CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS HAVE TOSSED NYC INTO THE CRIME DUMPSTER

Horrific shooting video shows exactly why crime is issue No. 1 for NYC voters

Post Editorial Board

New York Post

June 18, 2021

This is what life in New York City looks like now: A masked gunman brazenly opening fire on a man, in broad daylight, in front of children, in The Bronx.

Surveillance footage captured the moment two young children were trampled by a man as he tried to escape from a shooter who fired nearly a dozen bullets in the middle of a Bronx street and pointed his gun at the 

terrified kids 

 

The suspect momentarily retreats with the victim on the ground

 

Then the gunman comes back for a closer shot and fires at the man with the two kids inches away from the victim (Pictures and captions from Daily Mail)

Footage shows the 24-year-old target of the gunman trying to run away from the shooter only to collide with a young brother and sister out to buy candy from a bodega. Nothing could be more innocent. It’s utterly terrifying, especially watching the two frantic kids caught in the middle.

The shooting occurred just before 7 p.m. Thursday, police said, on Sheridan Avenue near Mt. Eden Parkway. The gunman fired at the man at least 12 times, hitting him three times — once in each leg and once in the back.

Miraculously, the man survived, and the children were unharmed. It’s all the more miraculous because the victim, at one point, apparently crawled on the ground, trying to protect himself while still entangled with the youngsters.

These kind of shock explosions of violence on our streets is the No. 1 issue among voters polled by The Post; in the survey, nearly 30 percent of New Yorkers ranked “crime/safety” as “the most important issue” facing the city.

That’s why who becomes our next mayor is so important. It’s vital that person be Eric Adams — a 22-year police officer who will strengthen the NYPD over his opponent, Maya Wiley, who derides and insults the force.

 

               Eric Adams

 

 

               Maya Wiley

 

Adams has a clear plan to clean up our city’s streets. It’s much needed. People are scared. We can’t have a city where people are afraid to walk around in their own neighborhoods.

More important: No one wants to live in a city where children are caught in the crosshairs of a would-be assassination.

That’s not the kind of New York anyone deserves.