Survival crimes: the new Leftist policy that allows special groups to break the law with impunity
~48 mins
https://youtu.be/kZY19MnMjTY
From Tucker tonight.
Survival crimes are those committed by the poor in their "struggle to survive." You know–like camping out on the streets or stealing things to get money.
Christopher Rufo of the Documentary Foundation says the results in Seattle have been "catastrophic." Talks about the homeless encampments all over Seattle and the huge rise in crime (250% over LA and 400% over NYC).
Rufo reports that the Seattle City Council is allowing homeless to break laws that others are not allowed to break, resulting in a two-tiered system of justice: one for middle-class citizens and another for "vulnerable" populations. He calls this "government by ideology." Hopes that the municipal elections next year will change this situation (because we get to vote the bastards out!)
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I said "we" because I live in Seattle. There are homeless people everywhere. It's a problem nobody can ignore. Recently, my neighbor chased two people out of her backyard and another posted "no trespassing" signs in a vacant lot next door so campers wouldn't move in.
In the past, most homeless people were meek, non-aggressive, humble. But some have now become much more "in your face," because of the city's "hands-off" policy. One Starbucks no longer has outdoor furniture because it gets stolen.
One good thing, tho: It's beginning to wake people up. Seattlelites like to think of themselves are open-minded, tolerant, and kind. But when confronted with people defecating on the sidewalk in the middle of town or camping by salmon streams, they aren't exactly thrilled. This is creating a kind of collective form of cognitive dissonance. The whole town is up in arms. Because nice as Seattlelites are, they sort of fanatical about ecology. Homeless people trashing their carefully restored parks and wildland areas crosses their red line.
So in addition to people trying to rid their neighborhoods of homeless encampments, we now have a group challenging the whole "bike lane everywhere" zoning plan than comes right out of Agenda 21/2030. Even better, many people are thinking about running for CC next year–regular people, not activists. Maybe things had to get really bad before they could start getting better.