[C19fan]

From the photo of the author he looks relatively young. I doubt he was around during the NYC of the Pre-Giuliani years. I was raised in the NYC metro area during the 1970s/80s. The hands off policing Ford advocates was tried during those years. That strategy was an utter failure. The sadistic side of me hopes the policing continues to revert back to the 1970s. Sometimes people like Ford need to learn a painful lesson.

[C19fan]

Apologies for messing up on the source. Should be The Atlantic.

[2ndDivisionVet]

David Dinkens, now in white.

[Wolfie]

Unions, gotta love ‘em.

[Impala64ssa]

Warriors come out and play...

[cripplecreek]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwwY9y6O3hw

[mellow velo]

I'm waiting for de Blasio to start citing these reduced arrest numbers as proof that his Progressive policies have reduced crime in NYC! /sarc

What's that cliche' about figures lie and liars figure?!

[eyeamok]

30 years ago these low level arrests would have NEVER been made in the first place. It is all about Revenue, nothing else. But that was before the transformation from “Peace Officer” to “Law Enforcement Officer”

[Darksheare]

Dinkins: “We’ll just not prosecute the crimes, and that will make the crime rate go down!”

Wally Wilhelm can spin the drop in arrests as a drop in crime rate.
*I know, don’t give him ideas.*

[offwhite]

"by making fewer low-level arrests"

I don't blame them. Eric Garner was a low-level arrest and the police were roundly criticized for it. So I agree they should stop doing them.

The second reason is that the low-level arrestee may be injured or even die while resisting. Why take a chance of losing your job, going to prison, or causing a riot? It's not worth it.

Without these Mickey Mouse arrests, people will have more liberty. Let's see how they handle it and let's see how others react to it.

I got my popcorn. I'm ready.

[Night Hides Not]

My prediction for 2015: Bill deBlazio morphs into Floyd Ferris, as he comes up with new fines and penalties to make up for the lost revenues from declining arrests.

[Kid Shelleen]

>>> If stop-and-frisk had caused the ongoing decline in New York's crime rate, its near-absence would logically halt or even reverse that trend. But the city seems to be doing just fine without it: <<<

I don't think its that simple. One complaint from the ACLU was that the stop and frisk stops continued in high crime areas.
If I recall correctly it took a while for the "broken windows" strategy to reduce crime under Guilliani. I wonder what the crime stats will be in two years from now under Kaiser Wilhelm ?

[sakic]

If cops don’t feel like doing their jobs, DeBlasio should treat them like Reagan treated air traffic controllers.

[Sooth2222]

Where is the line now? A guy selling "loosies"? An ax murderer?

de Blasio did not want the first guy to be arrested, and since the cops will still arrest the second guy. He needs to give more explicit instructions as to what he wants done. He seems to want cops to do the impossible.

[Kid Shelleen]

Maybe the IRS should stop auditing people. I am sure that improve their image and encourage people to comply with tax regulations.

[Bon mots]

Thank you DiBlasio

For getting those pesky police off the streets of New York

[NonValueAdded]

“Look at this place, there is no one here, the cops are into something, its like Christmas, you could steal City Hall!”.

Love,John McClane