Way too many questionable assertions were made in this video.
Let's start with clearance rates. Rajiv Sethi touched on this in a comment that was posted to the full discussion video, but it bears repeating that overall crime clearance rates are much higher than what Sabrina Salvati says.
Here are national figures from the FBI for 2017 by type of crime:
I'm sympathetic to the idea that clearance rates should be higher. As Dr. Sethi pointed out, the reasons behind low clearance rates are complex and include more factors than Sabrina Salvati acknowledged.
The mother of a young woman who was killed while attending a Fourth of July block party in Baltimore has emphatically answered the question of whether cops prevent crime:
BALTIMORE -- The mother of Brooklyn Homes mass shooting victim Aaliyah Gonzalez wept before a city council oversight hearing Wednesday, leading many people in the chamber to tears as she described the pain of losing her daughter.
She told council members she would never be able to hug her 18-year-old daughter, Aaliyah, again and recounted the horror of seeing her body on Gretna Court, playing audio of the moment that changed her life forever.
"This did not have to happen," Krystal Gonzalez said. "It didn't have to happen if there were more than two or three patrol cars out there."
She demanded accountability from city leaders for the violence that left 28 injured and killed two people: her daughter and 20-year-old Kylis Fagbemi.
"Knowing that there were calls—endless calls—for help and no one showed up," Gonzalez said.
"Knowing that Foxtrot—I now know the name of the helicopter—was hundreds of feet in the air and will tell you as they look down… that everything looks normal, what is your normal? I challenge you: What is your normal? Let them take each other out? Is that your normal?"
Read the full story and watch Krystal Gonzalez's testimony before Baltimore City Council if you have any doubts about the importance of law enforcement and whether they help prevent crime.
Or read the 173 page after action report if you want to do a deep dive:
It provides insights into all the things society asks of law enforcement these days.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board, which leans left, recently wrote an editorial about their depleted public safety apparatus. St. Louis doesn’t have enough dispatchers to coordinate and support the work of cops on the ground:
It’s a common refrain among St. Louis residents today: Why are city police so non-responsive to all but the most dire emergencies? Why do they seem to ignore the reckless drivers who speed through red lights, the vandals who destroy property, the drunk-and-disorderly bar crowds?
It’s almost like the cops have been told that anyone committing any crime less than a major felony gets a pass.
And now, we have that in writing.
A stunning new report by the Post-Dispatch’s Dana Rieck reveals that city police officers have, in fact, been routinely told — in writing — to back off confronting non-violent lawbreaking they come across because there aren’t enough police dispatchers to coordinate their activity.
The piece goes on to say that St. Louis needs more dispatchers, more cops, and more support staff.
Let's address the Dollar General shooting in Florida. It provides another example of the importance of policing/security. Here's an excerpt from a CNN report:
The shooter, who lived with his parents in Orange Park in Clay County, left his home around 11:39 a.m. and headed to Jacksonville in neighboring Duval County, Waters told CNN on Saturday.
Surveillance footage shows at around 12:23 p.m., the suspect pulled into a Family Dollar store, Waters told reporters at a news conference Monday. He entered the store, purchased some items and then returned to his vehicle at 12:29 p.m. About a minute later, a security vehicle entered the lot and parked in front of the store. The suspect eventually drove away at 12:39 p.m.
At 12:48 p.m., he stopped at Edward Waters University in New Town, a predominately Black area of Jacksonville, where the sheriff said the suspect put on a bulletproof vest. A TikTok video captured him getting dressed, Waters said.
A student flagged down campus security when they saw the shooter because he “looked out of place,” Edward Waters University President and CEO Dr. A. Zachary Faison Jr. told CNN.
The man immediately got in his vehicle and started to drive away after being confronted by a security officer, who followed him until he left campus, Faison said.
“We don’t know obviously what his full intentions were, but we do know that he came here right before going to the Dollar General,” Faison said. “Members of our university security team reacted almost immediately. I think the reports are in less than 30 seconds after he made contact and drove onto our campus.”
You appreciate the importance of policing/security if you were at Family Dollar or Edward Waters University when the alleged shooter arrived. You wish cops or security had been present if you were at Dollar General.
Absent a reassuring police presence, business owners in Philadelphia have hired armed guards to ensure the safety of their employees and customers. Here's a video from ABC's Philadelphia affiliate that illustrates the point:
Interviews with customers, most of whom were black, suggest they felt safe while under the watchful eye of armed guards with long guns as they stood in lines that extended outside the restaurant to buy cheese steaks.
Glenn Loury is right. The answer is better policing, not no policing.
Proving one’s position isn’t necessary when no one is critical of it. Good for Glenn for having her on and letting her voice her opinion, but there are serious intellectuals whose tenor is similar, yet don’t make nonsensical statements while dodging questions. This was simply a poor guest who was overhyped and stuck in July 2020, it appears.
Way too many questionable assertions were made in this video.
Let's start with clearance rates. Rajiv Sethi touched on this in a comment that was posted to the full discussion video, but it bears repeating that overall crime clearance rates are much higher than what Sabrina Salvati says.
