Liberals destroy another great city!
As a longtime Floridian, Asheville NC has always been a great place to enjoy year-round outdoor activities while enjoying the cooler weather. Moreover, it has a great foodie and craft beer scene. Unfortunately, liberal policies have ruined their city while hurting tourism. When we visited last fall, the downtown area looked like a mini San Fransico.
City police in Asheville NC, recently released new statistics that show rising violent crime trends in the Democrat-led tourist town have continued, increasing 34% year-to-date compared to last year and 29% over 2020.
violent crime in the historic mountain town skyrocketed 31% per 100,000 people between 2016 and 2020 — nearly double the national average and 18 percentage points higher than North Carolina's 13% increase statewide during the same period.
The new violent crime numbers, which include a 59% year-to-date spike in armed robberies compared to 2021, come as two suspects made local headlines this week, allegedly beating a man with a baseball bat and robbing him along a heavily trafficked avenue that runs north from downtown Asheville.
Asheville, a city of about 90,000 people in the mountainous western region of North Carolina's Buncombe County, has also been hemorrhaging both city and county police officers in recent years.
APD Chief David Zack recently told Fox News Digital that his department is down more than 100 sworn officers since May 2020, and that they are struggling to maintain visibility while "operating at almost 42% down every single day."
Multiple sources attributed the mass exodus to the city's liberal leadership and to left-wing activists who undermine the police.
As a longtime Floridian, Asheville NC has always been a great place to enjoy year-round outdoor activities while enjoying the cooler weather. Moreover, it has a great foodie and craft beer scene. Unfortunately, liberal policies have ruined their city while hurting tourism. When we visited last fall, the downtown area looked like a mini San Fransico.
City police in Asheville NC, recently released new statistics that show rising violent crime trends in the Democrat-led tourist town have continued, increasing 34% year-to-date compared to last year and 29% over 2020.
violent crime in the historic mountain town skyrocketed 31% per 100,000 people between 2016 and 2020 — nearly double the national average and 18 percentage points higher than North Carolina's 13% increase statewide during the same period.
The new violent crime numbers, which include a 59% year-to-date spike in armed robberies compared to 2021, come as two suspects made local headlines this week, allegedly beating a man with a baseball bat and robbing him along a heavily trafficked avenue that runs north from downtown Asheville.
Asheville, a city of about 90,000 people in the mountainous western region of North Carolina's Buncombe County, has also been hemorrhaging both city and county police officers in recent years.
APD Chief David Zack recently told Fox News Digital that his department is down more than 100 sworn officers since May 2020, and that they are struggling to maintain visibility while "operating at almost 42% down every single day."
Multiple sources attributed the mass exodus to the city's liberal leadership and to left-wing activists who undermine the police.
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