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Originally posted by CPD SIG:
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Felons can't vote.

Nor can they own firearms.

"Felons can't vote"

some can in Virginia. Thanks to former DEM governor Terry McAuliffe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...hisement_in_Virginia

Felony disenfranchisement in Virginia is a provision of the Virginia Constitution: "No person who has been convicted of a felony shall be qualified to vote unless his civil rights have been restored by the Governor or other appropriate authority".

Governor Ralph Northam will likely continue the more-or-less automatic restoration policy instituted by his predecessor Terry McAuliffe, who personally signed 168,000 orders restoring voting rights.

And the asshole son of Kentucky’s version of the Bidens just did the same thing. Beshear won the election by only 5000 votes, out of 1.3 million cast.

So now we supposedly get a “safe majority” for future Dems, but ALL of the other Constitutional officers (including Attorney General), along with both Houses of the State Legislature are firmly in Republican hands.

https://www.foxnews.com/politi...hts-convicted-felons

Kentucky's Beshear restores voting rights to over 100,000 convicted felons days after inauguration

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signed an executive order Thursday to restore voting rights to nearly 140,000 convicted felons, making good on an inaugural promise he made just days ago after being sworn in.

The order applies to Kentuckians who have committed non-violent offenses and have completed their sentences and does not include sex offenders, rapists or murderers, Beshear, a Democrat, said to a group of voting rights supporters.

My faith teaches me forgiveness," Beshear said. "We all make mistakes."

Beshear called it an "injustice" that former felons are unable to "fully rejoin society by casting a vote on election day [and were] automatically denied regardless of the circumstances of their offense or their good work since serving their sentences."

The move reinstates an executive order implemented by Beshear's father, former Gov. Steve Beshear, in 2015 that was reversed by Republican successor Matt Bevin, whom Andy Beshear defeated in an upset victory last month. Bevin conceded to Beshear in the most recent election a week after he called for a recanvass in the gubernatorial race that saw him trailing by about 5,000 votes.

Kentucky was just one of two states with lifetime disenfranchisement laws that barred convicted felons from voting, regardless of the crime. Currently, Iowa is the only other state left with such laws.

Beshear also voiced support for a constitutional amendment that would automatically restore voting rights to nonviolent felons, which has been championed by Iowa's Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds.

The Democratic governor was joined by two former felons, Rynn Young and Amanda Bourland, who both served time for drug possession charges nearly two decades ago and lost their rights to vote when they were 18 years old.

Young, who was convicted in 1998 and is now a salesman and father of twin 21-month-old daughters, called the order "an early Christmas gift" from Beshear.

"Trust me," Young said, "twenty-one years without a voice is unimaginable, believe me. I just appreciate the opportunity for a second chance."

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Originally posted by sdy:
data from Baltimore Sun paper

Black 160
White 9
Hispanic 5
Unknown 168

https://homicides.news.baltimo...?range=2019&race=all

This is about 90% black offender / black victim

168 unknown? How is that possible?

Remove the unknown, there's still 92% of homicides are blacks. Yet, no big deal by the media.

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Originally posted by 2BobTanner:
And the asshole son of Kentucky’s version of the Bidens just did the same thing. Beshear won the election by only 5000 votes, out of 1.3 million cast.

Lil Andy bought the election by making such promises. Some people he told “vote for me, and I’ll give you $2000 per year”. Others he bribed with this.

He is a one term lame duck. Hopefully his replacement will rescind all of the executive order damage he does.

https://www.usatoday.com/story...-followed/744741002/


Here's an interesting article from USA Today, and it's from Mid July, 2018.

"“Immediately upon the riot, policing changed in Baltimore, and it changed very dramatically,” says Donald Norris, an emeritus professor at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, who reviewed USA TODAY's analysis. “The outcome of that change in policing has been a lot more crime in Baltimore, especially murders, and people are getting away with those murders.”

Police officials acknowledge the change. "In all candor, officers are not as aggressive as they once were, pre-2015. It’s just that fact," says acting Police Commissioner Gary Tuggle, who took command of Baltimore's police force in May."


Hmmm...
Arrests, "Pro-active Policing", Street stops are DOWN (post 2015 Freddy Gray incident).
Crime, Homicides, Shootings, Car-Jackings, Robberies goes UP....

