Posted on 06/09/2015 12:32:00 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Its time for a sense of proportion about the increase in shootings and murders in New York City in the first five months of 2015.
While its true that both categories have risen over last years low numbers, the increase is not a harbinger of collapsing law enforcement or crime raging out of control, as some local columnists would have it. Nor is it evidence that the steep decrease over the past four years in reasonable-suspicion stops or stop-and-frisks, as theyre colloquially known has caused the increase in shootings.
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I’m sorry I gave the impression I was angry - I certainly am not. Not in the least.
I thought we were having a meaningful discussion on the fallout of a probable crime wave in New York. If I came across negative I do apologize.
Besides, I’m sure we’re on the same side; on major issues at least. If we exchange ideas in the future (and I hope we do) I will be more mindful of what I say and how I say it.
Lying won’t lead to peace either. If the commissioner was candid, there would not be panic, but calls for Comrade Wilhelm’s resignationBratton is protecting the mayor.
That’s fine. Thanks.
Yesterday an older white woman showed a reporter her Mace, which isnt much but was surprising considering it is illegal in NYC.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Well, we should be little surprised when the grannies start packing .32 cal autos. Ruger makes them with an integral laser sight.
If De Blastfeeto does not bring back the stop and frisk, in another year or so Broadway will be a shooting gallery at night.
They’ll simply continue burying crime/fudging stats; the penalties in NYC for handguns are too harsh to risk, and most of those that would carry left years ago. NJ saw a real surge in NYC wealth during the Dinkins years...
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