace\u2062 it with housing, probably because housing is a little tougher to steal. But once again, in that news report, \u200cthere\u2019s not even a suggestion that San Francisco\u2019s policies might be to\u200c blame. And that\u2019s \u2062odd,\u200d given that San Francisco\u2019s policies mirror Boston\u2019s. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/investigations\/shoplifting-san-francisco\/3209672\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According<\/a> to NBC San Francisco,, \u201cUnder current state law, shoplifting \u2064merchandise valued under $950 is considered a misdemeanor and often not \u2062investigated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Could that be the issue, perhaps? Let\u2019s see. Chicago is another city \u200bthat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10112809\/Chicago-blighted-shoplifting-shoplifters-prosecuted-steal-1000.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stopped<\/a> prosecuting shoplifters\u2063 unless they \u2063steal\u200c more than $1,000 worth of \u200bgoods. And even then, cops aren\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/06\/22\/1106654201\/chicago-police-will-no-longer-be-allowed-to-chase-people-on-foot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allowed<\/a> to \u2063chase them. How are things going there?\u2063 <\/p>\n<p>Last year, the mayor \u2064at the time, Lori Lightfoot, had to respond to\u200b Walmart\u2019s decision to pull out\u2064 of the South Side. You\u2019ll never guess what she said. Watch:<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s amazing how unified the messaging has been on this\u200b issue, going \u2062back years. This is nothing new. And still, there\u2019s\u200b no self-reflection at all. There\u2019s no \u200baccountability for the people who have actually\u200c made these communities \u200dinto dead zones for\u2063 businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The next time you hear complaints about \u2063\u201cfood deserts\u201d or \u201cpharmacy deserts,\u201d keep in mind this is what\u2019s causing the problem. It\u2019s a systemic issue plaguing \u2062every city\u200c that \u200dhas implemented\u2063 the \u200cbold experiment Boston launched back in 2019. Now\u2064 one of two outcomes is possible: Either\u200c this experiment can finally \u2064end, we can enforce the law, and people living in\u2063 these black communities can\u2062 get their prescriptions and their groceries. Or these residents can continue voting for politicians who will only make the problem progressively worse, until elderly women are quite literally \u2064dying in\u2064 the streets because they can\u2019t get their medication.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s clear\u2064 that\u2019s what the NAACP and corporate \u2064press want. And unless these \u200dcommunities start\u2063 taking some responsibility, that\u2019s exactly \u2063what they\u2019ll get.<\/p>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY\u200b WIRE \u2062APP<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What\u2063 are the broader consequences of \u2063lenient policies\u2063 towards shoplifting, particularly\u2064 on economically disadvantaged \u2064communities and access to\u2062 essential goods and services<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200bLeads to little or no consequences for the perpetrators. This \u2063leniency, combined with the decision to defund the police\u2063 and the prevalence of restorative justice\u200b measures, has created an environment\u200c where shoplifting has become rampant in major cities like Boston and San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>While \u2062proponents of \u2064restorative justice argue that it helps rehabilitate offenders\u2063 and\u2064 reduce the likelihood of \u2064future criminal \u200dinvolvement, the \u2064reality \u2064is\u2062 quite different. \u2064In practice,\u2064 it\u200b has resulted in a surge of shoplifting incidents and an increase in crime\u2064 rates. Businesses, like Walgreens, are forced to bear the brunt of \u2062these policies, ultimately leading \u2064to store closures in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods.\u2062 These closures disproportionately affect communities of color, perpetuating further inequality \u2063and disadvantage.<\/p>\n<p>The media and activists, instead\u2062 of acknowledging the consequences of these policies, choose to blame businesses like Walgreens for their \u200bdecisions to close down. They advocate for businesses\u2062 to provide services to unsafe neighborhoods, completely disregarding the\u200b fact that \u2062businesses exist to make a profit and \u2062cannot sustain\u2062 continual losses due to theft and crime. It is a fundamental misunderstanding of basic economic principles.<\/p>\n<p>The consequences \u2064of\u200c lenient \u2064policies towards shoplifting go beyond business\u200d closures.\u2064 They lead to a decline \u200din the availability of \u200bessential goods and services, making it even harder \u2062for disadvantaged communities to access basic necessities. It is not\u200b a matter of racism or a\u2064 deliberate\u2062 attempt to deprive\u2063 certain communities. It is simply \u2063an acknowledgment of \u200cthe harsh reality that businesses\u2064 cannot sustain\u2064 operation in environments \u200dwith rampant theft and crime.<\/p>\n<p>It is\u200b essential for policymakers and\u200c communities to \u200crecognize the negative\u200b impact of lenient policies \u200cand to \u200dfind a balance between justice and deterrence. Restorative justice measures should be \u2064implemented alongside effective law enforcement, ensuring that criminals face appropriate \u2064consequences for \u200ctheir \u2064actions.\u200c Only \u200bby addressing the root causes of crime and creating a safe environment\u200d for businesses and communities can \u200dcities like Boston and San\u200c Francisco regain \u2062their creative \u200dspark and \u2062thrive once again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems Boston has lost its creative spark, but it was once a city of many firsts &#8211; the first public park, subway system, tea party, massacre, and more. 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