NYC Shootings Spike

From Yahoo:

“Black Leaders Call on NYPD to Bring Back Anti-Crime Unit as Shootings Spike”

Leaders in the black community are calling on the New York Police Department to bring back the plainclothes Anti-Crime Unit that was eliminated last month as shootings and murders spike across the city. About 600 undercover officers from the unit were set to be transferred to other assignments including detective work and policing neighborhoods, NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said a month ago. The anti-crime unit, which was responsible for getting guns off the streets, had been criticized as stoking distrust in law enforcement in minority communities. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, one of the African-American voices calling for action on gun violence, criticized the police force’s decision to completely disband the unit. He deplored the recent deadly shooting of a one-year-old, one of the victims of New York City’s recent spike in gun violence. “I think that a total elimination is something we need to reevaluate,” Adams said, CBS New York reported. “Right now, bad guys are saying if you don’t see a blue and white you can do whatever you want.” Tony Herbert, an activist in New York’s black community, agreed and lamented the rise in violence, criticizing New York officials for their failure to address the situation. “The guns keep going off and now we have a 1-year-old and the blood is on the hands of the mayor and the state Legislature,” Herbert said. The decision to disband the anti-crime unit was also panned by Police Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch, who warned that consequences would follow if city leaders refused to deal with increased gun violence. “Anti-Crime’s mission was to protect New Yorkers by proactively preventing crime, especially gun violence,” Lynch said in a statement. “Shooting and murders are both climbing steadily upward, but our city leaders have decided that proactive policing isn’t a priority anymore. They chose this strategy. They will have to reckon with the consequences.”

The city’s murder rate for the month ending June 7 has more than doubled from the same period last year, and shooting victims have increased by 45 percent. Meanwhile, arrests for illegal gun possession have dropped dramatically, with only 29 people arrested during the week that ended July 5, down from 70 during the same week last year, according to NYPD data. In recent weeks, the NYPD has experienced a surge of over 400 percent in retirement applications from officers amid tensions with city officials and after the city’s police budget was slashed by $1 billion.

^ This is definitely one of those “Told You So” kind of moments. All the “intelligent” people and politicians who decided it was better to defund the Police Departments (or in some cases abolish them completely) are now seeing the reality of their choices. No Police means no law and order and no law and order means more violence, destruction and death. Any person with even a hint of basic common sense would have known that was going to be the out-come from the very beginning and it has come to pass. While I agree that things do need to change – especially within the different Police Departments across the nation – it is juvenile to think that by taking away their money the Police will somehow work even harder with less. The massive crime spike  - especially murders – in New York City has proven that. Hopefully, now the NYC Mayor and Government will fix their mistakes and give the Police the tools and training they need and that the residents and tourists in NYC deserve. If they don’t I believe the murder rate, the violence, the destruction will only continue to rise until it is no longer manageable by the Police or the NY National Guard. Restore the funds, the training and everything else to the NYPD so they can do their job in keeping the city safe otherwise you will have a Purge Zone like Seattle had only on a much larger scale. Once the NYPD has control over NYC again then reforms can be made, which do not include abolishment or defunding. It is now in the hands of the NYC Mayor and the NYC Government to see if they have come to their senses. Clearly the Black leaders of the city want the Police back so hopefully they will return. ^

https://www.yahoo.com/news/black-leaders-call-nypd-bring-154707836.html