The deterioration of our major cities continues. Basic services are falling apart, not least of which is law enforcement, in part due to the push by deep-blue politicians and constituencies to “defund the police,” and Soros-backed prosecutors who run these city’s revolving-door justice systems.
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In the latest example of these failures, a Chicago mom was left waiting for four hours for officers to arrive, after masked bandits attempted to burglarize her house. Fortunately for her, the would-be crooks fled when confronted, but things could have ended very differently:
A Chicago mom who called 911 during a terrifying break-in was left on her own for hours — with dispatchers telling her to call her local representative to demand more police funding.
Michelle called the emergency hotline six times after coming face-to-face with two masked bandits, only for the strained supervisor to tell her the city’s severe budget cuts had left them with a bare-bones staff.
“A gentleman got on and said sorry to say we have no units to send you … then there was an awkward pause,” Michelle told NBC Chicago Wednesday, declining to share her name or face while her would-be robbers are still on the loose.
“He also recommended I call my alderman and I said why, and he said encourage him to hire more police. The dispatcher also asked me if I would consider defending myself … if I had a weapon or considered getting one.”
Michelle spotted the crooks and shouted that she was calling the police, causing them to flee:
According to Michelle, the two strangers walked through her open back door around 12:30 p.m. after she let her dog out.
They were even caught on her security camera “moseying” up to her property after climbing over a 6-foot-tall fence, but quickly sprinting away after finding the homeowner inside the house.
“I screamed: ‘I am calling the police’ and they bolted,” Michelle recalled.
Michelle and a neighbor tried chasing after the men before she followed through on her promise.
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Chasing the would-be perps wasn’t the best idea, but at least nothing bad came of it. When they finally arrived, Chicago police officers “were apologetic”:
After an hour and a half and six phone calls to 911, she finally demanded answers from a dispatch supervisor, who indicated the slow response was due to the city’s lackluster police department funding.
It would be another two and a half hours before cops finally arrived.
“The officers who did show up cared and were apologetic it took so long to get them there,” Michelle said.
“I don’t think it is the police department’s fault they are overstaffed and overwhelmed.”
Arming herself was probably the best advice Michelle received in this incident.
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It doesn’t take a great deal of imagination how badly this could have gone had the crooks not been quite so easily deterred. This incident, granted, was back-burnered because the bad guys had fled, and there was no imminent danger. But reporting on incidents like this places the people living in places like Chicago between the metaphorical Scylla of publicizing the issues cities are having with their police departments, and the Charybis of having the crooks know that the cops aren’t able to respond quickly.
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Michelle would be well-advised to arm herself. The problem is that these same jurisdictions, the same places that turn captured criminals back out onto the street within hours, the same ones affected by the “defund the police” virus, are also the jurisdictions that make it difficult, if not impossible, for the general run of the citizenry to arm themselves. These same jurisdictions are also much more likely to turn on anyone who uses force to defend themselves than on the goblins who initiated the incident.
Chicago is, of course, also the location of the Democratic National Convention in August, which may turn out to be a very interesting choice indeed.