This was NYC mayor Eric Adams in January
The mayor had a mantra on Wednesday: crime is down, jobs are up, and tourism is booming. But one thing the NYPD admits it’s struggling with is protecting its own. Assaults on cops have increased dramatically. CBS New York asked the mayor why.
“There’s just an erosion of expectation of authority, this feeling that you don’t have to respect the authority of this city,” Adams said.
And now
Hochul deploys National Guard troops to New York City subway amid rising crime numbers
Following a series of violent incidents in the New York City subway system, Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday announced a new five-point safety plan that includes bringing in hundreds of National Guard troops and adding new security cameras.
Hochul announced that a combined 1,000 personnel — including 750 National Guard troops, along with MTA Police — would be deployed in the subway system to help the NYPD conduct bag checks in an effort to keep weapons off trains.
“Let me just be very, very clear. These brazen, heinous attacks on our subway system will not be tolerated,” Hochul said.
This came in addition to Mayor Eric Adams’ announcement Tuesday to add more police officers and re-institute bag checks.
But, if there’s no expectation of authority, will the same old same old people committing the crimes, causing problems on the subways care about the NG troops? What authority will they have to stop the troublemakers? Can they detain? Will 750 make a difference? Roughly 3.2 million take the subway daily. Will they be in the areas that are known to be problematic?
As for the bag checks
Jones: How will we make sure that the random bag checks don’t become biased?
Mayor Adams: Without a doubt, you know, that’s what I committed my life to with 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care. I was the one that led the leading voice on stop and frisk reform as well as testified in federal court. And the judge mentioned my name in her ruling against the Police Department based on my testimony.
It’s a random bag check based on the number of people coming through. So, if you are the 10th or the 7th or the 8th person, no matter what your ethnicity is, no matter how you dress, you are the person that’s being checked. And if you don’t want your bag checked, you can turn around and leave the subway system.
The number will be picked daily or so. So, what if you’re searching the bag of the businesswoman all dressed up who there’s a zero expectation of committing a crime or causing an issue? What difference does that make? The police know their areas, know who can be a problem. There are profiles. That’s why law enforcement creates profiles. They create them on past behavior. It’s not perfect. But, it works way more than it fails.
And do not forget that the Democratic Party run city of NY created this situation. And does anyone think the NYPD is all that interested in being proactive when they know the leftist DA’s office will let many go with no bail and maybe no charges?
Bag checks = Harass people who are just trying to get to work.
More security theater. Will not lead to more arrests of criminals. Will not lead to more prosecutions. Will not lead to expelling criminals from foreign countries.
Side benefit: harass and arrest average citizens who are forced to carry a gun for their own protection in NYC dangerous subways. In NYC, as in most of Europe, the natural (God Given) right to self preservation is not recognized. They prefer you depend on collective security measures no matter how ineffective they have proven to be.
In other words: “Election Season!”