Democrat party policies, not gun owners, create more crime.... The Austin, Texas edition....

[2aguy]

The democrat party is responsible for crime rates in the cities they control, not law abiding gun owners.......

But.....normal people, law abiding people, who own and carry guns.....but do not use those guns for crime or violence...are the problem? That is what anti-gun extremists believe......well, they don't believe it, but they say it to push gun control....

Today’s heartwarming story of Democrats getting what they voted for takes us to Austin, Texas, where a police staffing crisis exploded the murder rate, and according to a report there were no cops at all in a section of the city on one Saturday in February.

“Austin, Texas residents are expressing outrage over police staffing shortages and longer 911-call response times in the aftermath of the city council’s vote to defund the department in 2020,” the New York Post reported.

It gets better…

“In February, a section of the city was notably left without a single police officer for a few hours on a Saturday due to the ongoing shortages,” the Post noted.

“Each year since 2017, we’ve lost more officers than we’ve hired,” Austin Police Association President Michael Bullock warned. “We had to gut our specialized units and force detectives to work backfill on patrol just to try and respond to 911 calls.”

Bullock added, “Our staffing has been set back at least 15 years, and at the same time, we’ve dealt with a population growth of over 250,000 new residents.”
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Last year, the department was on the verge of a staffing collapse after 40 officers filed retirement papers following a 9-2 city council vote to scrap a four-year contract that the city had previously agreed to in principle and instead pursue a one-year contract that the police union’s board had rejected.

Nolte: Democrat-Run Austin at ‘Brink’ Due to Police ‘Staffing Collapse’

Today’s story of Democrats getting what they voted for takes us to Austin where a police staffing crisis exploded the murder rate.

www.breitbart.com

 

[Moonglow]

Democrats are the reason why Cain slew Able.

 

[IM2]

The democrat party is responsible for crime rates in the cities they control, not law abiding gun owners.......

But.....normal people, law abiding people, who own and carry guns.....but do not use those guns for crime or violence...are the problem? That is what anti-gun extremists believe......well, they don't believe it, but they say it to push gun control....

Today’s heartwarming story of Democrats getting what they voted for takes us to Austin, Texas, where a police staffing crisis exploded the murder rate, and according to a report there were no cops at all in a section of the city on one Saturday in February.

“Austin, Texas residents are expressing outrage over police staffing shortages and longer 911-call response times in the aftermath of the city council’s vote to defund the department in 2020,” the New York Post reported.

It gets better…

“In February, a section of the city was notably left without a single police officer for a few hours on a Saturday due to the ongoing shortages,” the Post noted.

“Each year since 2017, we’ve lost more officers than we’ve hired,” Austin Police Association President Michael Bullock warned. “We had to gut our specialized units and force detectives to work backfill on patrol just to try and respond to 911 calls.”

Bullock added, “Our staffing has been set back at least 15 years, and at the same time, we’ve dealt with a population growth of over 250,000 new residents.”
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Last year, the department was on the verge of a staffing collapse after 40 officers filed retirement papers following a 9-2 city council vote to scrap a four-year contract that the city had previously agreed to in principle and instead pursue a one-year contract that the police union’s board had rejected.

Nolte: Democrat-Run Austin at ‘Brink’ Due to Police ‘Staffing Collapse’

Today’s story of Democrats getting what they voted for takes us to Austin where a police staffing crisis exploded the murder rate.

www.breitbart.com

BS.

 

[Missourian]

In related news...

What's behind Austin's mass exodus?

The Texas capital city is becoming a housing market wasteland compared to its popularity before the pandemic, experts say.

www.newsweek.com

From the comment section...

"The homeless crisis has also ruined many pristine, and beautiful nature trails making people feel less safe enjoying nature. So I just wrote the article newsweek should have wrote… to sum it up: housing unaffordability, low paying job market, massive increase in crime, and destruction of local culture that made the city cool."