
<p><strong>(Disclaimer: This is a long commentary, but even as such, it cannot cover the innumerable examples of the Democratic Party’s embrace of the criminal classes over law enforcement. ; We see new examples on a daily basis.)</strong></p>



<p>In the landscape of American politics, a perplexing pattern emerges. Democrats and the radical left-wing establishment consistently prioritize the interests of criminals over those of law-abiding citizens. This affinity manifests in myriad forms, from historical apologias for urban riots to contemporary obstructions of federal law enforcement.</p>



<p>Officeholders, prosecutors, judges, and activists alike champion policies that shield offenders, demonize police, and erode the foundational principles of justice. Victims of crime—often hardworking families in vulnerable communities—find their pleas drowned out by rhetoric that reframes predation as protest and recidivism as redemption.</p>



<p>The left’s “soft on crime” history is long and deep.  ;From excusing riots in the 1960s to sanitizing notorious figures like George Floyd and Kilmar Abrego Garcia in recent years and even decrying the “neutralization” of Venezuelan narco terrorists by the Trump administration, the left&#8217;s embrace of criminality reveals a profound betrayal of public safety. ; Whenever there is a conflict between crime and law enforcement, Democrat tend to side with the criminals.</p>



<p>This phenomenon is not mere oversight. ; It is systemic. Progressive leaders legislate leniency, obstruct prosecutions, and fund bail for arsonists while ordering police to stand down amid chaos. Sanctuary policies harbor violent undocumented immigrants, and judicial activism thwarts deportations. The result? A nation where crime surges unchecked, communities fracture, and trust in institutions evaporates. As of October 2025, with urban violence resurging and federal agencies like ICE under siege, the urgency to confront this reality intensifies.</p>



<p><strong>A Long History of Excusing Crime</strong></p>



<p>The left&#8217;s sympathy for criminals traces its roots to the turbulent 1960s, an era in which liberal intellectuals and reformers recast societal unrest as righteous rebellion. The Watts riots of 1965 in Los Angeles left 34 dead, over 1,000 injured, and property damage exceeding $40 million—yet progressive voices, including sociologists and civil rights advocates aligned with the Democratic Party, attributed the violence not to individual accountability but to entrenched poverty and racial injustice. Similar narratives dominated coverage of the 1967 Detroit riots, which claimed 43 lives and razed entire neighborhoods, and the 1968 Chicago disturbances following Martin Luther King Jr.&#8217;s assassination, where looting and arson were excused as cathartic responses to oppression.</p>



<p>(<strong>Let me make one thing very clear. ; I understand the societal undercurrents of segregation, racism, and oppression that can create the anger and frustrations that may lead to anti-social and criminal behavior.  ; ;However, that cannot – and must not &#8212; be used to excuse specific individual criminal behavior as those on the left are want to do.) ;</strong></p>



<p>While legitimate grievances – such as discrimination and oppression &#8212; need to be addressed, the left&#8217;s refusal to enforce the rule-of-law by condemning specific criminal acts has fostered a culture of rationalization. Reports from the Kerner Commission, influenced by liberal policymakers, emphasized &#8220;white racism&#8221; over personal responsibility, paving the way for policies that prioritized rehabilitation over retribution.</p>



<p>This groundwork endured through the 1970s and 1980s, as Democratic administrations in cities like New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Detroit expanded social programs that, in practice, served as <em>de facto</em> amnesties for offenders. By the 1990s, amid the crack epidemic, figures like then-Senator Joe Biden co-authored the 1994 Crime Bill, which included tough measures but also funded community-oriented policing that critics on the left later decried as overly punitive—revealing an internal tension that always tilted toward an unearned sense of clemency.</p>



<p>Fast-forward to the 21st century, and this legacy informs responses to events like the 2020 George Floyd unrest. Democrats framed widespread looting and burning as &#8220;mostly peaceful&#8221; expressions of anguish, echoing 1960s justifications. The pattern persists. ; In 2025, amid renewed anti-ICE demonstrations, progressive media outlets sanitize violence against federal agents as &#8220;resistance,&#8221; perpetuating a cycle where criminals evade consequences and society pays the price.</p>



<p><strong>Refusal to Prosecute: The Revolving Door of Justice</strong></p>



<p>At the heart of the left&#8217;s criminal affinity lies prosecutorial abdication. Progressive district attorneys, often bankrolled by philanthropists like George Soros, wield &#8220;prosecutorial discretion&#8221; as a weapon against enforcement. In cities under Democratic control, charges against rioters, looters, and assailants evaporate with alarming regularity. Consider Philadelphia&#8217;s Larry Krasner, who in 2021 dismissed cases from the 2020 riots, citing &#8220;trauma&#8221; among protesters. By 2025, his office had released over 70 percent of arrestees from anti-deportation clashes without indictment, emboldening further disorder.</p>



<p>This leniency extends to repeat offenders. Hardened criminals with rap sheets spanning decades—burglaries, assaults, drug trafficking—cycle through arrest and release like clockwork. In Chicago, under State&#8217;s Attorney Kim Foxx, a 2024 audit revealed that 85 percent of felony theft cases under $500 were dropped, funneling shoplifters back to streets already plagued by organized retail crime rings. Nationally, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers reports that progressive DAs dismiss 40 percent more cases than their predecessors, often invoking unspecific &#8220;equity&#8221; to spare minorities regardless of guilt.</p>



<p>Even violent felonies escape scrutiny. In 2025, Los Angeles DA George Gascón declined to pursue enhanced sentences for gang members involved in a mass shooting, arguing &#8220;restorative justice&#8221; over incarceration. Such decisions not only victimize the innocent anew but erode deterrence, as offenders perceive impunity. This prosecutorial timidity, rooted in a disdain for &#8220;mass incarceration,&#8221; transforms courthouses into turnstiles, where justice yields to ideology.</p>



<p><strong>Legislating for the Benefit of Criminals</strong></p>



<p>Democratic lawmakers have codified this softness through statutes that prioritize offenders&#8217; comfort over victims&#8217; security. California&#8217;s Proposition 47, enacted in 2014 with overwhelming Democratic support, reclassified thefts under $950 from felonies to misdemeanors—equivalent to a traffic violation. The result? A 2025 California Department of Justice report documented a 300 percent spike in organized retail theft, with smash-and-grab crews operating unchecked in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Perpetrators face no jail time. ; No restitution mandates. ; They simply abscond with impunity.</p>



<p>Cashless bail reforms amplify this folly. Championed by Democrats in New York and Illinois, these laws release suspects—often accused of assault, robbery, or worse—hours after booking, without a financial stake in appearing for trial. New York&#8217;s 2019 overhaul led to a 20 percent recidivism rate among released violent offenders within weeks, per a 2023 state analysis. In practice, it dismantles the bail system&#8217;s deterrent function, flooding streets with those least likely to comply.</p>



<p>Sanctuary city ordinances represent the nadir of such legislation. More than 1,000 jurisdictions, predominantly Democratic strongholds like Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Portland, and Denver, enact policies barring local cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This defiance shields undocumented immigrants who commit heinous crimes. The 2015 murder of Kate Steinle in San Francisco exemplifies the peril: her killer, Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, a Mexican national deported five times, walked free under sanctuary edicts, only to fatally shoot her on a pier.</p>



<p>In 2025, the toll mounts. ICE&#8217;s Operation Community Shield apprehended 1,200 criminal aliens in sanctuary cities, including rapists and child predators, yet local officials issued non-compliance orders. Boston&#8217;s Democrat administration withheld data on 150 gang-affiliated arrests, citing &#8220;trust-building.&#8221; Oklahoma&#8217;s Operation Guardian nabbed 120 undocumented truckers with fraudulent licenses and violent histories, many shielded by sanctuaries. These laws compel local forces to ignore federal warrants, endangering all while Democrats decry ICE as &#8220;terrorizing communities.&#8221;</p>



<p><strong>Elected Officials Obstructing Justice</strong></p>



<p>Beyond legislation, Democratic elected officials actively sabotage enforcement. In September 2025, 13 New York officials—including Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and Comptroller Brad Lander—were detained at an anti-ICE rally outside 26 Federal Plaza, where they demanded entry to detention cells and blocked deportations. Williams proclaimed the action a &#8220;moral imperative,&#8221; prioritizing detainees’ interests over constitutional due process.</p>



<p>Progressive congresswomen like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar have amplified such theatrics. ; AOC&#8217;s 2020 appearance at a Texas facility protest, amid clashes injuring agents, saw her label the criminal assailants as &#8220;defenders of humanity.&#8221; Omar&#8217;s 2025 tweetstorm condemned ICE raids as &#8220;state violence,&#8221; urging followers to &#8220;resist <strong>by any means</strong>.&#8221;</p>



<p><strong>Attacks on Law Enforcement: From Restraint to Assault</strong></p>



<p>Democrats&#8217; animus toward police crystallizes in directives to &#8220;stand down&#8221; in the face of mob violence. The 2020 riots—sparked by George Floyd&#8217;s death—saw Democratic mayors in Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland, and beyond withhold National Guard support. Portland&#8217;s Ted Wheeler rebuffed federal aid for weeks, as Antifa attempted to torch a federal courthouse and attack ICE agents. Seattle&#8217;s Jenny Durkan hailed the CHAZ/CHOP &#8220;autonomous zone&#8221; as a &#8220;summer of love,&#8221; despite five homicides within its lawless bounds.</p>



