Posted on 02/03/2020 9:59:42 AM PST by lowbridge
No ordinary citizen can legally carry a gun in New York City, yet shootings are up 59.6 percent over this time last year. On Sunday, a pregnant woman was shot while sitting in her own car in front of her home in Queens. This is becoming the new normal in New York after the memo has gone out to criminals in the city that politicians fear growing the prison population more than they fear crime.
According to NYPD crime data, in addition to the 59.6 percent spike in shootings over this time last year, robberies increased 32.8 percent and grand larceny auto crimes were up a whopping 62.8 percent. Burglaries rose by 17 percent. This is just for the first 26 days of 2020.
What gives? According to NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea, its no mystery. Its all about New Yorks law abolishing bail. If you let out individuals that commit a lot of crime, thats precision policing in reverse and were seeing the effects in a very quick time, Shea said at a press conference last Friday. He decried the undeniable correlation between the rise in crime and the jail and prison populations dropping significantly.
This is the other side of the criminal justice equation that politicians, including country club Republicans, refuse to recognize. As they are focused like a laser beam on reducing the prison population, they are ignoring the human nature of violent criminals. These criminals simply see no deterrent against their destructive behavior, and for good reason. Thus, whatever form of crime it is they like to engage in, they will continue repeating it until they are locked up. One criminal in Staten Island, who had a history of vehicle theft, was arrested for breaking into vehicles three times in three weeks. He was released every time!
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“..if you let the small criminals off with a slap on the wrist, your big crimes increase...”
Or major criminals remain undetected & aren’t caught.
Ted Bundy was caught in a routine traffic stop. The cop’s instincts indicated Bundy’s story didn’t add up, & a search of the car revealed burglary tools, face mask, etc. ‘Nuff said.
But liberals decry stop & frisk as inherently “racist.” When based on probable cause (suspicious behavior) it’s a good thing.
“OMG...is he using a plastic straw?”
That’s it, I’m done with Trump. :0)
Must be due to that NRA extremist de Blasios radical liberalization of New York Citys gun laws.
.... or maybe gun crime is a criminal problem rather than a gun problem.
Hey druggies are going to drug and crooks are going to crook, they can't help it, its our fault for not helping. Get used to it the Swedes have accepted that rape is a genuine part of Islamic culture, surely we can learn to accept a little drugging and crooking?
Yes, the policy called 'break the windows'... makes criminals 'feel' comfortable... and citizens feel fear.
“...everything is fine. The crime reports are overblown by the right Wing media to damage NYC.”
Of course. When criminals are redefined as victims, the crime rate goes down because theft, assault, & property destruction are no longer considered crimes. but have been redefined as righteous responses to “oppression.”
Who’d have thunk it?
Progressivism is anti human life in every way. It is dark and ugly.
I think that opening the prison doors was always one of the plot lines of the Batman villains. So would bloomberg be the joker or the penguin?
This is Great News because it shows America what happens when you elect Dems!
I was up in NYC prior to Christmas and the amounts of homeless people and filth in the streets was overwhelming! I couldn’t wait to get back to NC.
Time for a gun buyback program and a “stpp the violence march.
Those same people elected a stupid jerk as mayor, let them live with the results. Elections have consequences.
NYC sucks - bump for later....
Early release programs throughout the country should be implemented, releasing the felons in NYC. Let A.K.A. De Blasio and Fredo's brother deal with that.
NYC will see in influx of criminal the same way Sanctuary gain in illegals. They wanted more population and they will get it.
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