There's a revealing paradox I have been noticing: overall, crime has been trending downward, at least partly due to declining fertility in the United States. Fewer people in the prime crime years equals fewer crimes.
During a street takeover near Grant Park, a car rams a responding CPD vehicle and pushes it back.
— Chicago Contrarian (@ChicagoContrar1) May 9, 2026
Onlookers cheer it on.
Our intrepid mayor, @ChicagosMayor, expects us to believe this insanity is normal and acceptable. pic.twitter.com/lQj6ctO3ME
But a certain type of crime has been growing in prominence: street takeovers, mass looting in stores as young people stream in to overwhelm the employees, random assaults and shootings, and mass brawls in public places.
Police have arrested three teenagers in connection with a shooting spree in Austin, Texas, during which multiple locations including fire stations, apartments, and homes were targeted, leaving four people injured. pic.twitter.com/3EM3LvD4O3
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) May 18, 2026
Basically, I am talking about escalating public disorder for the sake of public disorder. It has grown in parallel to, but is different in kind to the crimes committed by mentally ill people, and a bit more similar to the criminal activity we see from a class of illegal aliens who consider themselves untouchable in sanctuary cities.
At the Rochester Lilac Festival over the weekend in upstate New York, brawling broke out.
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) May 18, 2026
Fights have broken out in the past at the festival. pic.twitter.com/menHDsRKda
Most public disorder crimes are committed by large groups of minority youths, mainly African Americans, who obviously believe that they are immune to prosecution, both because of the decarceration movement and the collective white guilt in Blue areas.
Here’s the video of the brawl inside of the Navy Yard Chipotle (which has since been taken down by the initial user)
— The DC MD VA Live (@TheDMVLive) May 18, 2026
We are awaiting more details and a copy of the police report from DC Police… #DCCrime https://t.co/bPVzXwpAnU pic.twitter.com/FhdUtLZ9YC
Kids who have grown up in environments that already don't inculcate social conscience are further encouraged to act out because they have been told that society is stacked against them, while also being told that the liberal establishment will cut them a break as a form of reparations.
JUST IN: U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announces aggressive crackdown on parents who enable youth takeovers terrorizing D.C. neighborhoods.
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) May 18, 2026
Pirro’s office will prosecute adults under the city’s curfew law for enabling, facilitating, or permitting minors to commit delinquent acts.… pic.twitter.com/OO1Fe5XYku
JUST IN: U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announces aggressive crackdown on parents who enable youth takeovers terrorizing D.C. neighborhoods.
Pirro’s office will prosecute adults under the city’s curfew law for enabling, facilitating, or permitting minors to commit delinquent acts. Penalties include up to six months in jail, fines, and court-ordered classes. “If the evidence shows the parents knew or should have known… we’re going to charge them.”
The emergence of these kinds of crimes is totally predictable. Human beings easily descend into barbarism when it is allowed to flourish. There is nothing unique about these crimes, except that they are allowed to happen in a nominally civilized society.
They kicked the random white man in the face while saying “black lives matter.”
— Lauren Witzke (@LaurenWitzkeDE) May 18, 2026
None of them got prison time. pic.twitter.com/2PeJb76v3Z
Just as the street takeovers are a trend in Blue cities, where large groups of teens and young adults gather to risk their lives with car stunts, the flash mobs are now a thing because leftists allow them to be a thing.
🚨WHAT ON EARTH?!!!
— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) May 17, 2026
An ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE "teen takeover" in downtown Detroit forced businesses to close early last night.
Teens were seen BREAKING INTO CARS, PUNCHING and KICKING each other, shoving kids into the STREET, and JUMPING ON CARS...
WHERE. ARE. THE. PARENTS?!!!!! pic.twitter.com/TR4xUXRRLF
Judges, prosecutors, and leftist politicians are all giving their permission for young people—especially minorities—to express their aggression in antisocial ways, and a lot of kids are taking up the offer to run wild.
🚨 HOLY SMOKES. Leftist Judge Tracy Davis just slashed a 65-year recommended prison sentence IN HALF for a r*pist — she felt bad he was a black 'victim'
— Dr. Mel Aaron Gibson (@MelAaronGibson1) May 15, 2026
This is madness.
These judges are a threat to EVERYBODY. They must be removed pic.twitter.com/aFHxMueP88
The explosion of this kind of crime is a direct result of the permission given to the perpetrators. That's why we keep hearing about horrific crimes committed by known wolves. They are out on the streets because the people running the system have decided that they should be.
Who could have predicted that electing a Muslim race communist who hates the police & adores violent criminals would result in more murder & theft? https://t.co/qeknIRt1Vg
— Justin Lee (@justindeanlee) May 9, 2026
Obviously, there is no way to eliminate all crime; human beings are fallen. But there are societies that breed crime, and societies that are civilized enough that very few people would consider committing crimes, especially violent crimes.
This bodega owner told ABC a year ago that he fears for his safety in NY
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) April 27, 2026
Last night, he was kiIIed by a shoplifter pic.twitter.com/0GWyo3Enaz
It's a cultural choice for a once-civilized society to abandon its hard-won status as a high-trust society to a degenerate one.
There is perhaps no bigger progressive/leftist failure than the decarceration movement. https://t.co/MEA92zsB4n
— Trinity Votes 🇮🇱🇺🇦 (@TrinityMustache) May 9, 2026
Black youths in particular have been told by liberals that expressing their baser instincts is not their fault and that they will be less harshly punished for following their worst impulses. They have also been taught to hate white people and blame them for every bad thing that happens to them.
🚨 SEATTLE MAYOR BRUCE HARRELL: “When a man does 6 or 7 crimes, we do not know his life story!”
— QUANTUM GUARD ™️ (@QuantumGuard17) May 4, 2026
“Maybe he was hungry. Therefore, I have ZERO desire in jailing him!”
American voters — we DON’T have to live this way.
Absolutely unbelievable. pic.twitter.com/Iu5u2ooJWC
If we don't enforce the standards of civilization on everybody, we should expect that those standards won't be followed.
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