Posted on 07/04/2020 3:27:00 PM PDT by karpov
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Gun violence exploded across the city after the NYPD disbanded its anti-crime unit of plainclothes cops on June 15, with three times as many shootings in the last two weeks of the month over the same period in 2019, police stats show.
And the shocking rise in gunfire to 116 incidents from 38 between June 15 and June 2, a 205 percent increase meant scores more victims were hurt or killed by bullets this year over last year.
Gunshot injuries skyrocketed to 157 from 47 in 2019, a 238 percent increase.
With a total of 205 shootings during the month, it was the bloodiest June in 24 years going back to 1996, when the NYPD logged 236 incidents, the department said.
One victim, Jomo Glasgow, 35, a DJ, was gunned down outside a house party on East 49th Street in Brooklyn on June 17 just two days after Police Commissioner Dermot Shea announced he was scrapping the unit, a group of 600 officers tasked with preventing violent street crime.
I feel like we are giving the streets back to the criminals, Glasgows mom, Hazel Thomas, told The Post.
They shouldnt have disbanded it, she said of the anti-crime unit. Whatever the problem they have, address it. But dont disband the unit. Many lives would have been saved. Not just my son.
The unit, once described as elite by mayor de Blasio, has a history of success but also controversy.
Its members have been involved in a number of high-profile police shootings and deaths, including the fatal choke hold that killed Eric Garner.
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Wait just a second....
I thought guns were (for all intents and purposes) illegal in NYC?
What’s going on De Blasio?
I was thinking more along the lines of this small increase is normal and indeed expected.
Hey, now if you don’t see a uniform, there are no cops anymore.
Idiots.
A good friend is retired plain clothes. NYPD. This unit has been around for over 50 years. (Serpico was plain clothes). He said he stopped more crime in progress or prevented crimes or actually solved crimes than any uniform could in his entire career. He also said people would state they always knew a cop was out there someplace and it made them feel safe. People were also more likely to give you information or report crime to a plain clothesman because you looked like everybody else and not a cop when talking on the street. He said you really got to know people and build relationships all over the city.
They could work anywhere in the city. They just had to report to the local precinct to let the commander know they were in the precinct that day.
One can only imagine what has been lost here just in the intelligence knowledge gathered on the street through human contact.
The Law of Unintended Consequences - it’s rocket science to the morons on the left.
Even though a cure is impossible, can they treat New York politicians' chronic anencephaly?
ping
I'm sure they already have said something - "Trump's fault."
And why is it Trump's fault? Because Orange Man Bad, he beat Hillary!, and..stuff..
Well, Hazel, if you voted for De Blasio, then yes, you have given the streets back to the Democrat electorate.
Holy cow! They need some gun control.
This will lead to criminal mob activity.
Excellent, eye-opening post.
300, 300%...anybody give me 400%?
I feel like we are giving the streets back to the criminals,
Did you vote for DiBlowsio madam?
BOYCOTT CNN.
These Democrat liars continually sell the idea that "Bail Reform" is about fairness and justice when it's about the exact opposite; they're pushing their criminals into other jurisdictions.
Do these black lives matter?
it arrests are way down too. It will get much worse over time since nothing is done about it.
Yes. Only criminals and police can have them.
Disarm law abiding citizens. Defund and remove the police. What could go wrong?
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