The crime boom and progressives’ generally unserious response to it have been political gifts to the GOP — or would be, if the GOP knew what to make of them.
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A NYPD officer seen through the bullet hole of a bodega window, where according to local media reports five men were shot on a Brooklyn street corner during a violent weekend of shootings across New York City, June 1, 2021.
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If you want to really get to know a city, go straight from the airport or the city limits to its worst neighborhood. You’ll know it when you get there. There isn’t anything more authentic, more local, or more organic than crime.
But you may have to go looking for it to find it.
About the Author
Kevin D. Williamson is a former fellow at National Review Institute and a former roving correspondent for National Review.
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If you want to really get to know a city, go straight from the airport or the city limits to its worst neighborhood. You’ll know it when you get there. There isn’t anything more authentic, more local, or more organic than crime.
But you may have to go looking for it to find it.
About the Author
Kevin D. Williamson is a former fellow at National Review Institute and a former roving correspondent for National Review.
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