Posted on 06/26/2020 7:31:24 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
Gun violence is up 358% in New York City since June 2019 as police are being stripped of resources in Democrat run cities nationwide.
The New York Times reported Tuesday that “It has been nearly a quarter century since New York City experienced as much gun violence in the month of June as it has seen this year.”
The report states that the city “logged 125 shootings in the first three weeks of the month, more than double the number recorded over the same period last year,” according to police data.
Chief of Crime Control Strategies Michael LiPetri noted that one would have to scour the records “back to 1996 to have a worse start of June.”
The explosion in gun violence dovetails with the disbanding of NYPD anti-crime units, a decision that means around 600 plainclothes officers will be taken off targeted raids and reassigned.
In addition, Democrat imposed “reforms” have meant that around 40% of people arrested on gun possession charges were released without bail in the past year.
“Shooting and murders are both climbing steadily upward, but our city leaders have decided that proactive policing isn’t a priority anymore,” noted Patrick Lynch, president of the Police Benevolent Association:
Figures also show that other Democrat run cities including Chicago and Minneapolis have experienced a massive uptick in gun violence.
Despite the crime spike, the Minneapolis City Council unanimously passed a resolution to replace the police department with a “community-led public safety system.”
So far that isn’t working out great for the city, which has seen a rampant increase in crime and the formation of a 300+ person tent city drug den in the affluent Powderhorn Park area.
The New York Times notes that residents in the area vowed not to call police to handle incidents of violence or potential violence, and instead said they would rely on “a community service organization”.
Meanwhile, Democrats this week blocked a procedural motion by Republicans to condemn the Defund the Police movement, as well as denounce “violence and the creation of autonomous zones.”
“Our resolution strongly opposes what I think is one of the craziest public policy proposals I have ever seen: this idea that we’re going to defund the police,” noted House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-OH).
“If we allow this defund the police concept to happen, to take root and to actually take place it will not only be tough for police officers but the communities they serve, what will happen there? It’s frightening.” Jordan added.
when the Mayor caves to the crazies camped outside city hall all hell will break loose
Now there’s a timely, informational statistic.
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I love it! Use the left's imaginary issues against them.
LET THEM
Cordon off NYC - no trucks in or out
Turn off the power
Turn off the water
Paint big X’s on the runways - no in or out
Let it turn into the jungle the apes want
But make sure to live stream it so the world can see
AND THE MAJORITY of people want BIDEN?!! I’m sorry but either people are very tremendous STUPID or I’m not seeing it!! What am I missing?
When it reaches 359% then there will be trouble.
But, but, but if we get rid of guns then we don’t need police, right?
LOL. I thought the answer to “gun violence” was NYC’s strict gun control laws to disarm the law-abiding. Liberals = idiots.
Be like Hunger Games.
Wait a minute here, how could this be with all of New York’s strict gun laws? I don’t see how this can be.
NY and NY’ers have yet many lessons to learn.
“When it reaches 359% then there will be trouble.”
When it reaches 360 we will have come full circle...
Amen...... NYC should be qurantined from America
Amen...... NYC should be qurantined from America
Good going, DeBlasio. First you murder yhe oeople in nursing homes, then you send out death squads through the city.
Prison would be too good.
Isn’t there a movie about this?
Escape from New York.
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