[This is the conclusion of a series of articles   on the dark money behind urban decay in the United States.]

George Soros-funded prosecutors have had a disastrous impact on our country and its once-great cities, as I’ve shown in a series of articles for the Washington Examiner on the growing urban decay throughout the United States. Since Soros started to bankroll various candidates for district attorney in 2015, we have seen crime rates increase, conviction rates tumble, and the morale of law enforcement reach new lows. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) put it this way: “Everywhere Soros-backed prosecutors go, crime follows. These legal arsonists have abandoned their duty to public safety.”

It is estimated that Soros has given more than $40 million to various candidates for district attorney since 2015, successfully electing 75 district attorneys and prosecutors. Soros-backed district attorneys now represent 70 million people, or approximately 20% of the population. Frighteningly, “more than 40% of the 22,500 homicides nationwide occurred in areas overseen by these DAs,” according to the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund.

The consequences of these attorneys’ loose-on-crime policies have been devastating. Indeed, even since the first article in this series was published, there have been two more incidents in which Soros-backed DAs’ failure to prosecute a crime to the fullest extent of the law resulted in tragedy. Just last month, in East Lansing, Michigan, a gunman killed three people and wounded five others. The shooter had been arrested in June 2019 by Lansing police and charged with a felony for carrying a concealed weapon without a permit. The charges were reduced (by a Soros-backed prosecutor), and he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for possession of a loaded firearm in a vehicle and was discharged from probation in May 2021. He went on to purchase two guns in 2021. Had the felony charges been left in place, the shooter may have still been in jail and definitely would not have been allowed to purchase a weapon with a felony conviction.

In Missouri, the state’s attorney general, Andrew Bailey, has started a process to remove St. Louis circuit attorney Kim Gardner, who was also funded by Soros. Bailey argued there is a “quantum of evidence” that proves Gardner has deliberately failed to prosecute cases, “inform and confer with victims in cases,” and “file new cases that are referred by law enforcement agencies.”

The final straw came when a driver who was out on bail awaiting trial for a 2020 armed robbery hit a teenage girl, resulting in both of her legs being amputated. The driver “had violated the terms of his bond at least 50 times, but the circuit attorney’s office did not ask for his bond to be revoked,” according to a report.

Why is an elderly Hungarian-born billionaire funding these soft-on-crime prosecutors who show absolutely no respect for the law or victims of crime? One theory is that Soros is trying to create his own Hegelian dialectic: He’s creating a problem, increasing crime rates, to solve it in a manner to his liking, which, in this case, might be a national police force. Centralizing law enforcement is an appealing thought to would-be tyrants who prefer to impose their policies ham-handedly.

Soros shows no signs of stopping his attack on law and order in the U.S. However, the recent recall of San Francisco’s district attorney, the attempt to recall Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon, and the pending removal of Gardner show that the people are tired of these policies. But the question remains: Will voters finally vote for safety and law and order, or will they help Soros put progressive, pro-crime prosecutors in positions of power?

Jim Nelles is a supply chain consultant based in Chicago. He has served as a chief procurement officer, chief supply chain officer, and chief operations officer for multiple companies.