by Kelli Ballard | Aug 18, 2023 | Articles, Crime & Punishment, Good Reads, Opinion
Crime is a growing concern across the nation, especially in progressive cities. The pandemic shutdowns led to an increase in criminality as people lost jobs and businesses – but nothing contributed to rising crime rates quite like the defund-the-police movement,...
by Kelli Ballard | Aug 14, 2023 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
The failed national experiment to defund the police has brought with it an uptick in crime and a drop in police presence. Many officials belatedly realized that caving to the liberal cries for social justice by doing away with law enforcement wasn’t exactly the right...
by Kelli Ballard | Apr 11, 2023 | Articles, Crime & Punishment, Editor's Choice, Good Reads, Opinion
Across the US, reports of crime, especially violent offenses, seems to be rising at an alarming rate. In Washington state, murder is up 95%, while violent crime in general is up 55%. What is causing this trend? Some say inflation, while others blame progressives and...
by Kelli Ballard | Aug 18, 2022 | Articles, Crime & Punishment, Opinion
The police exodus got its noticeable start after the murder of George Floyd in 2020 and the stated leftist goal to defund law enforcement. Officers leaving or quitting the force continued to grow in 2021 as COVID vaccine mandates made their rounds across the nation,...
by Graham J Noble | Jul 29, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
Defund the Police was never going to be a winning strategy and its many practical and political repercussions are still plaguing Democrats at all levels, federal, state, and local. It doesn’t take polling data to know that the great majority of Americans do not want...