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SHEFFIELD: Democrat-Run Cities Have A Big Crime Problem And They Can’t Seem To Fix It

Violent crime and shoplifting spikes across urban America are forcing businesses to shutter, one reason why conservative “red states” recovered faster from COVID-related shutdowns faster than blue states.

Brazen shoplifters walk free thanks to weak prosecutors — bankrolled by Democratic donors — creating a depressing urban blight that destroys neighborhoods and harms customers who are disproportionately racial minorities. It also makes inflation worse by further restricting supply chains.

As of June 2022, the Council on Criminal Justice reports the homicide rate is 39% higher in 29 American cities than during the first half of 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. The Council also reported increases in aggravated assaults (+4%) and robberies (+19%), residential burglaries (+6%), nonresidential burglaries (+8%), larcenies (+20%) and motor vehicle thefts (+15%) all increased in the first half of 2022 compared to the first half of 2021.

If a criminal enters a store and steals below that state’s federal theft threshold, it’s highly unlikely that law enforcement will go after them. The result: small-business owners bleed thousands of dollars each month and don’t submit insurance claims because they worry they’ll be canceled.

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