How woke policing betrays ordinary people
by Neil Davenport, spiked:
The cops now care more about offensive tweets than burglaries.
Are the police interested in actually policing anymore? Last week, it was revealed that it now takes officers across the UK up to 28 hours to respond to a burglary. The waiting time for the police to respond to break-ins has reportedly doubled in two years. And all this is after the police declared in 2022 that they would start treating burglaries as a priority crime and attend all domestic burglaries.
Since then, it seems the majority of police forces have given up on fulfilling those promises. Meanwhile, many forces have found themselves policing more and more speech and recording ‘hate incidents’, stretching resources to breaking point. In Scotland, the introduction of the new Hate Crime Act will further divert time and money away from catching thieves and violent criminals. Indeed, within the first 24 hours of the law coming into effect, police were inundated with reports of supposed ‘hate crimes’ – each and every one of which they had previously vowed to investigate.
To most people, this shift in priorities is bizarre. But, by the twisted logic of our elites, it makes perfect sense.
Historically, the Conservative Party was closely associated with the protection of private property. For conservative thinkers, private property provides financial security as well as emotional security. Thus, burglaries were always viewed as a heinous violation of personhood.
But today concerns about private property are increasingly seen as an expression of ‘privilege’. These crimes are seen, consciously or unconsciously, as less important. Hence why shoplifting is on the verge of becoming socially acceptable, looting is viewed by some as an act of rebellion and TikTok terrors like Mizzy can barge into strangers’ homes with near impunity. Caring about violations against private property is now considered out of touch and gauche.
Related Posts
Tags
Share This
