“IS IT TRUE” JANUARY 25, 2021

IS IT TRUE when the politicians didn’t allow the well-credentialed scientists to make sound medical decisions concerning the deadly COVID-19 virus things went South?  …that the majority of our intellectually challenged elected officials panicked and made edicts that overturned the sound medical predictions of the scientists?

IS IT TRUE the people respect and listen to political leaders? …there is a major difference between politicians and political leaders?

IS IT TRUE that crime statistics taken in the year 2020 point to the reality that the largest percentage increase in homicides in American history happened during a pandemic?…murder was up nearly 37% in a group of 57 large and medium-size American cities?…preliminary estimates indicate that at least 2,000 more Americans, most of them black, were killed in 2020 than in 2019?…mainstream media and many politicians claim the pandemic caused this bloodbath, but the chronology of when the killing wave started doesn’t support their assertions?

IS IT TRUE that the local murder increases in 2020 were startling and unprecedented?…murders was up by 95% in Milwaukee, 78% in Louisville, Ky., 74% in Seattle, 72% in Minneapolis, 62% in New Orleans, and 58% in Atlanta?…in the early days of the pandemic that began in March crime actually decreased relative to 2019 continuing the dropping crime rates that are typical of aging populations?…it was not until the so called mostly peaceful protests that began on Memorial Day weekend that the murderous rampage began?…even children were not safe when the rage in the streets exploded?… children were killed in drive-by shootings, in their beds, living rooms and strollers?…children were murdered in family gatherings, in their yards, in malls, in their parents’ cars, and at birthday parties?…fifty-five children were killed in Chicago in 2020, 17 in St. Louis, and 11 in Philadelphia?… eighteen people were murdered in Chicago on May 31—the city’s most violent day in six decades?…other American cities saw similar spikes in mayhem, all tied to the street violence unleashed by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25?

IS IT TRUE that law enforcement professionals have borne the brunt of the blame for the increase in violence the reality is that the “defund the police” movement poisoned the atmosphere in American cities to the point that police have either been restricted beyond and capacity to prevent violent crime?…many law enforcement officers have become terrified to do their jobs in large cities that have actually encouraged what is essentially a war on the police?…while some reforms may be in order, having murder rates increase by nearly 100% is not acceptable and will lead to the exodus from America’s large cities?…this crime pandemic will also destroy tourism to large cities as most Americans are peace-loving people who do not want to expose themselves to violent areas?…2021 has started out even worse?…shootings in South Los Angeles rose 742% in the first two weeks of the year?…Oakland’s homicides were up 500% and shootings up 126% through Jan. 17?…in New York, murders were up 42% and shooting victims up 15% through Jan. 17?…car-jackings are already up 135% in Chicago in 2021 and are spilling into the city’s suburbs like Aurora, Illinois?

IS IT TRUE that many are hoping and expecting that we will come out of this pandemic better in the long run but allowing violent crime to occur unchallenged because law enforcement officers have had their prevention tools taken away will not help with that?…people are already flooding out of cities as telecommuting becomes prevalent?…this opens up opportunities for small cities like Evansville but the mid-sized cities that handcuff their police departments will not be seeing these people?…we encourage Evansville to avoid the trap of doing things like violent places like Portland and Chicago do?…it would be well advised to avoid the actions that place like this have taken that have clearly made these once vibrant cities become unlivable to civilized people?

IS IT TRUE that since the “defund the police” movement has taken hold in some large American cities violent crime has increased by over 250% in many of those cities?  …that the City-Council Observer strongly opposes the “defund the police” movement?