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Snore. Mayor de Blasio has already established himself as the city's greatest mayor since LaGuardia. Can't wait to see what Bill gets named after him after his reign ends.
The WI "Festival" has always been a bloodbath. Especially the pre Jouvet the night before. The funny thing is watching the news and none of it being reported. I do agree with Denis Brown, that the summer historically sees crime spikes. Give the mayor 2 years to really see if policies have a correlation on crime.
All I'm saying is, bring Stop & Frisk back like it was before. All these shootings and crime are predominately happening in "hood" areas. Who live in "hood" areas? Mainly black people and latinos. So doing stop & frisk in these high crime areas should not be considered "discrimination" by the left as you step up enforcement where crime is a problem. In NYC the bulk of crimes happen in the hood.
De Blasio signed a binding agreement that was accepted by federal courts. The first judge's ruling was that even if Stop and Frisk lowered crime, it was unconstitutional in it's application. De Blasio canceled the appeal and settled out of court with the plaintiffs, and bound the city to the first judge's ruling permanently.
If someone is so so worried about what happens in the hood areas, that person should MOVE OUT OF THEM and DON'T go there. It's that simple. Waiting for the cops rush to the rescue is plain idiotic. A police force no matter who the mayor is more reactive than anything else.
Its summertime, been this way in every major city in this country before most of the people posting here were born. Next topic...
Ah, the summer is only just beginning. But you're right, it's been a cold winter particularly so people had to stay in during the summer. Things will get worse when high school is out, so look for things to be worse in July and August. Even June should be worse (it's summertime!)
If someone is so so worried about what happens in the hood areas, that person should MOVE OUT OF THEM and DON'T go there. It's that simple. Waiting for the cops rush to the rescue is plain idiotic. A police force no matter who the mayor is more reactive than anything else.
Moving out doesn't solve lowering crime or shootings. Stop & Frisk needs to return. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, most likely its a duck. Just saying.
Fearmongers. When people are getting shot and stabbed in good neighborhoods then you have a story. Look at where these crimes happened. Harlem (Grant Houses). East New York. What else is new?
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Exactly! That is what was happening. S&F was discouraging these thugs from carrying their weapons. Now without S&F they can do that as they please. And now 8 people were shot and stabbed!
Evidence?
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