{"id":492593,"date":"2021-05-10T13:51:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T17:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=492593"},"modified":"2021-05-10T13:51:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T17:51:07","slug":"baltimore-has-been-scaling-back-policing-for-a-decade-the-results-have-been-deadly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baltimore-has-been-scaling-back-policing-for-a-decade-the-results-have-been-deadly\/","title":{"rendered":"Baltimore Has Been Scaling Back Policing For A Decade. The Results Have Been Deadly."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fbaltimore-has-been-scaling-back-policing-for-a-decade-the-results-have-been-deadly%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=492593&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1171310463.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>For the past decade, Baltimore has been cutting its police force in what the City-Journal described as \u201ca fateful experiment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA decade ago, Baltimoreans became lab rats in a fateful experiment: their elected officials decided to treat the city\u2019s long-running crime problem with many fewer cops. In effect, Baltimore began to defund its police and engage in de-policing long before those terms gained popular currency,\u201d the City-Journal reported last week. \u201cThis experiment has been an abject\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/12\/magazine\/baltimore-tragedy-crime.html\">failure<\/a>. Since 2011, nearly 3,000 Baltimoreans have been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/homicides.news.baltimoresun.com\/\">murdered<\/a>\u2014one of every 200 city residents over that period. The annual homicide rate has climbed from 31 per 100,000 residents to 56\u2014ten times the national rate. And 93 percent of the homicide victims of known race over this period were black.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These numbers don\u2019t appear to have affected the city\u2019s plans when it comes to law enforcement, City-Journal reported. Newly elected Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, for example, promised a five-year-plan that would cut the police budget. As The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/baltimore-will-stop-prosecuting-low-level-offenses-such-as-drug-possession-prostitution\">reported<\/a>, State\u2019s Attorney Marilyn Mosby also announced the city would no longer prosecute low-level crimes such as drug possession, prostitution, or minor traffic violations following an experimental year of refusing to prosecute such crimes in order to keep COVID-19 from spreading among the prison population.<\/p>\n<p>Crime rates reportedly dropped when Baltimore adopted the plan at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, though it is unclear how much of that was due to people staying home and businesses being closed during the pandemic. Mosby said at a press conference in March that in the past 12 months, since police stopped prosecuting low-level offenses, violent crime dropped by 20% and property crime declined 36%. The homicide rate remained steady, though there were slightly fewer in 2020. Mosby also said researchers at Johns Hopkins University found reductions in police calls regarding drugs and prostitution.<\/p>\n<p>The City-Journal maintains that Baltimore\u2019s decade-long experiment into de-policing hasn\u2019t worked, in part due to a misapplication of the Broken Windows theory. The theory suggests that small crimes could lead to worse crimes, so minor offenses \u201cthat made residents feel unsafe or hinted at acceptance of violence were addressed in order to improve quality of life, strengthen communities, and prevent serious crime,\u201d the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>But Baltimore adopted a \u201czero tolerance\u201d policing policy, which led to unfocused and excessive policing.<\/p>\n<p>A Baltimore Police Department veteran once <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbaltv.com\/article\/baltimore-public-safety-budget-mayors-task-force\/36062378\">explained<\/a> that true Broken Windows policing would involve community and police collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou go to a community\u2014before we come in, [we should ask], \u2018What are the main things you all can\u2019t stand?\u2019 Everybody playing music at 11:30 at night, kids sitting on the corner, the prostitutes using the little park over there to work their trade. Now, \u2018What don\u2019t you care about?\u2019 See the old guys sitting down at the corner playing cards every night? They could stay there all they want. . . . Then the police come in and do what the neighborhood wants. You just don\u2019t go out and lock everybody up,\u201d the officer explained, admitting that instead of adhering to that policy, \u201cwe went overboard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because Baltimore misapplied the theory and police instead arrested thousands for minor offenses, the city now thinks policing is a bad thing, instead opting to go too far in the opposite direction. As the City-Journal found, the results have seen higher crime rates.<\/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\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past decade, Baltimore has been cutting its police force in what the City-Journal described as \u201ca fateful experiment.\u201d\u201cA decade ago, Baltimoreans became lab rats in a fateful experiment: &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277686,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1171310463.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Baltimore Has Been Scaling Back Policing For A Decade. 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