An old sentiment has become a popular online saying these days: “Strong men lead to good times. Good times lead to weak men. Weak men lead to bad times.”
America’s cities had good times for a couple of decades. These days, we seem to be reaping the bad times caused by the weak men brought about by those good times.
To be more precise, aggressive policing helped make our cities safer. Safer cities made citizens and politicians less concerned with tougher policing. In came the criminal justice reform and soft policing and prosecuting that made our cities less safe…