Im not a genius, I didn't stay in a Holiday Inn last night. But I think HayesGreener hit that nail on the head with his use of the analogy:
"if you beat the sheepdog for attacking the wolf, eventually he will stop attacking the wolf."

Baltimore homicides are up to 348

An equally dismal number is 32% homicide closure for 2019.

Closure means an arrest was made. It does not represent a conviction.

https://www.capitalgazette.com...h3t7rt6cm-story.html

The vast majority of victims — 276 — also have criminal histories. Of those, nearly 40% were previously arrested for violent crimes and about 30% were on parole and probation when they were killed. More than 50 victims were injured in previous shootings.

Beginning in 2020, police, prosecutors and city officials will meet weekly to review non-fatal shootings and armed robbery cases to bring only “highest quality cases moving forward," Schnitzer said. The city is also working to create a “non-fatal shooting response protocol” to provide resources to those affected in order to prevent retaliation in areas of the city with the highest rates of violence.

wonder why Baltimore has a murder crisis ?

https://hotair.com/archives/ja...n-rein-gun-violence/

It’s no secret that the city of Baltimore, Maryland is in the middle of a violent crime crisis and has been for several years now. 2019 saw a new record in the per capita murder rate and 2020 isn’t starting off any better, with the city averaging more than one murder per day. Governor Larry Hogan has promised to do something about it and this month he unveiled a new crime bill that would finally toughen up penalties for gun crimes and close the revolving door of gang members parading in and out of jail.

So what have the Democrats in the legislature done about it? They’re preparing to shoot it down, of course. And the interim mayor of Charm City is backing them up.

Democrats in the Assembly are saying that bill won’t even make it out of the Judicial Proceedings Committee, so there won’t be a chance of a full floor vote or debate. Their objections are based on the removal of judicial discretion for a number of gun crimes in favor of mandatory minimum sentences. But judicial discretion is a large part of the reason the city is dealing with a murder rate that’s worse than you would find in some war zones.

The same Democrats are arguing that what Baltimore really needs is better enforcement of existing laws. They note that police only made 20,000 arrests in 2019 compared to an annual average of 100,000 when Martin O’Malley was the mayor. Also, the homicide clearance rate has fallen to just 32%

The Baltimore PD released data showing that the average homicide suspect arrested in Baltimore has eight previous arrests.

They believe that fewer than 100 gang members are responsible for the lion’s share of the murders in the city, but they can’t keep them off the streets.

A recent poll commissioned by the Governor’s office showed that 85% of residents were in favor of tougher sentencing guidelines for gun crimes. But somehow the Democrats they keep electing to the state legislature aren’t listening to them. If you can’t hold your elected officials to account, they’re not going to take violent criminals to task. So why do you keep sending these people back to office year after year?

The Governor’s crime bill won’t end gang violence in Charm City entirely, but it would certainly get some of the worst offenders off the streets and keep them there for longer. It would be a solid start if nothing else. The fact that the Democrats are willing to flush the effort without even having a full debate is a disgrace.

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They believe that fewer than 100 gang members are responsible for the lion’s share of the murders in the city, but they can’t keep them off the streets.

That stat is probably right for about every city. I went to a training class a few years ago where the instructor was teaching mindsets and brought this up. Say a place like St. Louis averages around 300 homicides a year with, lets be really generous and say 20% are cleared where a suspect is identified (not "closures" to inflate their clearance rates). The means about 60 of those murders are cleared. Now out of the 60, maybe 30 to 45 are charged. Now out of that 30-45, depending on the Prosecutor's Office (and the St. Louis' City "Prosecutor" sucks badly) maybe 15-20 get charged and end up taking a plea or going to trial, and get convicted (lots of trials in St. Louis city now end in acquittals). So every year there about 200 murders going unsolved (yeah cops may know who did it but don't have enough evidence to prove it). The FBI's definition of a serial killer is two or more murders occurring at different locations, different times with a period of time between murders (differs from mass murderer or spree killer). Now think about how many "Serial Killers" are running around in each major city.

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Baltimore homicides are up to 348

Way to go, Baltimore.

Now, pass another city gun control bill to help bump up those numbers.

Just one more gun law...............yep, that'll fix it.