The Left and Its Sympathy for Violent Criminals

In a small Swedish town, a 23-year-old man has beaten a 78-year-old woman to death. People are understandably upset by the incident, and many locals have taken to the streets to demonstrate their opposition to violence. Meanwhile, Sweden’s socialist intellectuals rally in support of the man suspected of the murder. It is not the murder that upsets them but the fact that some silly bloggers have linked to public documents and written bad things about him.

This happens every time there is a violent crime in the headlines. The leftist elite is always more concerned with the criminals than the victims. No matter how violent a crime, society is always to blame for the acts of the criminal person.