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The City on Fire
| July 12th, 2020 at 6:59:47 AM permalink | |
| Tanko Member since: Aug 15, 2019 Threads: 0 Posts: 1988 | This happened yesterday. Like all the others, the suspect was arrested and released without charges, 'pending investigation by the DA'. Now he's a neighborhood hero. |
| July 12th, 2020 at 7:19:40 AM permalink | |
| RonC Member since: Nov 7, 2012 Threads: 8 Posts: 2510 |
Defund the police. No bail. NYC is going downhill fast, but I guess that is fine with many... |
| July 12th, 2020 at 8:48:43 AM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11804 |
I still consider it one of the best places to visit on the planet So much to do there. NYC rocks I remember going to many Grateful Dead shows at the Garden Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| July 12th, 2020 at 9:27:05 AM permalink | |
| RonC Member since: Nov 7, 2012 Threads: 8 Posts: 2510 |
Oh, bother... There is a huge disconnect in most cities between the places most tourists visit and the real places people of lesser means live. Your comment reeks of the elitism that we feel because they keep it relatively safe for us visitors and the more upscale residents while the very people who need help may well suffer because we listen to defund the police instead of help the police be better. I enjoy NYC. Been there many times. That means jackcrap when talking about what is happening in the city. Crime is up. Criminals are let go with no bail. Then they commit more crimes. |
| July 12th, 2020 at 10:25:28 AM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18764 |
Looks like from a historical perspective, crime is still really down in NYC. Although, no doubt the riots really skewed the property damage and robbery and assault for 2020. https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-city.pdf 1990 527,257 total. 1993 430,460 1998 212,913 2001 162,064 2019 95,593 You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
| July 12th, 2020 at 11:04:24 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Ever been to NYC? It's a smelly hole, I can't wait to leave the minute I get there. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| July 12th, 2020 at 11:06:04 AM permalink | |
| RonC Member since: Nov 7, 2012 Threads: 8 Posts: 2510 |
Murders are up for the year and were up last year. That is an important number to keep from going up because, well, you don't recover from being dead...most other crime, you have a chance to come back from... Do you really think defunding the police, getting rid of anti-crime units, no bail, etc. is the way to keep crime down in the city? The city was doing a good job over the years and they risk tossing it away instead of working on the issues without doing stupid things. |
| July 12th, 2020 at 11:07:36 AM permalink | |
| RonC Member since: Nov 7, 2012 Threads: 8 Posts: 2510 |
I have been there many times. I don't find it a "smelly hole" at all; I just find it is too crowded for my taste. I enjoy a 2-3 night stay and then I am ready to move along. See a show, have a great meal, see some sights, skate at Rockefeller Center, etc. and then go home. |
| July 12th, 2020 at 11:31:44 AM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18764 |
It's not exactly what I would support, but if New Yorkers want to do all that stuff -- well, I've never voted in any presidential election for what happens in NYC anyway. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
| July 12th, 2020 at 2:16:41 PM permalink | |
| Gandler Member since: Aug 15, 2019 Threads: 27 Posts: 4256 | So 7/9 of the Seattle City Council want to cut the police budget by 50%. Insanity, after a portion of their city was declared as an autonomous state... |