Posted on 09/18/2022 3:13:59 PM PDT by DFG
An accused jilted madman who flew into an ax-wielding rage at a Lower East Side McDonald’s was released without bail at his arraignment, authorities said Sunday.
Michael Palacios, 31, who allegedly grabbed an ax and trashed the Delancey Street fast-food joint in a fit early Friday, was arraigned on fourth-degree criminal-mischief and possession-of-weapons charges hours later and freed, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said.
Neither charge is eligible for bail under the state’s lenient criminal-justice reforms.
According to a criminal complaint filed in the case, Palacios slammed two tables and a plate-glass partition during the early-morning rampage.
Palacios also told cops, “I have a pocket knife in my bike,” according to the complaint.
A witness to the wild caught-on-video incident said Palacios went off when a woman at the restaurant “rejected” him after he continually tried to talk to her.
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Now a free man. Figures.
Apparently dangerousness and threat to public safety is not on the NYC agenda???????
Where is Rudi Giuliani when NYC needs him?
Have the charged the victims yet? Victims are the real perpetrators.
Oh sure this guy doesn't have a screw loose. Or several. Let him back out on the street.
And by the way, NYC needs 100 more busloads of illegals.
NY Times: Updated March 30, 2022
In New York, unlike every other state, judges can only use bail as a tool to ensure that defendants return to court. They cannot take into consideration the harm a defendant may pose to others. By the time the 2019 changes went into effect, New York City had already seen a marked decline in the use of cash bail.
///////////////////////////////////But the data is more troubling when it comes to violent crime. Dr. Marie VanNostrand, a scholar of criminal justice systems who has studied New York City’s data, said that she has seen an increase in offenses among people who had been released to await trial after being charged with violent felonies.
Judges may set bail for most of these crimes, but their decisions can be based only on ensuring that the defendant returns to court.
Data from the Criminal Justice Agency shows that the number of people who were facing violent felony charges, were released to await trial and then were charged with committing new violent felonies has risen to 320 in the first quarter of 2021, compared with 259 in 2020 and 160 in 2019.
Many law enforcement officials have tied the release of such defendants to the recent uptick in shootings and killings across the state.
Yesterday’s thread with video of incident:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4094168/posts
Shows some guys beating up on him while he just sits there, then gets his hatchet out and busts up the place. No explanation why those guys were beating him or him getting rejected by a woman he was hitting on.
As Paul Harvey used to say, now we know the rest of the story.
How long did it take the emergency social workers to show up and calm the situation?
He’s still in training so they cut him loose. He’ll get it right next time.
Furthermore, he is locked in stocks for a day in front of the McDonalds, where he is to announce his crime every five minutes.
Invite WorldStarHipHop to livestream.
IF he so much as sneezes on someone, he spends 2 years in Rikers.
You do this 3 or 4 times a month for a year, and crime. will. drop. everywhere.
John Henry
John Henry told his captain
“A man ain’t nothing but a man
But before I let your steam drill beat me down
I’d die with a hammer in my hand, Lord, Lord
I’d die with a hammer in my hand”
John Henry said to his shaker
“Shaker, why don’t you sing?
I’m throwin’ thirty pounds from my hips on down
Just listen to that cold steel ring, Lord, Lord
Just listen to that cold steel ring”
John Henry said to his shaker
“Shaker, you’d better pray
‘Cause if I miss that little piece of steel
Tomorrow be your buryin’ day, Lord, Lord
Tomorrow be your buryin’ day”
//////////////
They took John Henry to the graveyard
And they buried him in the sand
And every locomotive comes a-roaring by
Says “There lies a steel-driving man, Lord, Lord
There lies a steel-driving man”
Well every Monday morning
When the bluebirds begin to sing
You can hear John Henry a mile or more
You can hear John Henry’s hammer ring, Lord, Lord
You can hear John Henry’s hammer ring.
If I Had a Hammer
If I had a song
I’d sing it in the morning
I’d sing it in the evening
All over this world
I’d sing out danger
I’d sing out a warning
I’d sing out love between
My brothers and my sisters ah-ah
All over this land
I got a hammer
And I’ve got a bell
And I’ve got a song to sing
All over this land
It’s the hammer of justice
It’s the bell of freedom
It’s the song about love between
My brothers and my sisters
All over this land
All over this land
Idea: In an annoyingly crowded indoor area have them page “Paul Kersey” over the speakers. Notice a bunch of people running out.
You are on a roll. :-)
Did they give him his axe back too?
And this story, along with countless others like it, is why the GOP candidates on Nov 8th need to focus on-—
1. Crime
2. Illegal immigrants
3. Inflation
Even the low information voter can understand the above three issues.
“allegedly grabbed an ax and trashed the Delancey Street fast-food joint in a fit early Friday”
I saw the video. He did WAY more than just trash the McDonalds. He actually swiped at people with the axe, punched a sitting man in the head knocking him off the chair, and was screaming at and threatening a woman.
And he gets released with no bail? I’ll never go to NY again.
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