Noel Yaxley in the American Mind reports on environmental activists’ path of destruction across the United Kingdom – and their worsening disregard for the public. Yaxley details how, by selecting “soft” targets that enable them to disrupt the infrastructure of daily life, these out-of-touch green agitators increasingly resemble terrorists more than political demonstrators.
Disorder Begets Disorder; A Case for Broken Windows Policing
In the City Journal, John McMillian revives the case for the “broken windows” theory of policing, which emphasizes dealing with minor offences such as disorderly behaviour because, if left unpunished, such violations beget more and worse crimes. McMillian retells the history of broken windows’ stunningly successful implementation in New York City in the 1990s – and calls for the policy to be applied once again.