Posted on 02/08/2020 9:44:01 AM PST by karpov
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Mayor Bill de Blasio linked a recent crime surge in the Big Apple to the state’s controversial overhaul of bail laws Friday, after spending a week dancing around the matter.
“We had, for six years, steady decreases in crime across the board. There’s not a whole lot of other environmental things that have changed recently,” Hizzoner told WNYC’s Brian Lehrer on new CompStat data that shows crime has soared since the new laws took effect at the start of 2020. “It sort of stands out like a sore thumb that this is the single biggest new thing in the equation and we saw an extraordinary jump.”
“Of course there’s always a possibility this is plain statistical variation, that happens sometimes,” he added. “But I think it’s pretty clear that there’s only one new major piece in the equation.”
The controversial law bars judges from setting bail to hold criminal defendants for most misdemeanors and non-violent felonies cases. It’s come under intense criticism from law enforcement officials and prosecutors.
De Blasio again reiterated his support for giving the judges the power to lock up defendants they believe are a danger to the public while awaiting trial — a position that’s left him at odds with the bail overhaul’s top backer, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-The Bronx).
“I think judicial discretion should be clarified so that there are very clear checks and balances, so that we avoid any inkling of bias entering into the process, but I think a system predicated only on the question of flight risk misses the fact that there are some individuals who are just consistently, by their own actions, and by the proof of due process, consistently creat[ing] a threat to their neighbors,” de Blasio said on the show.
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Admits. Doesn't care.
To the marxist elite like De Blasio (real name Warren Wilhelm Jr.), ordinary people being mugged, robbed and assaulted is normally just a bruised pinky.
But now that people are actually complaining about it, it's risen to the level of a sore thumb.
When a democrat talks about reform, be afraid, very afraid.
This reminds me of the leftie complaint that: “crime is dropping even as incarceration rises.”
Well... duh.
What they need are quick trials and sentencing.
D U H !
Tell that to the 91 year old woman raped and murdered....oh that is right she is dead.
What happens if a member of HIS family gets attacked?
and bernie said last night that he wants to implement NY state’s no-bail requirements NATIONWIDE!
Admits. Doesn’t care.
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Right. Because honest American citizens mean zero point zero, zero, zero, zero.
Criminals are gods, in the mind of this vicious and very stupid lunatic.
“But now that people are actually complaining about it, it’s risen to the level of a sore thumb. “
just wait until one of the elite, like a pol or a celeb gets slaughtered or maimed by a no-bail criminal!
NYC is even worse because they implicated a new rule stating all witnesses and their addresses must be given to the lawyers of defenders within 15 day. A witness against MS13 criminal was released he was murdered before the trial.
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Part of some ‘its got to get worse to get better logic’ ???
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Remember - Destroying Institutions is what Leftists are all about.
Let’s hope the rest of his family is present, and the attacker has at least four bullets.
And?
I believe he’s telling the citizens of NYC, “Look. This is the way it’s going to be from now on. This is part of a grand strategy. I’m not exactly sure what that strategy is, but this is a part of it. So there.”
I try to visit the NY Automobile Show every April. I haven’t missed one in years.
Living in NJ, getting there is a 60-minute bus ride to the NY Port Authority building, then a brisk walk or short cab ride to the Javits Center. Generally, I’m home before 5:00 p.m. It’s a nice day out, and I get to see all the new model cars, chat with the dealer / mfg. reps, etc., etc.
I’m going to skip the show this year. I wonder how many other “Out-of-Towners” will do the same.
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