Angry biz leaders to meet with new DA Alvin Bragg, discuss recall efforts over soft-on-crime agenda

[Tomitillo26]

Originally Posted by dfc99

At least they are fighting back. But as noted below getting rid of Bragg is nearly impossible -

The citizens of New York County had the chance NOT TO ELECT HIM IN THE FIRST PLACE but yet they did

[BBMW]

If this city is ever going to get crime back under the level of control it was in the Giuliani / Bloomberg era, the "broken windows" paradigm of policing will have to be reimplemented. This means prosecuting ALL crimes, definitely including low lever quality of live crimes as aggressively as possible. This DA doesn't have the inclination to do this. In point of fact he has more sympathy for the criminal class than the law abiding citizens of NYC.

[Tomitillo26]

Originally Posted by BBMW

If this city is ever going to get crime back under the level of control it was in the Giuliani / Bloomberg era, the "broken windows" paradigm of policing will have to be reimplemented. This means prosecuting ALL crimes, definitely including low lever quality of live crimes as aggressively as possible. This DA doesn't have the inclination to do this. In point of fact he has more sympathy for the criminal class than the law abiding citizens of NYC.

NYC and many cities around the country have become laboratories for all of this progressive reimagination of the criminal justice system, which is not going to work. When given the green light, criminals and people who are prone to engage in anti-social behavior will do so. It's just human nature. The problems we see now in NYC are not unique to it. Homelessness, mental illness, open air drug abuse are definitely taking a toll on the QOL of life in the City. We as a society need to address these issues in a compassionate yet firm way and need to make some really tough decisions on how to deal with it. We went through this before in the 70's and 80's. The City was a mess back then. Hopefully it doesn't devolve into that again.

I don't believe that Alvin Bragg is a bad guy. I think deep down he believes he is doing the right thing but, based upon what was done in the past and the state of things today, he is simply wrong in his approach.

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DA's like this guy have been elected in many cities across the country, usually funded (in part) by Soros-adjacent groups who typically fund the most "progressive" candidate available. There are varying theories as to why this is happening - are they true believers in "equity" or whatever the latest crazy-eyed buzzword is, or are they purposely trying to sew chaos in order to help speed along collapse and the eventual takeover by some far-left government?

https://nypost.com/2021/12/16/how-ge...s-crime-surge/