Who in their right mind would live in New York?
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Sales night at Macy’s, Herald Square
NYPD Chief: looters* on a catch and release program.
Chief Terence Monahan said he had slept for only three hours since the fifth night of protests and that all his guys are “cut up” from struggling with troublemakers in the city.
“Our guys are tired, they’re bleeding,” Monahan said. “I think everyone you’re going to see is walking around cut up. But they’re out there again tonight. They’re out there giving their blood to keep this city safe.”
Despite the cops’ efforts, “just about all” of those arrested will be back out on the streets because of bail reform, Monahan said, noting that some people arrested for guns might remain behind bars.
“But when it comes to a burglary, which is a commercial store, which is looting, they’re back out,” he said. “Because of bail reform, you’re back out on the street the next day. You cannot be held on any sort of bail. I spoke to (Manhattan District Attorney) Cy Vance about that. He told me there was nothing he could do.”
Meanwhile, let’s hear from the folks who brought no-bail law to New York:
Gov. Cuomo slams de Blasio, NYPD for failing to protect NYC
De Blasio rejects calls to bring in the National Guard: “We’ve got this”.
“I’m watching my men and women out there dealing with stuff that no cop should ever have to deal with, bricks, bottles, rocks,” Chief Monahan said. “Hit in the face with bottles and continuing to go forward to make an arrest.”
*That’s a deliberate violation of the AP’s style guide on writing about looters:
UPDATE: Too funny. Miss Kimberlee Kruesi, who posted the drivel above, is an AP reporter and this is her byline:
