Street Behavior in SF Worsens, Stirs Debate: San Francisco is feeling the ramifications of its liberal ethos that has turned the city into a "consequence-free zone," with crime increasing sharply and city officials divided as to how to address it. Thomas Fuller of the NY Times reports that since 2010, property crime in the city is up more than 60% and recent data shows it has the highest per-capita property crime of the nation's top 50 cities. Nearly half of the cases are smash-and-grabs from vehicles. Violent crime has also spiked 18% since 2010. The city "is now divided over whether to respond with more muscular law enforcement or stick to its forgiving attitudes." While the Chamber of Commerce and city tourist board call for harsher measures to improve the "condition of the streets" -- homelessness, public intravenous drug use, aggressive panhandling and the large population of mentally ill on the streets -- others criticize such solutions as a "punitive approach that is ineffective and inconsistent with the values of San Francisco." However, despite the traditional "values of San Francisco," a recent Chamber of Commerce poll shows that the primary concern of the city's residents is the spike in "street behavior."
Lawyers Seek Clemency For GA Murderer: Attorneys for a Georgia death row inmate set to die this week have filed a clemency petition asking the state parole board to spare his life. The AP reports that Georgia's State Board of Parole and Pardons, the only entity authorized to commute a death sentence, will hold a clemency hearing Tuesday for 37-year-old Daniel Anthony Lucas, a convicted murderer scheduled to be executed on Wednesday. Lucas was sentenced to death for the 1998 murders of a 37-year-old man and his two children, aged 11 and 15, who interrupted him and another man, Brandon Rhode, while they burglarized their home. Lucas, then 19, received the death penalty for the slayings, as did Rhode, who was executed in September 2010. Lucas' lawyers argue that his childhood was troubled and plagued by drugs and abuse, and his status as a model inmate should exempt him from the death penalty. If his execution is carried out this Wednesday as scheduled, it will be the fifth in the state this year.
Steady Increase of Illegals an Omen of the Surge to Come: Apprehensions of illegal immigrants at the southern border increased last month after a winter lull, and authorities are expecting the numbers to steadily rise during the summer. Molly Hennessy-Fiske of the LA Times reports that the Border Patrol saw a 28% increase in illegal border crossers from February to March of this year, with a total of 33,335 people caught in March compared to 26,076 in February. Of those apprehended, 4,452 were families traveling together, 46% more than the month before, and 4,240 were unaccompanied minors, 37% more than the month prior. The figures reported are higher than in 2014, when a surge of Central American migrants prompted crisis-level emergency measures. Last month, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson touted a month-to-month decrease in migration during the winter, attributing the decline to stepped-up enforcement, but the recent influx indicates it was likely seasonal. This article authored by Breitbart's Brandon Darby and Bob Price delves deeper into the dangers of illegal immigration and the consequences of an open border.
Lawyers Seek Clemency For GA Murderer: Attorneys for a Georgia death row inmate set to die this week have filed a clemency petition asking the state parole board to spare his life. The AP reports that Georgia's State Board of Parole and Pardons, the only entity authorized to commute a death sentence, will hold a clemency hearing Tuesday for 37-year-old Daniel Anthony Lucas, a convicted murderer scheduled to be executed on Wednesday. Lucas was sentenced to death for the 1998 murders of a 37-year-old man and his two children, aged 11 and 15, who interrupted him and another man, Brandon Rhode, while they burglarized their home. Lucas, then 19, received the death penalty for the slayings, as did Rhode, who was executed in September 2010. Lucas' lawyers argue that his childhood was troubled and plagued by drugs and abuse, and his status as a model inmate should exempt him from the death penalty. If his execution is carried out this Wednesday as scheduled, it will be the fifth in the state this year.
Steady Increase of Illegals an Omen of the Surge to Come: Apprehensions of illegal immigrants at the southern border increased last month after a winter lull, and authorities are expecting the numbers to steadily rise during the summer. Molly Hennessy-Fiske of the LA Times reports that the Border Patrol saw a 28% increase in illegal border crossers from February to March of this year, with a total of 33,335 people caught in March compared to 26,076 in February. Of those apprehended, 4,452 were families traveling together, 46% more than the month before, and 4,240 were unaccompanied minors, 37% more than the month prior. The figures reported are higher than in 2014, when a surge of Central American migrants prompted crisis-level emergency measures. Last month, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson touted a month-to-month decrease in migration during the winter, attributing the decline to stepped-up enforcement, but the recent influx indicates it was likely seasonal. This article authored by Breitbart's Brandon Darby and Bob Price delves deeper into the dangers of illegal immigration and the consequences of an open border.
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