LA Police Department detectives warned that they don’t think they can protect citizens from the rising violent crime. The detectives compared Los Angeles to the horror movie ‘The Purge’.
Jamie McBride, an LAPD detective and director of the Lost Angeles Police Protective League, told Fox News earlier this week that the city was not safe. He told people “don’t visit because we don’t think we can keep you safe right now” and compared Los Angeles to “The Purge,” insisting that “instead of 24 hours to commit your crime, they have 365 days.”
Fox 11 further reported that “McBride blamed the crime surge on things like Proposition 47, which changed sentencing guidelines, as well as the state’s zero-bail policy, which he said puts criminals back on the street, ‘faster than the officers can finish the report.’”
More from the outlet:
“Last week, LAPD Chief Michel Moore and LA Mayor Eric Garcetti announced 14 arrests in connection with a series of smash-and-grab robberies spanning late November. All 14 of those people who were taken into custody were later released due to the state’s zero-bail policy.
In order to fix the problem, McBride suggested starting from the top with California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Newsom though called out local officials last week, saying that shoplifters should be prosecuted, calling the spate of robberies “unacceptable.” The governor has also promised the proposed budget he sends to state lawmakers next month will “significantly increase our efforts to go after these retail rings.”
Democrats continue to downplay the rise in crime in Democratic-run cities, like LA, but you can’t just turn a deaf ear when the detectives in the thick of it are telling you that they’re losing hope—Yet they do. Like Dem Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who recently said that smash-and-grab isn’t really a problem. The liberal lunatic claimed that it’s all been blown out of proportion to make Biden look bad.
Erica Carlin is an independent journalist, opinion writer and contributor to several news and opinion sources. She is based in Georgia.