2020 has seen an unprecedented spike in violent crime, including gun violence, in New York City. NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea believes there is a clear correlation between this spike and new laws that force the release of gun crime suspects, often within days or even hours after their arrest.
Meanwhile, Democratic politicians who control government in the city and most of the state are scratching their heads wondering how this could be happening. They do not acknowledge the correlation and have instead been blaming anything other than their ludicrous policies for the dramatic rise in gun violence. According to the NY Post:
About 3,345 of the 3,793 perps arrested between Jan. 1 and Nov. 30 for firearms crimes — 88 percent — were let go, according to department data. Just 450 remain in jail, the NYPD told The Post.
Some of the suspects posted bail, but judges were required to release others under new reform laws that prohibit them from setting monetary bail on some gun-possession cases. The crime became ineligible for bail in most circumstances under the Jan. 1 law changes, which mandate judges to release collared suspects, with no money down, on hundreds of charges considered “non-violent.”
The NYPD has repeatedly blamed this year’s stunning 96-percent surge in shootings on the loosened bail laws and early release of prisoners due to COVID concerns.
“We have made staggering numbers of gun arrests, taking guns off the streets from felons … but when you look, three days later, four days later, those individuals are back on the street committing more gun violence,” NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said Tuesday while announcing shootings have climbed to 1,433 and are on track to reach a 14-year high by the end of 2020. By Thursday, the NYPD had logged an additional 18 shootings, bringing the total to 1,451, the department said.
The stats provided to The Post in the wake of Shea’s comments show the vast majority of accused criminals with known access to guns are free to go and commit new crimes — and many allegedly do.
In an upcoming episode of NOQ Report, JD will be covering this more in-depth. But for now, suffice to say that when the correlation is this clear and yet Democratic lawmakers do nothing, it’s because their agenda demands the “sacrifice” of their citizens’ safety and in some cases, the citizens themselves.
Democrats in NY City are blaming their three favorite boogeymen for the surge: COVID-19, systemic racism, and President Trump. It doesn’t cross their collectivist minds that if they release gun criminals, shootings will rise.
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