In my city they're too busy running from one violent crime to the next, they're understaffed (under statutory minimums) and if you didn't get shot they won't come help. This is seen as the socially progressive thing to do.

I was attacked in a road rage incident, they didn't come. There was video, a witness, a traffic camera all available, they didn't investigate or prosecute.

Shots were fired outside of my apartment on the street the other day, the police didn't come.

I would rather not take the law into my own hands, but what choice does a person have?

What country/city do you live in? Just curious.

Sounds like some blue state in the US. (gunshots = USA, reference to progressive policy ruling implies blue state)

as opposed to the sound of hunting season or “firearm discharges”.

This is Minneapolis.

Most of the people around here doing these property crimes are illegal drug addicts. Seattle does not prosecute drug crimes.

Do you mean being drug adict in Seattle makes a person immune to (at least some of the) law?

It does end up working that way in practice, though it’s not quite as straightforward as that. What’s really happening is that courts are very backed up, jails are full, and judges release most people on their own recognizance within about 72 hours of the crime. They still have to go to court for that crime…eventually, but in the mean time, there’s nothing to stop them from going right back at it when they get released. There are people who have been arrested dozens upon dozens of times, and by now must have a list of court hearings a mile long, but they keep getting put back out on the street while they await their hearing. So in effect, at least for now, they are immune to prosecution.

Maybe because they're selling catalytic converters to buy cocaine?