Why did president George H.W. Bush choose to allow violent crime to soar during his term? It got so bad that the far-left BILL CLINTON managed to run to Bush's RIGHT on the crime issue, pledging to hire 100,000 more cops, expand the federal death penalty, and crack down on events like the LA riots.How and why did Bush Sr. botch the crime issue so badly?
>>18499159>crime spikes in the 20s and 30s do to prohibition>crime spikes in the late 60s to 80s because of the War on DrugsPeople always blame lead in the gasoline for this shit but I honestly just think it was anti-drug policy that lead to unnecessary criminalization and created a black market which lead to gang violence
>>18499159He didn't have a fucking tank to stop crime.
>>18499166no because crime increased even in places/demographic groups that weren't affected by the war on drugs. it's definitely lead.
>>18499159The peak of crime in America was actually 1973-83, the early 90s crime spike was mostly involving the inner city crack wars which didn't affect people outside the inner cities.
