Subject: Re: We're Never Voting' For Him Again
And before I start I’m sorry that you live in such a dysfunctional area
No, you're not. Let's not pretend that you don't wish for a meth camp right in front of my house.

It’s really this simple: your thesis is wrong. You may be seeing it locally in Seattle,

And here's where you fail on a few fronts. One, no one's talking about nationwide trends except for people who are trying to turn the debate into some kind of national thing when it isn't. Crime is a local phenomenon driven by policies and laws created at the city, county and state levels.

Policies and laws like this one:
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov...

This is Washington House Bill 1054. It did this:

Brief Summary of Substitute Bill
• Prohibits peace officers from using chokeholds and neck restraints.
Prohibits peace officers from using police dogs to arrest or apprehend
persons.
•Prohibits law enforcement agencies from acquiring or using tear gas and
certain types of military equipment.
•Requires law enforcement agencies to adopt policies and procedures to
ensure that uniformed peace officers are reasonably identifiable.
•Establishes restrictions on vehicular pursuits and firing upon moving
vehicles.
•Prohibits a peace officer from seeking, and a court from issuing, a search
or arrest warrant granting an express exception to the "knock and
announce" rule.

I've bolded one of the provisions. Here's a though exercise for you:

What do you think the effect of this particular provision was?

Care to guess?

My "thesis" is that democrats are shit at governing and this law is partial proof. My secondary thesis is that most democrats who post on this stuff don't actually live in hard core blue areas.