Jbreeaze

The black migration of the first half of the 20th century destroyed the majority of America's big cities. That's uncomfortable to say, but it's true. Prevented by their own government from protecting their neighborhoods, people instead fled to the suburbs and tried to forget the nightmare. Cities descended into chaos throughout the '70s and '80s until, by 1991, Chicago saw 929 murders (almost 2x the 2024 number), and over 42,000 cases of aggravated assault. NYC saw 2,245 murders that year (vs. 377 in 2024). Most of the violence was confined to certain areas of the cities, and while people were resentful over what had been allowed to happen, they were able to ignore it as long as they had the ability to avoid the danger zones (which government tried to make more difficult through forced integration and mandatory public school bussing programs). Then, in 1992, America watched LA burn because a 6'3" 240 lb. career criminal on PCP caught a beatdown after leading the cops on a 115 mph chase through a known cop suburb. Soon after, OJ Simpson was put on trial, and the same Americans watched crowds of African Americans cheer and chant "We won!" after Simpson was acquitted in one of the most iron-clad high-profile murder cases ever, mostly because one of the investigating officers might've said something racist in the past. After that, the mood changed. Harsh laws were passed, and they were enforced. The prison population increased by 50%, and a huge number of black males were put into the system in one way or another (jail, parole, probation, etc). Within a few years, violent crime dropped by 50, 60, 80% in many metro areas, and it stayed down until the cycle of media- and Democrat-incited race riots began during the Obama administration. Total numbers are still far below where they were in the early '90s, but permissive local governments and a media environment that encourages violent rage against the white population has created a culture of impunity that has made it much more difficult to ignore or avoid, as predators and violent psychotics wander outside their natural habitat looking for victims. The statistics don't speak to the level of vulnerability and chaos experienced by many people in the cities. This feels like another LA riot/OJ trial moment, when years of apathy and resignation was replaced with a militant determination to restore order. Let's hope it is.