Yet another Big Blue City crime warning

 

It looks like feral youths are increasingly out of control in many left-wing-dominated (i.e. "blue") large cities and towns.  Just in the past week, we've seen these reports:

‘Teen Takeover’ terrorizes Chicago as hundreds of teenagers destroy property, attack tourists

Some teens in the group began jumping up and down on cars, smashing windows and attacking people inside. One woman told Fox 32 her husband was attacked from the driver side of his vehicle and beaten after a group of teens jumped up and down on the couple's windshield. The man was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

Hundreds of police officers assisted by SWAT teams descended on downtown in an attempt to restore order as gunfire was reported multiple times amid the unfolding scene.

Police were seen escorting frightened tourists back to their cars or hotels to escape the chaos, and traffic on Chicago's Michigan Avenue ground to a halt as police attempted to restore order.

Huge mob ransacks California gas station; police 'outnumbered': video

A video recorded a mob of California youth breaking into a gas station convenience store and then stealing what police say were thousands of dollars of products.

The incident happened early Sunday morning in Compton, California, after a large group of people blocked an intersection as part of a street takeover, with video footage showing cars drifting in circles and screeching around 2:30 a.m., according to KLTA. 

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Deputies at the Compton station were responding to incidents throughout the night, but police said that since they are "currently limited with their staffed personnel," they "couldn't intervene with the giant takeover groups for safety concerns" and being "outnumbered," according to ABC7.

‘We cannot protect our public’: Riverside County District Attorney

Pointing to a rise in crime, officials said offenders are released from jail too frequently. In the city of Riverside alone, police said commercial burglaries are up 31% compared to this time last year. 

“All of us up here on stage have had enough,” Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin said at the press conference. “We cannot protect our public. We’re getting no help from Sacramento.” 

Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward used the example of 31-year-old Timothy Bethell of Winchester, who has 39 felony convictions ranging from burglary to vandalism. Ward said the 31-year-old began terrorizing businesses in 2021. Bethell pleaded no contest to 14 felony charges and was sentenced to four years suspended state prison time, but that’s not what happened.  

“He was convicted, as I said, in Tulare County and was released, as is so common, to a residential treatment program at which he immediately absconded from,” Ward said. “Within days, he is captured in Tulare County breaking into yet another business and he’s convicted of that additional felony count as well.” 

Officials said Bethell was eventually transferred back where he continued his siege on businesses in the southwestern portion of Riverside County, which resulted in thousands of dollars in losses and damages.

I could have selected many more such reports, including this Twitter account of hundreds of riders of illegal ATV's and dirt bikes defying the law by riding through Philadelphia in broad daylight - and not a cop in sight.  Such problems are not found in just a few cities or states - they're nationwide.

If the rule of law breaks down - as seems to be happening in such cities - then we have no protection under the law.  We're left to our own devices.  If we defend ourselves against the lawless, it's increasingly obvious that progressive left-wing forces - the same forces that are trying to (and often succeeding in) "defund the police" efforts will turn their attention to us, and try to haul us in front of the court for doing what the forces of law and order cannot and will not do.  They want us to be terrorized by criminals, cowering in our homes.  Why?  I can only guess . . . but it's pretty clear that when law and order is destroyed, those most willing to be violent will rule the streets, and the cities.  Draw your own conclusions.

If you still live in a large city with such problems (and that includes most US cities today), you need to very, very seriously reconsider your options.  Sure, there may be good reasons for you to stay there . . . but what's your life worth?  What are the lives of your family and loved ones worth?  If your teenaged daughter is raped, or your son brutalized, what will the rest of their lives be like after such an experience?

The authorities either cannot or will not do anything effective to stop this.  In many cases, they can't.  The police have been defunded to the point where in many places, they no longer respond to "minor" crimes at all;  and when confronted by mob violence and disobedience, as in the examples cited above, they're basically helpless.  They cannot and will not protect you.

Get out of big blue cities while you still can.  If you don't . . . you'll have to live with the consequences.

Peter