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NC tourist town rocked by violence in wake of defund police movement rolls out plan to combat rise in crime
Story by Jon Brown • Monday

City leaders of a North Carolina tourist town that has been plagued with rising violent crime in recent years announced a 60-day initiative last week to improve conditions in its downtown district amid a crisis in police staffing.
 
Asheville, North Carolina residents demand city handle rising crime and homelessness
 
The City of Asheville said they are taking "targeted steps" to address the rising number of incidents affecting public safety with the initiative slated to begin May 1, according to a news release from city government.

"There are complex circumstances contributing to the safety issues that Asheville is currently seeing downtown and it will take a community response to address these complexities," the city said. "Multiple City departments are coordinating a City government response and we also need participation from community leaders and partners to address all the factors contributing to the rise in crime."

The announcement comes as violent crime in Asheville, a town of approximately 90,000 people in the Blue Ridge Mountains, has surged in recent years. Aggravated assaults rose by 21.8%, and armed robberies increased by 20% from 2021 to 2022, according to APD statistics.

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Asheville, North Carolina residents demand city handle rising crime and homelessness
 

They should have demanded the city not defund the police!! :tongue2:
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They should have demanded the city not defund the police!! :tongue2:

And/or stop voting for soft on crime politicians
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And/or stop voting for soft on crime politicians
Must have been a bunch of California transplants there, I mean isn't that who always gets blamed(not saying you @LMAO:tongue2:

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IIRC,Asheville has been the southernmost yankee city in the nation for several years now.

Never been there and never even drove past it AFAIK,but that is what friends that live in that area have  told me.

There is at least one VERY left-wing teachers college there,too.

They are just reaping what they have sown.
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Asheville: a little bit o' San Francisco smack dab in North Carolina...

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Asheville: a little bit o' San Francisco smack dab in North Carolina...

@Fishrrman

And THERE it is!

And it is not new. I had been told by several people who had lived and worked there that Asheville was populated mostly by left-wing loons back in the 70's.

The only difference is back then they were identifying it as "NYC South".
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To my recollection, Asheville has always been relatively liberal/prog, so it doesn't surprise me that they're now suffering from the inevitable consequences of liberalism/progism.