Halloween is a night of terror for New York’s Finest
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COURIER L 44 IFE, NOVEMBER 8-14, 2019
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“Trick or treat motherf---
--s,” is what a crowd shouted at
New York’s Finest in Brownsville
as they returned to their
patrol car following a domestic
violence case on Halloween
night. They found cardboard,
garbage, and cracked eggs on
their vehicle. As the two offi -
cers cleared off their cruiser,
they were mocked by local residents,
and footage of the incident
soon went viral, demonstrating
to the country that the
inmates now run the asylum
here.
Not to be outdone, the very
next night by the Barclay’s
Center in Downtown Brooklyn
over 1,000 anti-police protesters
held up signs that read
“Punch that Cop,” Don’t let
these pigs touch us,” and “F--k
the police.”
This is the new norm in our
city. Whether it’s these two
Halloween horror shows, more
perps resisting arrest with
deadly consequences for cops,
dumping buckets of water or
milk over the heads of offi -
cers, or throwing Chinese food
at them, it is obvious that the
criminal element feel that they
have nothing to fear by taking
on the police.
These are the people that
our city and state elected offi -
cials are taking their marching
orders from and emboldening
with their actions. After
all, how many Democrats have
you heard condemning these
events over Halloween? In fact,
just the opposite occurred, progressive
darling Rep. Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez and others
expressed their solidarity with
these anarchists. We know
that if a cop put the cuffs on a
gang banger a little too tight
these same offi cials would be
leading mass protests.
Indeed, our state Senate
and Assembly Democrats are
giving these Halloween cop
haters even more cause to celebrate
because of their new bail
reform legislations that begins
in the new year. This mandates
that all judges release to
the streets anyone arrested for
most crimes, including manslaughter,
assault, burglary,
or possession of a gun to name
just a few.
A long rap sheet or the likelihood
that they will intimidate
and threaten witnesses
against them is irrelevant, as
is the prospect that they may
commit more crimes against
innocent New Yorkers. In order
to ensure that those arrested
voluntarily return to
face a judge our friends in Albany
requires that they be sent
a few text message reminders
— this is literally in the reform
law!
It is clear that Democrats in
Albany sold us a bill of goods
when they said that only those
that commit “minor non-violent
offenses” would be automatically
released after arrest. Most
would not consider manslaughter
or assault “non-violent.”
If a child or relative of any
of the Democrats that support
these bail reforms were assaulted
or victimized I wonder
if they would still feel the perpetrator
should be out within a
couple of hours of arrest.
I have been struggling to
understand why local Democrats,
through their legislation
and words have supported and
emboldened cop haters and
criminals, whose goal seems to
be to have no law enforcement
so they can control the streets.
Whatever their reasons, the
message has gone out that our
political leadership has the
backs of criminals, not cops
and law abiding citizens.
Even before the new bail
legislations goes into effect, local
district attorneys have already
done their part to give
the all clear sign for criminals
to commit their bad deeds.
They ignore some crimes and
refuse to seek jail time for most
others.
Perhaps not coincidentally,
these two recent events happened
in Brooklyn, where our
District Attorney, Eric Gonzalez,
summarized the new procriminal
reality when he said
that his offi ce “will seek nonjail
resolutions at every juncture
of a case” except “most often”
in murder and rape ones.
The DA’s latest way to fulfi ll
this goal is by offering a two
hour art class at the Brooklyn
Museum to some arrested instead
of sending them to court.
Unfortunately, most of our
city DA’s now believe that their
duty is to act as a second defense
attorney rather than a
prosecutor.
One is forced to ask a few
tough questions. Why do our
elected offi cials feel that they
must fi ght more for criminals
rather than those who follow
laws? Are they that afraid of
an AOC supported far-left challenger
in a primary that they
would sacrifi ce the safety of
their innocent neighbors?
Did a plurality of voters really
expect that the Democrats
they elected to pass legislation
that so drastically swings the
pendulum of justice in favor of
criminals? Do we really have
to wait for more and more New
Yorkers to be directly victimized
by crime before sanity is
returned?
Also, perhaps Mayor de Blasio
should honor the wishes of
his brethren in communities
that hate the police so much
and shut down those local precincts?
Perhaps the results
would serve as a reality check
for our city and state criminal
justice reformers.
Finally, now that the fl aws
of the new bail reform laws
have been exposed, will any
Brooklyn Democrat in our
state legislature have the courage
to step up and lead the effort
to amend it so that it really
does only apply to minor nonviolent
offenses.
Bob Capano has worked in
senior staff position to Brooklyn
Republican and Democratic
elected offi cials, and
has been an adjunct Political
Science Professor for over 15
years.
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