by James Fite | Jul 25, 2023 | Articles, Crime & Punishment, Good Reads, Opinion
Call it the Minneapolis Effect. Call it the Ferguson Effect. Either way, it takes nothing more than a little logical reasoning to see that when urban policing falls, murder soars. It’s a fairly simple equation that doesn’t require a genius to figure out – yet still...
by Kirsten Brooker | Nov 25, 2021 | Articles, Crime & Punishment, Good Reads, Opinion
When it comes to crime, the steadfast rule of cause and effect stands strong. Disturbing statistics document that it is on the rise in the United States, and the obvious question is why. It could be blamed on COVID-19, the scapegoat for nearly everything since early...
by Andrew Moran | Nov 3, 2021 | Articles, Crime & Punishment, Opinion
Last year, America was forced to endure a summer of love redux. In what Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan predicted would be a repeat of the 1960s hippie phenomenon, progressives took to the streets and established an autonomous shantytown to demand defunding and abolishing...
by Mark Angelides | Oct 11, 2021 | Crime & Punishment, LN Radio Videocast Segments, Opinion
Liberty Nation’s Mark Angelides and Leesa K. Donner discuss how many states have seen their crime rates increase this year after the one-step thinking involved in defunding the police. For more episodes, click...
by James Fite | Aug 18, 2021 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
From Washington State to Washington, D.C., and beyond, the left-wing leaders of America’s biggest cities have embraced the defund-the-police movement – and it’s the residents, not the politicians, who pay the price. Crime has surged, and now these same leaders hearken...