i'm not even talking about killing the guy and never brought it up, i'm saying that for 50cents in taxes, they prolly never should have bothered with him i the first place knowing it will cost the city $XXXXX to prosecute a 50cent violation
like i said, they don't prosecute pot because of the cost to benefit ratio so a little discretion should have been in order here
i'll ask again, do YOU think it's a wise use of city funds and resources when the city is damn near insolvent??? or is it even remotely possible the cop was out of line and should have left him alone???
I have no idea what the solvency of New York city is. Do I think they are going to go broke having this guy go to court for what he did? No. He has 31 prior arrests and I believe he was arrested for the same thing at least once before. The city never told the cops: ‘hey, don’t arrest for that chicken shi7 charge.’
In fact, I read in the article that what the guy was doing was considered a “quality of life” issue. Meaning the city fathers probably told the police dept. they needed to clean up the city from issues like this one.
The city likely told PD, PD likely told their cops to make the arrests.
Is it wise? Everybody praised ‘America’s Mayor’ for cleaning up all the panhandlers, window washers, etc. after General Dinkins ruined it, I’m sure there were some arrests made there. Those were the same “quality of life” issues.
You tell me. You want a Dinkins NY or a Guiliani NY?