Posted on 11/22/2020 8:18:05 PM PST by george76
The head of the NYPD’s largest union issued a stark warning to subway riders Friday amid the recent rash of shoving incidents by unhinged assailants: You’re on your own.
PBA President Pat Lynch accused lawmakers of preventing cops from doing their jobs and advised straphangers to “keep both eyes wide open” to avoid being victimized.
“The politicians have made it abundantly clear that they don’t want cops enforcing transit system rules, connecting the homeless with services, engaging with seriously mentally ill people or doing any of the things necessary to prevent these terrifying random attacks,” he said. ‘ “That is their choice to make, but who is replacing us in those roles? Right now, nobody.”
Lynch added: “While our elected leaders are closing their eyes and wishing the problem away, we recommend that all New Yorkers keep both eyes wide open while in our transit system.”
Meanwhile, another NYPD union official pointed to the costly mental-health program run by Mayor de Blasio’s wife, Chirlane McCray, which has come under fire for suspect spending and questionable results.
“ThriveNYC seems to be a scam and has done nothing to address the mentally ill,” Sergeants Benevolent Association President Ed Mullins said.
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Paging Bernhard Goetz.
I’ve seen an old illustration from the 1880s of a NYC Trolley car and why you were safer back then than today. Every person on the trolley including the woman was carrying a pistol.
paging Paul Kersey.
paging “Dirty” Harry Callahan.
Imagine being SUCH a bad mayor, your own police publicly go to war against you.
Get out of NY City. I can’t see things better anytime soon.
Cuomo and DeBlasio don’t ride the subway, do they?
There, you have your answer. Fascists and Communists have govt provided bodyguards while the average unarmed citizen is “on your own”.
And the Democrats claim that they “care for people”.
They can stay in NYC - we don’t need any more of them moving to other states before they fix the mess they created.
Yep. it’s one of those problems that just goes away with the right solution.
My first thought also.
"Come get some."
Ooh....that’s gonna trigger W Bush...maybe as much as Trump’s actual landslide did.
Paging Paul Kersey (Death Wish).
Just wait until someone tries to defend themselves and shoots some lowlife thug.
Cops will materialize out of thin air, just like a Star Trek transporter, to arrest the assault victim for the unspeakably evil crime of defending themselves.
No one called 911 here....You protect yourself...
“I’ve got five dollars for each of you.”
In the cities like NY and Portland and Seattle, it’s different.
They will not tolerate anyone but their buddies engaging in violence.
It’s nice that those people have been disarmed “for their own safety”.
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