Blue Cities in Crisis: How Anti-Police Policies Fuel Chaos and Betray Communities

~By Stephanie Liberty

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Concerns About Federal Troop Deployment  

Many conservatives are deeply concerned about the potential deployment of federal troops to crime-ridden, leftist-run cities like Chicago. These concerns aren’t baseless; the precedent could be dangerous.

I’m no legal scholar and welcome open discussions about legalities and Constitutional powers, but I believe many overlook critical factors.

Blue states and Democrat strongholds have not only dismantled education, HHS services, emergency medical care, and nearly every state-run institution, but they’ve also degraded law enforcement and emergency services. “Defund the police” and “cashless bail” are clear examples.

Consent decrees, though less noticed, are arguably worse. A consent decree is a court-approved agreement between government and law enforcement to reform police practices, often tied to allegations of civil rights violations, but it burdens officers with excessive oversight and paperwork. Taxpayer money enriches lawyers and ‘contract monitors’ while officers are bogged down with tedious paperwork.

Demonizing Tactical Readiness

Many police departments have restricted cooperation with local military bases to acquire tools like armored vehicles, which are labeled “racist” despite serving as defensive tools in tactical responses to volatile situations—think an individual ready to destroy themselves and others. These vehicles provide “ballistic protection” for highly skilled responders. Officers with military experience are often called “dangerous” or “explosive,” yet they’re the ones who thrive in these scenarios and deliver the safest outcomes. Hostage negotiators, some of the most incredible people I know—and not all white men—prove this. I know women who may lack the battle-hardened edge of some veterans but are equally, if not more, critical. They do what others can’t. Is sending them in a secure vehicle to save lives or prevent casualties racist? This is the reality in many blue-state cities.

Mental Strain and Institutional Sabotage

Low staffing, work fatigue, mental health struggles, and strained family lives plague departments. Reduced salaries and benefits push out good officers, while lowered standards let bad apples in. Those who remain face ridicule, provocation, lawfare, or public armchair quarterbacking. Many leave, seeing the writing on the wall. Democrat officials claim concealing officers’ identities to protect their families from cartels or unstable individuals is “scary” and “racist.” But watching your father being dragged down the street from a vehicle or being unable to go to the mall because a hit’s been placed on your family? That’s terrifying.

The Real Racism: Neglecting Minority Communities

Apparently, “cop kids” of all ethnicities don’t matter. Letting densely populated minority communities decay from crime, addiction, and poverty while lawyers profit and politicians claim credit for “fighting racism” is, in fact, racist. We can debate what qualifies as insurrection endlessly, but this isn’t a “manufactured crisis.” It’s a decades-long assault on agencies meant to protect life, limb, and property.

Hypocrisy and Hashtag Patriotism

When tragedy strikes, those shouting loudest often voted for these policies or marched in the streets for a “war on police.” No conservative I know wants Biden’s administration sending tanks to arrest people over memes. Yet, we have U.S. cities resembling the Third World—some “hashtag” support for every nation but their own.

Children in Crosshairs, Officers Under Siege

In Chicago, children are shot in their beds or carry guns for protection or under gang influence. President Trump campaigned on restoring law and order—that’s what I voted for. If you believe all police are dangerous and racist, stop sending them to handle 60 shootings a weekend. These incidents take a lifelong toll on even “mentally stable” officers and aren’t the place for DEI policies.

Restore, Don’t Replace

These attacks on law enforcement are a plague that must be eradicated and replaced. Many conservatives support federal agency overhauls, but don’t overlook the local actions needed to restore peace, justice, and liberty.