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U.S. Women Soccer's World Cup Fail, and Consequences of Criminal Behavior, with Clay Travis and Dana Loesch | Ep. 602
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Restorative Justice and the Criminalization of Self-Defense
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Dana Loesch connects the Stockton 7-Eleven case to a broader pattern she sees across progressive America: the restorative justice movement is systematically criminalizing self-defense and shaming victims into passivity. [1] — Dana Loesch "From the McCloskeys in St. Louis to Daniel Penny in New York to the Stockton 7-Eleven workers, the pattern is clear: people who defend them…" 1:00:40 She traces the pattern from the McCloskeys standing on their private property in St. Louis, to Daniel Penny restraining a threatening man on a New York subway, to the Stockton clerks — in each case, the person who pushed back faced prosecution. Meanwhile, three girls harassing an Asian family on a New York City subway — and apparently beating the woman filming them — received no mainstream media coverage, which Kelly attributes to the racial identity of the aggressors. The rule seems to be: who defends themselves, and who attacks whom, determines what's a crime.
From the McCloskeys in St. Louis to Daniel Penny in New York to the Stockton 7-Eleven workers, the pattern is clear: people who defend themselves are prosecuted while the aggressors are protected. Dana Loesch argues that restorative justice is systematically stripping Americans of the right and instinct to protect themselves.
After groups of young adults ransacked Chicago stores in flash mob-style riots, Mayor Brandon Johnson refused to call the perpetrators a 'mob,' objecting to the word as inappropriate. Dana Loesch argues this kind of language policing enables criminal behavior by refusing to name it accurately and hold perpetrators accountable.
