Wednesday, March 22, 2023

MALL BRAWLS AND LIBERAL HYPOCRISY

By Bob Walsh

 

             
 
It seems that mobs of teenagers fighting each other, often with pepper spray or more conventional weapons, and jumping on innocent bystanders just for fun, is called a Mall Brawl and is becoming commonplace in the environs of the People's Republic of San Francisco.  Three such incidents took place within three days at various malls, including the Stonestown Galleria, which is actually a fairly nice place, or at least used to be.  

County Supervisor Joel Engardio voiced the opinion that the SFPD is down 500 officers from its needed strength.  The current strength is 1,537 officers.  The department wants to have 2,182.

Back in 2020 Mayor London Breed diverted $120 million from the cops to warm and fuzzy programs.  Homicides surged 20% in 2020 compared to 2019.  (Gee, I wonder why.)  They increased another 17% in 2021.  Also the SFPD has one of the crappiest homicide closure rates in the country for large city departments.  For many years it was THE crappiest.  

By the end of 2021 Mayor Breed backtracked and made an emergency request of the Board of Supervisors for more money for the PD.  They are now finding out the hard way that more money does not necessarily get you more cops in the current political environment.

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