Crime is ruinous for communities. There is nothing progressive about attacking the institutions that protect citizens from impulsive or rapacious others. And as those institutions wither from attack or deliberate policy, the most vulnerable pay the highest price.
>There is nothing progressive about attacking the institutions that protect citizens from impulsive or rapacious others You say this but progressives disagree. They love crime and criminals for lots of reasons - a big one is that they drive enemy voters out of their vote banks.