NEW: @LACoSheriff releases new 2021 crime stats for L.A. County vs same time period in 2020.
Homicides: ⬆️ 95%
GTA: ⬆️ 40%
Rape: ⬆️ 7.8%
Agg. Assault: ⬆️ 12.9%
Arson: ⬆️ 22%He says LASD will start processing more CCW permits due to “less cops, more crooks, less consequences.”
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) June 2, 2021
Sheriff Villanueva is opposed by the LATimes because he is not “accountable.” To the leftist Times, “accountable” doesn’t mean elected by the people every 4 years and subject to recall, as the sheriff is. No, to them “accountable” means appointed and subject to removal at the whim of politicians.
The Times supports the current program to let criminals, including violent criminals, out of jail and prison, so the rise in violent crime is in part their fault. What is more, the Times opposes anything to do with firearms, especially the right to carry one.
So Sheriff Villanueva, with his independent attitude, will be even more objectionable to the Times than before. And that makes him even better in my eyes.
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