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<title><![CDATA[Rafael Mangual - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/33558.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Rafael Mangual]]></description><category domain="33558">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Why NYC Murders and Shootings Fell So Sharply]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2026/08/31/opinion/why-nyc-murders-and-shootings-fell-so-sharply-and-how-we-can-slash-other-crimes-too/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The NYPD'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' announced'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the fewest shootings'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' murders recorded through July in New York City's history. But its broader crime picture has not improved nearly as dramatically.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Philadelphia's Krasner Stopped From Freeing Murderer]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/philadelphia-supreme-court-district-attorney-larry-krasner?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The justices delivered a stunning rebuke to Philadelphia's progressive prosecutor.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Nothing Costs Like Crime]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/crime-disorder-safety-affordability-cost-cities?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For as long as I can remember, even before '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'affordability'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' became a prominent theme in American public discourse, politicians and pundits have tracked the prices of homes, gasoline, milk, eggs, and other supermarket staples. Affordability, or the lack of it, has long been the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Did Democrats Release Gerardo Miguel Mora?]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2026/02/02/opinion/what-possible-justification-do-dems-have-for-not-letting-ice-deport-a-sex-offender/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You really can't make it up.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tisch Staying at the NYPD Is a Hopeful Sign]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/nypd-commissioner-jessica-tisch-zohran-mamdani-crime-policing?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The commissioner and the mayor-elect take very different approaches to crime and policing.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Precedents for the Eric Adams Case]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/precedents-for-the-eric-adams-case-justice-department-prosecution-defer-6fa6c017?st=AqxrJQ</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Justice Department decided last week to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Eric Adams. That prompted the interim U.S. attorney overseeing the case,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Danielle Sassoon, to object and'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' ultimately to resign, followed by more resignations in the U.S. attorney'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Wasn't He in Jail?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/why-wasnt-he-in-jail?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Misguided state and city policies helped put him back on the street.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Outrageous--But Not Surprising]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/new-york-city-falling-into-disorder</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Times Square assault of two NYPD officers, and the release of several of the suspects, are predictable outcomes of destructive policies on migrants and public safety.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Enduring Solution to Crime]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/the-enduring-solution-to-crime</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the short term, enforcing the law remains the only answer.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Nonviolent Crime' Is a Myth]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/nonviolent-crime-is-a-myth</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even supposedly minor lawbreaking is generally backed by the threat of violence.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gun Violence in Red and Blue]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/gun-violence-in-red-and-blue</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Attempts to solve the crime problem with partisan rhetoric miss the mark.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The All-Too-Familiar Story]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/the-all-too-familiar-story</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[[Insert city] police have made an arrest in connection with a deadly shooting that killed one and wounded another earlier this week outside [insert address] in [insert neighborhood]. [Insert defendant name and age] is charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Chicago Finally Put Safety First?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/will-chicago-finally-put-safety-first</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What a new Manhattan Institute poll tells us about Chicago's upcoming mayoral election]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Embracing Failure Amid Crime Spikes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/despite-recent-crime-spikes-decarceration-advocates-are-unrepentant</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite recent crime spikes, decarceration advocates are unrepentant.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Crime Is Hobbling Democrats in the Midterms]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/urban-crime-could-hobble-democrats-midterms</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The midterm elections are mere weeks away, and the Democrat Party is vulnerable on crime.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Soros Gets Wrong on Democrats and Crime]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/what-george-soros-gets-wrong-on-criminal-justice</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Progressive approaches to law enforcement carry a steep price for the victims of violent crime.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[On Criminal (In)Justice]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/rafael-mangual-discusses-new-book-criminal-in-justice</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[My new book, Criminal (In)Justice: What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most, is not about me. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s first and foremost about the far too many victims of the sorts of injustices that inspired the title'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'injustices like the 2019 murder of a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Reflection on NYPD's Fallen Officers &amp; Their Sacrifices]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/nypd-fallen-officers-sacrifices-rafael-mangual</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Friday, January 21st, two young NYPD officers, Jason Rivera, 22, and Wilbert Mora, 27, were fatally shot in the line of duty.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reversing the Crime Spiral in Liberal Cities Is a Tall Order]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2021/08/02/refunding-police-is-necessary-but-not-sufficient-to-stop-crime-spiral/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For years, radical scholars and activists had been pushing to defund or even abolish police departments, but most liberal cities had deep enough reservoirs of sanity to keep them at bay. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Progressive Policies Won't Stop the Crime Wave]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/progressive-policies-wont-stop-the-crime-wave</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[An approach to crime-fighting that scorns policing and incarceration relies on empirical and conceptual errors.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Cities Can Expect 2020's Violent Crime Spike to Last]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/558883-why-cities-can-expect-2020s-violent-crime-spike-to-last</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Failing to connect the dots between depolicing, decarceration and crime, many jurisdictions continue to adopt measures that may make things worse.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who Killed Adam Toledo?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/who-killed-adam-toledo</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How did a 13-year-old boy end up in an alley with a gun at 2:30 on a Monday morning?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Media &amp; Adam Toledo: A Recipe for More Tragedy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/adam-toledo-shooting</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The media's rush to judgment on the Adam Toledo shooting will come with a high cost.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What's Really Behind 2020's Spike in Homicides?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/546445-cities-got-deadlier-in-2020-whats-behind-the-spike-in-homicides</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[2020 was a year marked by resurgent criminal violence that may spell serious trouble for American cities.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Toxic Narrative About Police Is Wrong]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/toxic-narrative-about-police-is-wrong</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Awful as they are, episodes like George Floyd's death are outliers; extensive data on cops' use of force reveal professionalism and restraint.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sanders's Criminal-Justice Plan Is Wrong in So Many Ways]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/bernie-sanders-criminal-justice-plan-based-on-false-premise-of-racism/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's based on the false premise that the justice system is draconian and racially oppressive, and it ignores that most prisoners are in state, not federal, prisons.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Can't Imagine What Cops Go Through]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/nypd-police-suicides</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Recent NYPD suicides should remind us to appreciate the trauma associated with police work.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Videos Show Contempt for Police, Not Fear of Them]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/law-enforcement-minority-communities</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Aggressive contempt for police officers undermines the Left's argument that minority communities are terrified of law enforcement.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How the Trump Admin Is Reshaping Federal Courts]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/html/toward-less-dangerous-judicial-branch-16471.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[According to the consortium conducting exit polls in the 2016 presidential election, 21 percent of voters viewed Supreme Court appointments as the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'most important'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' factor in making their choice.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kanye Dares to Question the Liberal Narrative]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/html/kanye-tweets-right-15859.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rafael Mangual</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A hip-hop icon dares to question the liberal narrative.]]></description>
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