Homicide Skyrockets In Texas City, They Should Have Known Better

When you think of liberal cities you probably think of the northeast or west coast, but there is actually a Liberal city in Texas. Austin, Texas is led by Libs so as you may have guessed they fail just as bad as true blue cities when it comes to leading their people. In true Dem fashion Austin, Texas buckled to BLM last year and now they are seeing the same results as the rest of the liberal cities, their crime rates have skyrocketed. Homicide in Austin has doubled.

“Dramatic population growth has brought with it skyrocketing house prices and an increase in homelessness. And then there is the homicide rate. 88 people have been murdered in the city so far this year, beating the previous record of 59 in 1984 — and almost double last year’s total of 48 (which was in itself a 28% increase in 2019).

This jump in homicides follows last August’s vote by the Austin city council to defund the police, reallocating 30% of the budget — some $150 million in all — to areas such as food access and something called “violence prevention.”

“Although it is true that many American cities have seen an increase in murder this year, even the slightest digging shows that not all homicide jumps are equal, especially in Texas. No other city has come close to seeing the murder rate almost double in 2021, and only Austin defunded the police. Dallas, in fact, has seen a decline in homicides, so it’s not as if we are looking at an immutable law of nature.”

“Gov. Greg Abbott and state Republican lawmakers pounced on Austin, passing a law earlier this year that punishes large cities that cut their police spending by forbidding them from raising property taxes.”

In response, Austin City Council reversed the cuts this year and raised the city’s police budget to a record $442 million — more than a third of the city’s $1.15 billion operating budget. The council didn’t restore the 150 positions, but paid for three new cadet classes.”

They likely wouldn’t have funded the police if not for Abbott. But despite adding more money to the pot, they have yet to attract officers to rejoin their police force. I guess police officers are just fed up with libs and would rather protect a community that is not going to stab them in the back.