I was reporting about the carjacking surge
in New Orleans. Then I got carjacked.
Posted By: Ribicon, 10/16/2021 11:38:50 AM
The first time the guy in the hooded sweatshirt and face covering passed my car, I ignored the needle [filtered word] of fear that ran through me. It was 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2. I was parked and Googling directions to a costume party, dressed as a peacock. The second time he appeared, I couldn’t ignore him. He told me to get out of my car and give him my phone and my money.(Snip)According to the New Orleans Police Department's calls for service data, 2020 saw the highest number of carjackings in New Orleans in a decade—278 people called police reporting carjackings that year. That’s a 104% increase
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Expert apologists point to the ongoing effects of The Great Pandemic, including scarcity of jobs and increasing prices of cars, and disruption after Hurricane Ida. After all, doesn't everyone turn to violent armed robbery when welfare benefits have never been more generous? Renouncing American history and thus respect for our civilization, to include tearing down Confederate monuments as symbols of White supremacy, has nothing to do with it. Treating criminals as victims deserving no punishment in the name of Equity and reconciliation has nothing to do with it, nor does reviling the police, nor does spendthrift governments that can't fund prisons. Teaching minorities in school to hate White people has nothing to do with it. Victims keep piling up, but that's the price we pay along the road to Marxism.