New York | November 4, 2021
Law and order prevail as pro-crime Democrats lose big
New York | November 4, 2021
Anti-police progressives just got trounced across the nation, from Long Island to Seattle.
This follows the primary win of Hizzoner-elect Eric Adams: New York City’s second black mayor will take office having vowed from the start to stop crime, progressives be damned.
The trend continued on Long Island, where anger over the no-bail law sent Democrats to defeat in the Nassau and Suffolk county DA races.
- In Nassau, career local prosecutor Anne Donnelly overwhelmed Democratic state Sen. Todd Kaminsky, who voted for the 2019 law that eliminated most cash bail, 60 percent to 40 percent.
- In Suffolk, Republican Ray Tierney trounced Democratic incumbent District Attorney Tim Sini, 57 percent to 43 percent, with bail reform again a key issue.
- In Seattle, Republican candidates for city attorney and pro-police candidate for mayor held large leads on Wednesday — a clear repudiation of their rivals’ anti-policing plans. Ann Davison, who vowed more prosecutions for low-level crimes as city attorney, drew 58 percent against Nicole Thomas-Kennedy, who called for abolishing the current criminal-justice system. In the mayoral race, “Hire more cops” moderate Bruce Harrell was at 65 percent vs. #Defunder Lorena Gonzalez.
- In Minneapolis, where George Floyd died at police hands, voters rejected a proposal to replace the city’s police department with a new Department of Public Safety and at least two pro-Defund City Council members went down in defeat.
- And in Pennsylvania’s Westmoreland County, pro-police Nicole Ziccarelli beat Democrat John Peck to become the first Republican to hold the office in decades. … (Excerpts from the New York Times)
New York | September 24, 2021
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New York | September 24, 2021
New York | August 10, 2021
As Violent Crime Rises Across Country, DCCC Chairman Backs Anti-Police Policies
New York | August 10, 2021
House Democrats are heading into the 2022 election cycle with a campaign chairman who has a long track record of backing the left-wing policies that experts blame for the rise in crime across the country. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (N.Y.), who has chaired the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) since January, has a record of backing progressive policies such as an end to cash bail. He also staffs his office with anti-police activists. In cities across America, violent crime rates are more than doubling. Last year, murder rose by 65 percent in Chicago, 58 percent in New York, 87 percent in Louisville, and 64 percent in Minneapolis. Republicans are putting Democrats’ support for soft-on-crime policies and defunding the police center stage as they seek to gain control of both houses of Congress in 15 months… (Excerpts from the Free Beacon)
Illinois, New York | July 7, 2021
More than 230 people fatally shot in shootings over the Fourth of July weekend
Illinois, New York | July 7, 2021
At least 233 people were killed and 618 people were injured by gun violence in more than 500 shootings across the country during the Fourth of July weekend, a 26% drop from last year’s holiday weekend, according to the latest data compiled by the Gun Violence Archive.
New York | June 28, 2021
Ocasio-Cortez Warns Against ‘Hysteria’ Over Rising Violence, Reiterates Her Proposal To Defund Police
New York | June 28, 2021
Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called public’s concerns over an ongoing increase in violent crimes “hysteria” and repeated her proposal to defund the police during a Saturday Zoom call.
“We are seeing these headlines about percentage increases. Now, I want to say that any amount of harm is unacceptable and too much, but I also want to make sure … that this doesn’t drive a hysteria and that we look at these numbers in context,” Ocasio-Cortez said at Virtual Town Hall with Democratic New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman.
Ocasio-Cortez also complained that the media “perpetuate[s] this idea of crime wave” which she said makes people form a false perception of “some unprecedented level” of violent crime. (RELATED: REPORT: Man Shot In Times Square)
The lawmaker added that not resorting to hysteria is necessary to make “responsible decisions” about allocation of funds that may have alternative uses in addressing the problem…
(Excerpts from the Daily Caller)
New York | June 28, 2021
Innocent bystander Samuel Poulin shot in Times Square in broad daylight
New York | June 28, 2021
A tourist was struck by a stray bullet while walking with his family in Times Square late Sunday afternoon, police sources said — a block from where a 4-year-old girl and two others were struck by gunfire last month.
Samuel Poulin, 21, a Marine, was with his wife, sister and brother-in-law outside the Marriott Hotel on West 45th Street and Broadway when he was hit in the upper back by a ricocheting bullet just after 5:15 p.m., according to the sources and NYPD.
The violence erupted amid a dispute between two groups — possibly CD peddlers — with one man opening fire from a sidewalk, the sources said.
A dramatic surveillance photo obtained by The Post shows a gunman freely aiming a firearm in the bustling tourist hub…
(Excerpts from the New York Post)