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« Suicide in DC | Main | LE shooting in Florida »

Thoughts on crime

Posted by David Hardy · 1 May 2009 08:20 AM

Peter Hitchens has some deep thoughts on conditions in Britain.

"The frequent arrests of people for defending themselves or their property are not accidents or quirks. They are the consequence of the Criminal Justice system's abandonment of old-fashioned ideas of punishment; also of that system's social democratic belief that crime has 'social' causes and the ownership of property isn't absolute. Most law-abiding people don't really accept this. They think criminals do bad things because they lack conscience or restraint, not because they were abused as children or their dole payments are too small. And they don't see why they have to barricade their houses or hide their worldly goods from view on the assumption that some unrestrained low-life is otherwise bound to steal them. So they regard it as legitimate to hurt and punish those who rob them or otherwise attack them. If they were allowed to enforce the law as they see it, they would quickly show the police and courts up as useless and mistaken. One of the most important jobs of the police is to stop us looking after ourselves, in case we do a better job than PC Plod."

California is trending that way... with news that Contra Costa County is decriminalizing crime. To save money, it's decided not to prosecute assault, battery, petty theft, vandalism, and some other offenses.

Hat tips to Instapundit and Howard Nemerov....

4 Comments | Leave a comment

Jim | May 1, 2009 9:28 AM | Reply

"ABC7 obtained a memo Kochly sent to police chiefs detailing exactly which misdemeanors will go unprosecuted. They include: drug possession, assault, battery, burglary, shoplifting, forgery, embezzlement, vandalism and trespassing..."


Goog God, they actually are telling people this? Its bad enough to cut back, but to actually tell people what crimes they can get away with!?!?

Plenty of money for educating and treating illegal aliens though, and piblic assistance, and so on I'm sure...

jdberger | May 1, 2009 2:40 PM | Reply

To be fair, it was a budget ploy by the County Attorney. What better way to get funding than to tell the press that you just can't afford to prosecute criminals.

The PD and FD do it all the time.

Gene Hoffman | May 1, 2009 4:42 PM | Reply

The ironic part about Contra Costa county is that they will still prosecute unlicensed CCW...

-Gene

[email protected] | May 1, 2009 8:08 PM | Reply

Dear David,

Can you point me to your archives
where you discussed the errors
of the 4 liberal Justices in Heller
and their 16 legal clerk?

I want to post it the Kansite WWI discussion
list since I am a member and they are
discussing the origins of the National Guard.

Best,

Marcus Poulin
[email protected]

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