In addition to Democrat-run cities, your own neighborhood also has crime.

Max Rose, a congressional candidate, appeared on “Fox and Friends” to talk about how far-left criminal justice policies are contributing to the rise in violence across the country.

NEW Fox News articles can now be heard on audio! Read this article. In the affluent town of Greenwich, Connecticut, robberies do not frequently occur during the daytime. And yet, that’s exactly what happened earlier this month when a woman was attacked by two guys as she exited the Apple shop in an effort to get rid of her expensive purchases.

We don’t often consider suburban crime, but in these times, we should. There were twice as many 51 homicides in the suburbs outside of Minneapolis and St. Paul in 2021 as the previous year, and this is not an anomaly. Crime is increasing in the land of white picket fences and ice cream socials. And it cannot be concealed.

Take this Washington Post article, for example, whose bold headline declares that “New York City is a lot safer than small town America.” It isn’t exaggeration to say that the nation’s crime problem is primarily an urban blight. Antisocial conduct is on the rise, and when crime spirals out of control, it invades our little towns and suburbs.

As is common practice these days, I consulted an expert on the subject. Rafael Manguel, the new book’s author, also “Justice in criminal cases “While crime has traditionally been (and largely remains) hyper concentrated in a given jurisdiction, reports of increasing disorder and crime in jurisdictions typically known for their comparative safety may help move the needle in an important way,” What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and who it Hurts Most, said to me.”

Indeed. There are political concerns that we feel as well as those that we think about. When the entire bag of food is scanned and the large number appears, your intuition instinctively says “ You feel inflation .”

The same is true of crime. Either you feel secure or not.

I recently overheard a man declare, “I won’t let my wife or daughters take the subway, I pay for an Uber if they need to go anywhere,” as I was having a burger at Salty Dog in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, an area with more police officers than in a “Batman” movie.

I understand, but moving to the suburbs doesn’t seem to be a solution either. The last time crime was a major concern for Americans was 30 years ago, yet current polling has it at the top of the list. Rep. Lee Zeldin, a Republican running for governor in New York, was attacked while giving a speech, and his attacker escaped from jail hours later. It is what it is.

The Yale Club, a place that occasionally puts up with me, echoed the sentiments of my burger companion the other night. Overhearing a discussion about crime, a woman joined in to remark, “We know how to do this, to fix this, we dont have to reinvent the wheel.” Naturally, she was correct. With effective police, mayors Rudy Giuliani and Ed Rendell quickly fixed Philly and Gotham. The 1990s saw the resolution of this issue, but is there still the political will to do so today?

Andrew Giuliani, a Republican candidate for governor, is joined by his father, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, during a news conference, June 7, 2022, in New York.

At a press conference on June 7, 2022, in New York, Republican governor candidate Andrew Giuliani is joined by his father, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani. (AP/File)

A fundamental sense of safety in your community cannot be ignored or avoided by the political class. You know it’s a thing when the guy at the Bay Ridge bar and the attractive older woman at the Yale Club are both chatting about it?

Whether it’s accurate or not, we’ve sort of come to the conclusion that elections are decided in the suburbs. OK. We shall witness a fundamental shift in American politics if the populace there is concerned for their own safety. The school board meetings will be insignificant in comparison.

Three decades have passed since Americans were seriously worried about crime. Not just in Baltimore and Chicago, but all over again. Politicians who don’t hear what I’m hearing should exercise caution. You essentially have one task: to keep us secure. You’re stumbling.

New York City-based columnist David Marcus is the author of “Charade: The Convincing Lies That Crushed A Nation.”

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