2020 has been a weird year. A bad year. And in Macon – some disturbing numbers might make it one of the worst on record. The city recorded 31 homicides by July 5th, a total that exceeds the full-year number for every other year in the past decade but one. It also puts it on pace to surpass the modern-day high of 43 in 1992, (there were 42 in 2018). Between COVID-19 stress and unemployment and the protests and riots surrounding the BLM movement it’s no secret that 2020 has been a stressful and uneven year, but any way you slice it a record-high murder pace in Bibb County has Macon’s ship SINKING…
ICE operation catches criminals
During the Biden administration illegal immigrants overwhelmed systems ranging from healthcare to schools. Illegal alien street gangs flourished. Now, though, Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced the results of an enhanced immigration enforcement operation throughout Georgia. “Operation Safe Community” yielded 1,226 immigration arrests in recent weeks. Of those individuals who snuck across our borders, 720 had been convicted or charged with crimes in the U.S. According to ICE, the criminal histories of the arrested aliens include sex crimes, crimes against children, aggravated assault, assault and battery, drug crimes, lewd and lascivious acts, weapons crimes and burglary. Incarceration and deportation of Georgia’s illegal immigrants are RISING…
