Exactly. Maybe stiffer sentences help and maybe they don’t but they are irrelevant if nobody gets arrested/convicted/sentenced.
Shelby County elected a “progressive” DA last November and we are already feeling the predictable effects. Low/no bail, we aren’t going after XYZ crimes, the police are to blame, we are going to stop disproportionately incarcerating certain groups even though they disproportionately commit crimes, criminals need to stay in juvenile court until age 25, etc. were going to improve life for everyone, or so the enlightened woketards told us. Meanwhile thugs are shutting down streets to do donuts and drag race while hanging out their car windows with rifles and daring anyone to try to drive through.
Elections have consequences.
https://wreg.com/news/local/new-stats-show-disturbing-rise-in-crime-across-the-board-this-year/
https://www.actionnews5.com/2023/04/11/watch-reckless-drivers-block-traffic-while-doing-donuts-hanging-out-windows-with-guns/?outputType=amp