Calls For NYPD To Reinstate Anti-Crime Unit As Shootings Rise In New York City
LAPPL
July 16, 2020
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is calling on the New York
Police Department to reinstate its recently-shuttered anti-crime unit as
the Big Apple continues to struggle with a surge in gun violence.
The
call from one of the city’s most influential Black leaders comes days
after the tragic shooting death of 1-year-old Davell Gardner, who was
struck in the stomach with a bullet during a family cookout.
“I think
that a total elimination is something we need to reevaluate,” Adams, a
former police officer, told CBS New York. “Right now, bad guys are
saying if you don’t see a blue and white you can do whatever you want.”
“Babies are not supposed to be wearing these in a coffin,” Adams
added while holding up a pair of baby shoes.
The NYPD Anti-Crime
Unit was shut down in mid-June amid protests sparked by the death
of George Floyd, with its roughly 600 plainclothes officers being
reassigned to other divisions.
2 comments:
Tough shit. You got what you asked for.
It really isn't rocket science. If you tacitly approve violent bullshit you are in fact encouraging violent bullshit. Then you get more violent bullshit.
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