Mayor Michelle Wu, welcoming to criminals.
Do your hobbies include shoplifting, larceny, disorderly conduct, receiving stolen property, driving with a suspended license, and breaking and entering? Then head to Boston, my friend, as Mayor Michelle Wu has declared that those activities should not be prosecuted!
From NY Post:
“Boston Mayor Michelle Wu advocated a soft-on-crime agenda by pushing to abolish the gang registry and arguing that criminal behavior – such as theft – should not be prosecuted.
Prior to being elected mayor, Wu filled out the “2021 Boston Mayoral Candidate Questionnaire” from Progressive Massachusetts, a 501c4 nonprofit organization that tracks and ranks how progressive elected officials are.
According to its website, the group “intends to transform Massachusetts into a bold laboratory for progressive state initiatives.”
In the document, Wu outlined her most progressive commitments, including her support for noncitizens voting in Boston’s local elections.
The mayor was asked, “Do you support shuttering the Boston Police gang database?”
She answered, “Yes.”
Then, Wu was asked whether she supported a do-not-prosecute list enacted by the former Suffolk County district attorney, Rachael Rollins. DA Rollins enacted the policy memo identifying more than a dozen charges she said should be declined for prosecution.
Those crimes included shoplifting, larceny, disorderly conduct, receiving stolen property, driving with a suspended license, breaking and entering with property damage, wanton and malicious destruction of property, threats, minor in possession of alcohol, marijuana possession, possession with intent to distribute, non-marijuana drug possession.
The DA was later brought into the Biden administration, before resigning after an ethics probe found that Rollins committed “egregious” ethical violations and “abuse of power.”
“Do you support the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office’s do-not-prosecute list and expanded approach to dealing with such low-level offenses? YES/ NO?” Progressive Mass asked. “Yes,” Wu responded.
Wu also promised to advocate for reallocating some of the police’s budget towards other city priorities as mayor. The mayor said she believes law enforcement should be “demilitariz[ed].”
Wu said police should not have the ability to use tear gas, rubber bullets, and attack dogs.“
Read the whole story here.
Boston, y’all about to find out the hard way:
DCG