<p>In 2025, assaults on ICE intensify – often with the encouragement of Democrat officials. Agents endure daily barrages of bricks through windshields in Chicago, Molotov Cocktails in Los Angeles, gunfire threats in Phoenix. A July 4 attack on a Texas facility involved masked assailants firing fireworks as projectiles and deploying spotters—yielding 10 federal indictments for terrorism. Yet, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker vilifies federal agents as “bootjack” occupiers – comparing them to the Gestapo. ; Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson described looters as &#8220;entrepreneurs starved of investment.&#8221; ; New York City mayoral candidate Zohan Mamdani said the solution to crime if “affordable housing”.</p>



<p>Local police fare no better. In June 2025, a leftist mob in Springfield, Illinois, torched a state trooper&#8217;s vehicle during an ICE escort, with bystanders chanting &#8220;pigs in a blanket.&#8221; Democratic leaders like Pritzker and Johnson fuel this through inflammatory rhetoric, framing law enforcement officers as oppressors while viewing rioters as the aggrieved. Progressive media complicity—labeling firebombed precincts &#8220;fiery but mostly peaceful&#8221;—exacerbates the peril, as assaults on federal personnel surged 25 percent this year.</p>



<p><strong>Canonizing Criminals, Demonizing Law Enforcement</strong></p>



<p>Nowhere is the left&#8217;s sanitization more evident than in elevating felons to martyrdom while vilifying guardians of order. George Floyd&#8217;s 2020 death, ruled a homicide by overdose and illegal choking, ignited global fury—but Democrats airbrushed his record &#8212; nine arrests for armed robbery, drug possession, and a 2007 home invasion in which he pressed a loaded pistol to a pregnant woman&#8217;s abdomen. Figures like then-Vice President Kamala Harris eulogized him as a &#8220;gentle giant,&#8221; murals proliferated, and curricula enshrined his &#8220;sacrifice.&#8221; This political hagiography ignored his crimes, fueled &#8220;defund the police&#8221; mania that slashed Minneapolis police budgets by $8 million – which correlated with a 2021 homicide spike.</p>



<p>Kilmar Abrego Garcia embodies the 2025 iteration. He was deported to El Salvador in April amid MS-13 ties, alleged human trafficking, and extortion. ; Democrats like Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen decried his removal as &#8220;vindictive cruelty” – describing Garcia as a hardworking family man. ; Despite indictments for gang violence from 2016-2025 and two protection orders requested by his wife, a delegation of Democrat legislators flew to El Salvador at taxpayer expense to &#8220;advocate for his rights.&#8221;</p>



<p>The Venezuelan narco terrorists struck down by Trump-ordered naval operations in 2025 draw parallel outrage. The administration&#8217;s Pacific strikes sank eight &#8220;go-fast&#8221; boats operated by Tren de Aragua, killing 14 cartel enforcers smuggling fentanyl precursors—linked to 50,000 U.S. overdoses annually. Democrats, including House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries, assailed the actions as &#8220;illegal saber-rattling&#8221; and &#8220;extrajudicial murder&#8221;.  ;MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski referred to the drug-runners as “passengers” on those boats. ; California Governor Gavin Newsom echoed this, calling strikes &#8220;disproportionate aggression&#8221; while ignoring the boats&#8217; role in poisoning American youth.</p>



<p>Such canonization—Floyd as icon, Garcia as hard working refugee, drjug-runners as casualties—contrasts with demonization of police. Post-Floyd, officers face reflexive guilt. In 2021. The Ma’Khia Bryant shooting in Columbus, Ohio, saw media and Democrats like Maxine Waters decry a &#8220;militaristic&#8221; response – ignoring that Bryant was wielding a knife in an attempt to stab a foster sister.</p>



<p>This “police as the enemy” has resulted in Democrats &#8212; such as Portland Mayor Wheeler, Illinois Governor Pritzker, California Governor Newsom, LA Mayor Bash and others –accusing police as being the provocateurs of violence.</p>



<p><strong>Prosecutorial Abdication and Legal Loopholes</strong></p>



<p>Progressive DAs exacerbate chaos through loopholes. San Francisco&#8217;s Chesa Boudin, son of Weather Underground radicals, declined to charge 60 percent of felony suspects in 2021, invoking &#8220;alternatives to incarceration&#8221;. Oregon&#8217;s Mike Schmidt mirrored this, dropping gun cases amid Portland&#8217;s 2025 record homicide rate.</p>



