by Matt Walsh, Daily Wire:
It’s easy to get the idea that the city of Boston has lost its creative spark. This is the place that once brought America a lot of firsts — the first public park, the first subway system, the first tea party, the first massacre and so on.
Now whenever you hear Boston in the news, it’s usually pretty uninspiring stuff by comparison. You’re hearing about how the mayor is banning white people from holiday parties, or the fact that the president of Harvard has never had an original thought in her life, or the decision by Mass General to bring back mask mandates.
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Despite all that, it would be a mistake to say Boston has given up on innovation. They’re still doing groundbreaking stuff up there, at least if you ask them. For example, back in 2019, Suffolk County, Massachusetts — which includes the city of Boston — embarked on a first-of-its-kind, real-life social experiment. Under the leadership of their new district attorney, Rachel Rollins, Suffolk County decided to stop prosecuting criminals who were accused of most non-violent misdemeanors, including disorderly conduct and shoplifting. The cops would arrest the shoplifters, and then the prosecutors would just let them off the hook.
This was a relatively new strategy for a major American city — remember, this was before the “racial reckoning” of 2020. The theory was these kinds of prosecutions did more harm than good, and that it’s better to refer these criminals to counseling sessions instead of throwing them in prison.
