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-Lurid Crime Tales-
'We're taking back the streets': Mayor Bill de Blasio orders MORE cops to be stationed across NYC to curb gun violence after weeks of bloodshed with 142% surge in shootings - despite slashing NYPD budget by $1billion
2020-07-11
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Bill de Blasio unveiled his 'Take Back the Block' plan to curb gun violence Friday

  • The initiative focuses on increasing community involvement with civilians serving as 'violence interrupters'
    ...that certainly sounds clever...
    "Blessed be the violence interrupters, for they will get shot."
  • It will also expand the police presence in violent hotspots including Harlem

  • De Blasio announced the plan nearly a week after Fourth of July weekend saw 63 people shot and at least 11 killed in New York City

  • Gun violence has surged more than 140 percent over the past month

  • NYPD officials blamed the surge on de Blasio's decision to cut $1billion from the department's budget and accused him of 'surrendering' the city to crime
Posted by:Skidmark

#18  Tis cannot be sed enuff, "YOU VOTED FOR THIS!!!"
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589   2020-07-11 22:14  

#17  Some will submit their retirement paperwork. More will retire on the job. New Yorkers voted for this when voted in the Commie for mayor.
Posted by: Chunky Ebbanter9368   2020-07-11 19:19  

#16  In other words Mayor 'nursing home killer' DeBlasio wants cops to rish their lives for *nothing*? Not to mention taking on the risk that deMayor will feed them to the wolves.
He just cut $1B from their budget. What will he pay them with - used bubble gum?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2020-07-11 16:39  

#15  Lmao, this is just codifying his handing the streets over to Antifa/BLM. What a sick joke this is
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2020-07-11 15:34  

#14  Maybe if they stopped fighting Trump? Nah.
Posted by: gorb   2020-07-11 14:05  

#13  Passed the tipping point. De Blasio’s NYC won’t recover. The money’s going, the police are going, and I am sure fed money’s going. People get the govt they deserves. Mega cities don’t pencil any more.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2020-07-11 13:33  

#12  Do they even have enough cops for a staffing surge?
Posted by: DarthVader   2020-07-11 13:27  

#11  Horse.Barn door.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-07-11 12:54  

#10  Ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-07-11 12:38  

#9  Blasio should just open the doors to assisted living for the criminals. That will keep them off the streets.
Posted by: bbrewer126   2020-07-11 12:12  

#8  Not to pick nits, but perhaps letting them go in the first place wasn't that terrific a plan.
Posted by: Cesare   2020-07-11 11:57  

#7  Plus, I can't wait till the first community leader gets held up at gun point. Will be the end of that "program".
Posted by: bbrewer126   2020-07-11 11:55  

#6  Is that to give the criminals a new set of targets to shoot at?
Posted by: bbrewer126   2020-07-11 11:48  

#5  "PPFFFFFFT", de yo-yo blaso. SMELLS the same TOO?
Posted by: ranture   2020-07-11 11:09  

#4  "Who's this 'WE', WhiteMan?
Posted by: Frank G   2020-07-11 10:51  

#3  Oh, that Wilhelm...what a guy.
Posted by: Clem   2020-07-11 10:46  

#2  And if their ROE is to "wash feet," those that are available will probably not stick their necks out to wind up charged with an act of violence towards a Wakandan.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-07-11 10:39  

#1  Has anybody the him that the NYPD is seeing such a surge in retirement requests that now appointments are needed to submit the paperwork? Where will the "more cops on the street "come from?
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2020-07-11 10:15  

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