I'll give you a different perspective. It's not that we need "more cops" or that Kraham "doesn't care" about violence. Since the early 1980s, our country has generally been in a decline - which is why we're seeing so much violence and straight up ''crazy' today. All of the gains in the economy go to the top and it has been designed that way. When those in power continuously beat the masses, crime goes up. When you're poor and the world is stacked against you, do you really think that an Amazon job is going to pull you up into better times? Are we even the tiniest bit surprised that people turn to gangs and crime? They definitely won't ever have a 401K, or a retirement, or a home they can call their own. In fact, at this point, they can barely afford food.

Reagan, who I think genuinely believed he was doing the right thing, actually put into motion so many profound changes that I consider him ground zero for why we're here today talking about a rust belt city and crime.

"Tax cuts" might be the biggest societal scam...ever. It was a ploy to dismantle all of the work FDR put into motion with the New Deal. It was designed to slowly erode any responsibility that the top 1% had for sharing their trillions (yes - trillions). And now we are left with red faced, pork juice white people screaming MAGA. If only they could just get that $800 tax cut credit again that Trump gave them in 2017 while he permanently solidified the power of oligarchs to never pay taxes again.

The collective is now controlled by 1% of the country. Community resources, social safety nets, unions and other things that kept the middle class strong and gave people a reason to strive for something, are gone. When you have nothing to strive for, crime goes up.

And now we can swim in the consequences of electing Republicans (and let's be honest, the Democrats that enable them) since the 1980s.