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Investigate BLM ?

Today, for fun, I scanned my local liberal “newspaper” to see what the progress of Pelosi’s 1/6 commission was. Nada … Nothing … Zero on this obviously anti-Trump sojourn into nothing. I could not find anything, but not a surprise because very few care. At this point I am going to resist the temptation to blast Pelosi for her puerile immature behavior, because I have a more important topic to discuss. … the latest Rasmussen poll. And no, not surprisingly, I did not find a summary of this poll in my local “newspaper,” either, but for a different reason, which will become obvious.

This Rasmussen poll had to do with the BLM riots last summer.

The results are summarized below:

Most voters believe Congress should also investigate the Black Lives Matter protests that sparked violence in major cities last year.

A new national telephone and online survey by the National Police Association and Rasmussen Reports finds that 66% of Likely U.S. Voters think Congress should investigate last year’s violent protests, in which more than 2,000 police officers suffered injuries in the line of duty. Twenty-one percent (21%) don’t think Congress should investigate last year’s protests, and 13% were not sure.

Wow! Pretty impressive … over 3:1 in favor of investigations these BLM riots … an investigation which, of course, will not happen as long as the Democrats control Congress.

According to a study of 68 cities by the Major Cities Chiefs Association, in the summer of 2020, there were at least 574 protests that involved acts of violence, including assaults on police officers, looting and arson. The number of voters who want Congress to investigate last year’s violent protests is higher than the 49% who say they support House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s select committee investigation of the January 6 Capitol riot. FYI: Forty-two percent (42%) say they don’t support the January 6 investigation.

Other interesting facets of this same Rasmussen survey:

Majorities of every racial group and political affiliation support a congressional investigation of last year’s violent protests. Sixty-seven percent (67%) of whites, 64% of black voters, 66% of Hispanics and 62% of other minorities think Congress should investigate the 2020 riots in U.S. cities. Seventy-five percent (75%) of Republicans, 60% of Democrats and 63% of voters not affiliated with either major party say Congress should investigate last year’s violent protests.

There are a lot of interesting opinions on display here, but in general there is overwhelming support for the police, and overwhelming distaste for the actions of BLM.

I have cherry-picked a few other findings:

— Sixty-five percent (65%) believe President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris should meet with the family of St. Louis Police Capt. David Dorn, who was murdered in 2020 when he was protecting his friend’s business from looters, just as they did with the family of George Floyd.

— Sixty-three percent (63%) of voters think participants in the nationwide 2020 rioting and looting should be criminally charged, as were those who took part in the January 6 Capitol riot.

— Sixty-eight percent (68%) think that refusing to prosecute trespassing, shoplifting, disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace, receiving stolen property, breaking and entering, resisting arrest and other “quality of life” crimes is likely to increase the commission of those crimes. 

For those of you who suspect my cherry-picking is biased, I invite you to Google, “Rasmussen report of 7/21/21.”

8/5/21

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