Many Democratic enclaves are reversing 2020 reforms and moving toward tougher crime policies ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
Democratic cities and states in America have increasingly introduced tough law and order measures that would have been taboo in the years following the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests against law enforcement. ing. The government is increasing police powers in response to growing public concern and anger over a surge in crimes such as murders, car robberies and retail thefts. (Related: Democratic mayor floats bill to roll back post-George Floyd police reforms amid massive crime spike)
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser painted “Black Lives Matter” on 16th Street, just steps from the White House.Last night's protesters added: “Defund the police.” pic.twitter.com/1GElXtYiSD
— Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) June 7, 2020
Democratic New York Governor Cathy Hochul announced Wednesday that she would deploy the National Guard and New York State Police to New York City's subways following a spike in traffic crimes.
“I'm going to prove…that Democrats are also fighting crime,” Hochul said. Said He said this in an interview on MSNBC on Thursday. “So this narrative that Republicans have said has hijacked this narrative that we're being tolerant of crime and we're defunding the police. No.”
New York City Mayor Eric Adams agrees with the governor's sentiments.
“Nothing increases your sense of security more than having a uniformed police officer present from the time you first enter the subway through your baggage check and watching you walk through the subway cars to the platform,” the mayor said Wednesday. He made the claim at a press conference. interview Performed with FOX5 New York.
Adams' predecessor, former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, agreed to defund the police department in 2020, cutting the police budget by $1 billion. according to In the New York Times.
San Francisco and Washington, D.C., both pushed for tougher crime policies on Tuesday, in contrast to previous reforms such as cutting police budgets.
San Francisco voters on Tuesday approved two ballot measures supported by Mayor London Breed, Politico report.
Proposition E This will give police more freedom to track suspects in cars, allow the deployment of drones and surveillance cameras, and reduce red tape. Proposition F Forcing adult welfare recipients who take drugs to undergo treatment in order to receive cash assistance.
Breed, a Democrat, has previously advocated defunding the police and cutting police and sheriff's department budgets by $120 million. However, as her moderate allies entered the mayoral race against her, she reversed course on her crime policy. according to To Politico.
The D.C. City Council unanimously approved the bill on Tuesday. invoice The legislation, known as the “Secure DC Omnibus Amendments Act of 2024,” rolls back liberal reforms after homicides rose to a 25-year high during Mayor Muriel Bowser's tenure. . according to To Axios.
In October, three armed men carjacked Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar in Washington, D.C. Mike Gill, an official in former President Donald Trump's administration, was killed in a violent carjacking in Washington, D.C., in February.
passing through oregon Measures 110 In 2020, it became the first state in the nation to decriminalize hard drugs such as cocaine, heroin, oxycodone, and methamphetamine. according to This was reported to local media outlet OPB. However, the state legislature passed it in both chambers. HB40002 The 21-8 vote passed to reinstate criminal penalties for drug possession and will be signed by Democratic Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek. according to on CNN on Friday.
The district attorney took office in December 2020 and faced a recall campaign over his crime policies in 2022, which survived until August after a petition did not meet the required number of signatures.
“On my first day in office, I'm going to make it clear to the people and to criminals that the golden age of criminals is over,” Gascon's leading opponent Nathan Hochman previously told DCNF. “I will eliminate all of Gascón's sweeping pro-crime policies and remove the handcuffs Gascón has placed on more than 900 prosecutors, returning them to criminals.”
Hochman previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney general, but lost the 2022 race to become California's attorney general as a Republican candidate.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is also trying to shift partisan views on crime. As the election approaches.
“Under President Donald Trump, homicide rates skyrocketed, and under President Biden, crime rates have declined,” said Alex Floyd, DNC director of rapid response. said “Mr. Trump has sought to defund law enforcement programs every year of his tenure and continues to support the January 6th insurrection participants against law enforcement protecting the Capitol. Trump and the MAGA Republican Party Voters are worried that Trump will make our communities more dangerous, even as we currently engage in dangerous policies that will make our communities less safe and reverse the progress President Biden has made to lower crime rates. I won't let you expose me.”
Mr. Hochul, Mr. Adams, Mr. Breed, Mr. Kotek, Mr. Gascon, and the DNC did not respond to DCNF's requests for comment.
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