but first. our major cities did not get the merry christmas citizens wanted this year, for some it was a downright scary christmas there. were many cities where santa stayed in the air. we report isolated crime events throughout the year particularly in l.a. and new york but the national crime picture often gets ignored. when you look at the year it was it takes your breath away or at least it should. this is video of linda fricke, a 73-year-old grandmother from new orleans who was in her car when four teens rushed it, forcing her out. she got caught in the safety belt and they dragged her, it severed her arm from her body and she bled to death in the street. at least they capture her four attackers but so many times these cases go unsolved. this is just one of the more than 260 homicides in new orleans since the start of the year. my hometown of new orleans is set to become the murder capital of the country this week with a 52% in homicides since 2019. today another man was
did not get the merry christmas citizens wanted this year. for some , it was a downright scary christmas. there were many cities where santa stayed in the air. he was afraid of getting sleigh jacked. i think we report isolated crime events throughout the year, particularly in l.a. and new york. but the national crime picture often gets ignored. and when you look at the year it was, it takes your breath away, or at least it should. this is video of linda frickey, a seventy three year old grandmother from new orleans. who was in her car when four teens rushed it, pushing her out. frickey got caught in a safety belt and they dragged her for about a block, severing her arm from her body. she bled to death in the street. at least they captured her for tackers. but so many times these cases go unsolved. this is just one of the more than two hundred and sixty homicide in new orleans since the start of the year. my hometown of new orleans is set to become the murder capital of
dying this week for answers about what we should be doing next. are some true professionals joining me now is captain mike glazer of the new orleans police department and brandon tatum. he s a former tucson officer and host the officer tatum show and podcast. gentlemen, thank you both for being captain glasser. i want to start with you. your department in new orleans is operating with 40 percent less cops than they need. i know they re promising bonuses, but what s the answer here? and i know there are other extenuating circumstances suppressing and not allowing the police to do their job. well, suffering from the same national trends that most departments and most progressive cities are the country. however, new orleans has additional problems. we have a very restrictive, very constructive federal consent decree, which has a stranglehold on the police department in allowing us to effectively interdict crime and because we do have
it should be done efficiently and effectively. i ll give you the last word, captain glasser. well, you know, we re the murder capital of the country and it s a sad fact but there is hope on the horizon. we just swore in a new superintendent six days ago and we re hoping she ll bring some changes in management, and hopefully she ll have the autonomy to run the department without the political interference, without the federal judge and without the federal monitors, and just have the autonomy to do the right thing and let us become police officers again. both of you seem to be saying it s policy driving this in addition to extenuating circumstances but the policy we can control. the rest of it, hopefully in time, we ll be able to. gentlemen, thank you for being here. more than half a million illegals have been arrested at the border since october 1 and nearly 234,000 just in the month of november alone. a new record. but some partisans insist it s