<p>Soros-backed reforms nationwide—$40 million invested—yielded similar results. Philadelphia&#8217;s Krasner released 100+ rioters; Los Angeles&#8217; Gascón barred sentencing enhancements. Voters rebelled: 2024 ballot measures in Oregon and California overturned these with 62 percent approval, acknowledging urban crime&#8217;s 30 percent urban.</p>



<p>No-cash bail in New York released 90 percent of violent arrestees on pre-trial. ; A 2025 study linked it to 15 percent increase in re-offenses. These policies, sold as equity, shield predators at citizens&#8217; expense.</p>



<p><strong>Judicial Complicity: Courts as Criminal Shields</strong></p>



<p>Judges, too, abet this agenda. Massachusetts&#8217; Shelley M. Richmond Joseph shepherded a twice-deported Dominican drug dealer from ICE by falsifying records and cutting off cameras.</p>



<p>In 2025, Milwaukee&#8217;s Hannah Dugan faces charges for spiriting an undocumented child rapist via a courthouse backdoor, misleading agents on warrants. Her potential six-year sentence underscores activism&#8217;s cost, yet peers like New York&#8217;s Laura Taylor Swain have dismissed 200+ ICE cases on &#8220;jurisdictional&#8221; pretexts.</p>



<p><strong>Denial of the Crime Crisis</strong></p>



<p>Amid surging violence—Chicago&#8217;s 2025 carjackings up 40 percent, Los Angeles homicides at a decade’s peak—Democrats gaslight. Mayor Johnson styles looters as &#8220;traumatized youth,&#8221; Pritzker blames &#8220;federal provocation&#8221; for Broadview facility sieges by mobs &#8212; where fireworks were used as weapons against agents.</p>



<p>The left-wing Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) posted a tribute to Assata Shakur (born Joanne Chesimard) as a great civil rights leader. Shakur was a convicted murderer – having killed a New Jersey state trooper in cold blood in 1973. She escaped from prison and fled to Cuba, where she lived until her death in 2025. ; Chicago Mayor Johnson – a former official of the CTU – refused not only to condemn the action but also heaped his own praise on Shakur. ; ;</p>



<p>In September of 2025, Johnson proclaimed that, “jails and incarceration and law enforcement is a sickness.”  ;Two months later, he underscored that sentiment when he said, “imprisoning violent criminals is racist, immoral, and unholy,</p>



<p>Baltimore&#8217;s Brandon Scott, Los Angeles&#8217; Karen Bass, New York&#8217;s Eric Adams, and Oakland&#8217;s Sheng Thao parrot &#8220;crime is declining&#8221; narrative while scorning Trump&#8217;s ICE surges as &#8220;fearmongering.&#8221; This denial, rooted in &#8220;root causes&#8221; like racism, absolves criminals and indicts victims. ;</p>



<p>New York’s Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has also endorsed policies to curtail (defund?) policing in favor of intervention by therapists. ; ; He appointed Tamika Mallory to his transition team on public safety despite her record opposing police funding. ; “One day we can abolish police,” she said. ; Mallory was a onetime acolyte of the overtly antisemitic Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan</p>



<p><strong>Taxpayer-Funded Criminal Comfort</strong></p>



<p>The left&#8217;s largesse extends to subsidies. Sanctuary cities furnish undocumented felons with gratis housing, attorneys, and—erroneously—stimulus checks. ; A 2025 GAO audit revealed more than $2 billion in improper payouts. Trump&#8217;s SNAP exclusions for illegal aliens drew Democratic howls of &#8220;xenophobia&#8221;. ; New York allocated $10 million in 2025 for migrant &#8220;trauma centers&#8221; housing deportable gangbangers.</p>



<p><strong>Summary</strong></p>



<p>This chronicle exposes only a small fraction of the Democratic left-wing establishment’s support for criminals &#8212; from 1960s riot excuses to today’s defense of narco terrorists. By legislating impunity, obstructing justice, assaulting enforcers, and canonizing thugs like Floyd, Garcia, and Tren de Aragua operatives, they unravel the social contract. Victims languish forgotten. The republic teeters as lawlessness becomes institutionalized. Voters must reclaim justice, electing leaders who value order over optics, before anarchy consumes all. Restoration demands vigilance.  ;Indifference invites ruin.</p>



<p><strong>In so many ways &#8230; in so many regions &#8230; in so many cases &#8230; at so many levels &#8230; for so long a time &#8230; there is one common thread. ; The radical left-wing Democrat establishment – including its media allies &#8212; loves criminals and abhors strict law enforcement.</strong></p>



<p>So, there ‘tis.</p>

Why Do Democrats and the Left-Wing Establishment Love Criminals So Much?