Here are national figures from the FBI for 2017 by type of crime:
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017/topic-pages/clearance-browse-by/national-data
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter - 61.6%
Rape - 34.5%
Robbery - 29.7%
Aggravated assault - 53.3%
Burglary - 13.5%
Larceny-theft - 19.2%
Motor vehicle theft - 13.7%
I'm sympathetic to the idea that clearance rates should be higher. As Dr. Sethi pointed out, the reasons behind low clearance rates are complex and include more factors than Sabrina Salvati acknowledged.
The mother of a young woman who was killed while attending a Fourth of July block party in Baltimore has emphatically answered the question of whether cops prevent crime:
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/baltimore-city-council-public-safety-committee-holds-hearing-on-brooklyn-homes-mass-shooting/
Here's an excerpt:
BALTIMORE -- The mother of Brooklyn Homes mass shooting victim Aaliyah Gonzalez wept before a city council oversight hearing Wednesday, leading many people in the chamber to tears as she described the pain of losing her daughter.
She told council members she would never be able to hug her 18-year-old daughter, Aaliyah, again and recounted the horror of seeing her body on Gretna Court, playing audio of the moment that changed her life forever.
"This did not have to happen," Krystal Gonzalez said. "It didn't have to happen if there were more than two or three patrol cars out there."
She demanded accountability from city leaders for the violence that left 28 injured and killed two people: her daughter and 20-year-old Kylis Fagbemi.
"Knowing that there were calls—endless calls—for help and no one showed up," Gonzalez said.
"Knowing that Foxtrot—I now know the name of the helicopter—was hundreds of feet in the air and will tell you as they look down… that everything looks normal, what is your normal? I challenge you: What is your normal? Let them take each other out? Is that your normal?"
Read the full story and watch Krystal Gonzalez's testimony before Baltimore City Council if you have any doubts about the importance of law enforcement and whether they help prevent crime.
Or read the 173 page after action report if you want to do a deep dive:
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/brooklyn-homes-baltimore-mass-shooting-report-police-response/
It provides insights into all the things society asks of law enforcement these days.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board, which leans left, recently wrote an editorial about their depleted public safety apparatus. St. Louis doesn’t have enough dispatchers to coordinate and support the work of cops on the ground:
https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-city-police-are-told-in-writing-to-stand-down-for-lack-of-dispatchers/article_9941e22c-58af-11ee-8e1b-4bc2df438f51.html
Here's an excerpt:
It’s a common refrain among St. Louis residents today: Why are city police so non-responsive to all but the most dire emergencies? Why do they seem to ignore the reckless drivers who speed through red lights, the vandals who destroy property, the drunk-and-disorderly bar crowds?
It’s almost like the cops have been told that anyone committing any crime less than a major felony gets a pass.
And now, we have that in writing.
A stunning new report by the Post-Dispatch’s Dana Rieck reveals that city police officers have, in fact, been routinely told — in writing — to back off confronting non-violent lawbreaking they come across because there aren’t enough police dispatchers to coordinate their activity.
The piece goes on to say that St. Louis needs more dispatchers, more cops, and more support staff.
Let's address the Dollar General shooting in Florida. It provides another example of the importance of policing/security. Here's an excerpt from a CNN report:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/28/us/jacksonville-florida-shooting-what-we-know/index.html
The shooter, who lived with his parents in Orange Park in Clay County, left his home around 11:39 a.m. and headed to Jacksonville in neighboring Duval County, Waters told CNN on Saturday.
Surveillance footage shows at around 12:23 p.m., the suspect pulled into a Family Dollar store, Waters told reporters at a news conference Monday. He entered the store, purchased some items and then returned to his vehicle at 12:29 p.m. About a minute later, a security vehicle entered the lot and parked in front of the store. The suspect eventually drove away at 12:39 p.m.
At 12:48 p.m., he stopped at Edward Waters University in New Town, a predominately Black area of Jacksonville, where the sheriff said the suspect put on a bulletproof vest. A TikTok video captured him getting dressed, Waters said.
A student flagged down campus security when they saw the shooter because he “looked out of place,” Edward Waters University President and CEO Dr. A. Zachary Faison Jr. told CNN.
The man immediately got in his vehicle and started to drive away after being confronted by a security officer, who followed him until he left campus, Faison said.
“We don’t know obviously what his full intentions were, but we do know that he came here right before going to the Dollar General,” Faison said. “Members of our university security team reacted almost immediately. I think the reports are in less than 30 seconds after he made contact and drove onto our campus.”
You appreciate the importance of policing/security if you were at Family Dollar or Edward Waters University when the alleged shooter arrived. You wish cops or security had been present if you were at Dollar General.
Absent a reassuring police presence, business owners in Philadelphia have hired armed guards to ensure the safety of their employees and customers. Here's a video from ABC's Philadelphia affiliate that illustrates the point:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRL32CEyMH8
Interviews with customers, most of whom were black, suggest they felt safe while under the watchful eye of armed guards with long guns as they stood in lines that extended outside the restaurant to buy cheese steaks.
Glenn Loury is right. The answer is better policing, not no policing.
Proving one’s position isn’t necessary when no one is critical of it. Good for Glenn for having her on and letting her voice her opinion, but there are serious intellectuals whose tenor is similar, yet don’t make nonsensical statements while dodging questions. This was simply a poor guest who was overhyped and stuck in July 2020, it appears.