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32 sign3 32 signatures, to have the house pass more bills that would give funding for the police including the invest to protect act. why are you sending this letter? >> i think now as we've seen 150 officers this year shot in the country, murder rates up 30% year over year, so many officers shot both in the area where i live, but across the country, you're seeing crime up, we've seen in new jersey car theft up more than 30% this year, we need to just reiterates the importance of investing not in defunding law enforcement and what our package of laws, proposed laws does, and, by the way, these...

Elected in 2019. now after a heavily funded recall and rising crime in this city and cities across the nation, san francisco voters have tossed him out of officer. the nation is watching. the progressive reforms that helped elect san francisco's district attorney in 2019 may have caused those same voters to toss him out of office last night. >> people should hold all of us to a higher standard. >> he pushes against what he calls mass incarceration. the successful recall vote was not a surprise. polls showed voters were concerned about a city in decline, homelessness and crime

You had crime rates at 50-year lows. so i think a lot of voters, not just progressives, but a lot of independents and swing voters said things have changed so dramatically, we can take these chances on criminal justice reform. then of course 2020 happened, covid happened. suddenly, my gosh, the situation is starting to look in places like san francisco and other areas, like a replay from the 1970s. >> reporter: that's right. if you look at other major cities across the country that are the same size as san francisco, all of them are seeing crime up in the same ways. we are all seeing it out of...

Said he would not prosecute resisting arrest, which is unbelievable. when you look at overall crime statistics, crime up in new york city by 39%. robberies up 33%. shootings up 23%. felony assault up 12%. it has never been more dangerous time to be a police officer than right now. we're hearing mayor eric adams new plan to fight crime, how do police feel about it? do they think he can change things in the city? >> well, the police have a lot of faith in the mayor because he's a former nypd captain. he appointed the police commissioner. her press conference the day that officer rivera was kille...

>> harris: 2021 brought angst and real life problems and you were hearing to a lot of americans. inflation up, crime up, coronavirus exploding as the year comes to a close. a new fox business poll shows only 19% of voters considered it a good year. better than 2020 but only half of the number who said 2019 was a good year. the real life popper among self-identified democrats majority said this one was a bad one for the country. when it comes to their own families a third said 2021 was good. 55% say 2021 was bad for their household. power panel aaron, vice president at tag strategies and former...