Brooklyn’s 73rd Precinct is dangerous territory. In the past year, felony assault increased by 26%, grand larceny jumped 30%, burglary is up 40%, and robbery increased by 23%. Liberal lawmakers are implementing a new solution and eliminating all police presence.
Former Mayor Bill de Blasio pushed to defund the police. The New York Police Department (NYPD) has struggled to retain staff amid soft-on-crime regulations and reduced financial assistance from the local and state government. High-crime areas will now be guarded by community group members. Crime will continue to run rampant but the numbers will decline as there will be fewer arrests.
Twenty unarmed community members will monitor the area from noon to 6:00 PM. Cops will line the perimeter to handle high-level offenses but they are not permitted to wear their uniforms. In fact, liberal judges will likely fine them for enforcing the law so they’re unable to act until after a crime has been committed.
Liberal activists believe police-free zones will provide them with safety, dangerously believing the theory that police officers are far more threatening than actual criminals. Seattle piloted a similar program in 2020 amid the George Floyd fallout from June 8 to July 1. Overall crime rose 77.5%. Underreporting rose as calls for police service declined 31% since residents feared community backlash. Two teens died, sexual assaults went unreported; the mayor was forced to cancel the program as citizens began to flee.
Minneapolis erected a George Floyd Square from May 2020 to July 2021 where volunteers handled 70% of all 911 calls. The city praised the measure as 200 calls were de-escalated and over 10,000 visitors flocked to the memorial site. However, violent crime in the zone spiked 21% and it became an open-air drug market. It cost the city $1 million to cleanup the mess but they hailed the program as a success.
Democrats thrive on lawless chaos. Anger in motion becomes civil unrest that opens the door for the government to take control of that chaos. Citizens who cannot afford to leave these zones must live in fear as criminals overtake their streets while politicians surrounded by personal armed security pat themselves on the back.