Category Archives: Crime

Crime and the Democrats

Posted on July 2, 2023 by Luke Ford

William Voegeli writes: Take the contention that no other advanced democracy has an incarceration rate approaching America’s. It is rhetorically powerful but intellectually shoddy to make international comparisons of incarceration practices without also comparing countries’ crime situations. Doing so implies … Continue reading →

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Breaking News: Second Jewish Man Shot In Pico-Robertson (2-16-23)

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Luke Ford

01:30 Two Jewish men shot in L.A.’s Pico-Robertson in two days, prompting more security for synagogues, https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-16/extra-security-added-for-synagogues-after-two-jewish-men-shot-in-pico-robertson-in-two-days 03:00 Second Jewish man shot by a white guy, https://jewishjournal.com/news/356181/second-jewish-man-shot-in-pico/ 06:00 Twitter thread on shootings, https://twitter.com/thislouis/status/1626287969870184448 08:00 Chinese balloon freakout, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/15/opinion/spy-balloon-china-fear.html 38:00 Salman … Continue reading →

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Nepos With Attitude (12-23-22)

Posted on December 24, 2022 by Luke Ford

Virtual Pilgrim comments: Luke said he talks about what is, rather than what should be. I totally agree. Dennis Prager is fond of saying “race doesn’t matter.” It’s literally his number one point when talking about conservatism. What he is … Continue reading →

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The Atlantic: WHY IS MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE LIKE THIS?

Posted on December 20, 2022 by Luke Ford

Elaina Plott writes: * Forsyth County was a calm, quiet, ordered place. But it had a history. In September 1912, an 18-year-old white girl was found bloodied and barely breathing in the woods lining the Chattahoochee River; she died two … Continue reading →

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Police, Power, and the Production of Racial Boundaries in La Cienega Heights

Posted on September 16, 2022 by Luke Ford

Criminology professor Ana Munoz produced this 2015 ethno-graphic history of La Cienega Heights. From Amazon: “Police, Power, and the Production of Racial Boundaries…explores the history of the area to explain how Cadillac-Corning became viewed by outsiders as a “violent neighborhood” … Continue reading →

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