Various criminals are currently walking freely on the streets of the Big Apple, and in the last two years they have been arrested up to 100 times for the same crime, a fact that this Wednesday after seven months at the head of the municipal government, Mayor Eric Adams put on the table to demonstrate how the efforts of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) to pursue and arrest criminals are evaporating due to the cracks in the justice administration system.
In conclusion, the City assured in a detailed report that it is very clear how in recent years a greater number of criminals who have been arrested and brought to justice justice, once on the street, they repeat the same or worse misdeeds.
The number of people arrested three or more times in a year for the same crimes that include robbery, home invasion and robbery major, among others , has increased during the first six months of 2022, compared to crimes in the years prior to the start of the crisis caused by the pandemic.
“The city courts have created a revolving door, without consequences, for bad actions, which allows criminals to return to the streets to take advantage of innocent victims,” reiterated the municipal president, who since his election campaign has been highlighting the devastating effects of the Bail Law reforms that have been in effect in New York since January 2020.
More of 100 arrests in a couple of years!
Spokespersons for the Uniformada cited in their report details of the criminal career of at least ten criminals, without revealing their identity, who have a record of more than 100 arrests in the last two years.
For example, the case of a criminal categorized as “high volume” was cited with 100 career arrests, 88 of which have occurred since 2020.
The “Number One Repeat Offender” is charged with violating probation and has two pending indictments for thefts at various Target stores, on five separate occasions.
“He is considered a shoplifting chronic minor”, said the head of crime control strategies of the NYPD, Michael Lipetri, during a press conference.
Reference was also made to another captured “repeat offender” 56 times from 2017, with 23 of those robbery arrests. The individual is currently on probation based on NYPD records.
Amazingly, the report makes reference to another repeat offender, currently on the streets, despite a record of 63 total arrests, including 39 since 2020. This guy has 07 auto theft arrests.
“Over and over again, our police officers arrest someone who has multiple charges, but no matter how many times this person has been arrested before, they are often free hours later,” Adams pointed out.
142.2% recidivism of thieves
In official accounts, 150 people recorded at least three robbery arrests through June 2022, an increase of 150,5% compared to 87 people arrested at least three times for theft in the first six months of 2017.
For shoplifting, 899 people have been arrested three times for that crime as of June 2022, an increase of 88, 9% on the 476 people arrested three times for theft as of June 2017.
“Let’s be clear: first-time nonviolent offenders deserve a second chance, as envisioned in the spirit of justice reforms 1312” concluded Keechant L. Sewell, Commissioner of the NYPD
But for the maximum leader of this police force, judges must have the capacity to keep violent and career criminals behind bars awaiting trial.
In addition to other reforms, the municipal president promotes that judges be allowed to detain defendants at arraignment, when they are deemed a risk to public safety, based on the seriousness of the alleged crimes or their history of recidivism.
To commit a crime in a shorter time
In addition, statistical reviews of the City shared by the NYPD, conclude that almost the 25 % of those arrested for robbery commit another serious crime within 60 days, this translates into a sharp increase compared to 2017, when 8% of accused thieves were arrested for another crime severe within this same period of time. That is, in the range of two months in freedom.
In a statement, the senior staff of the Uniformed, highlighted almost as an emergency that is taken into account seriously as these “repeat offenders recent notables” of a few, have repeatedly victimized the majority of decent, hard-working New Yorkers.
“For people with criminal records for recidivism, as well as for criminals who commit serious or violent crimes, judges must have the discretion to discern the best method to ensure that they do not do more harm,” they added.
Defenders tooth and nail
Despite Mayor Adams’s attempts to push through changes to the controversial Bail Act approved by the Democratic majority of the State Assembly, hundreds of organizations and state legislators continue to defend tooth and nail this reform that allowed, among other technical adjustments, that those accused of non-violent crimes wait outside jail for the time to appear in court.
For decades, the promoters of this rule argued that the ability to pay bail should not be a factor in determining the time behind bars for menial crimes. ores, since ultimately the black and Latino ethnic minorities were the ones who ended up spending the most time behind bars due to poverty.
On the contrary, the defenders of this reform have argued against reports associating the high crime wave in New York with these laws, which actually shows a “very low” level of recidivism that does not exceed 1% of those released in the entire state.
On the edge Of the uncompromising defense of this reform, there are legislators such as state senator Julia Salazar, who in an interview with the publication ‘City & State’, pointed out that all the preliminary data from the beginning of 2022, on the effects of the changes in the bail law “are far from complete”.
“There is no possibility of comparing them with what happened in previous years. There are no reasons or precise information to ensure that these regulations represent a significant threat to public safety. There are narratives that seek this goal,” said the Brooklyn legislator.
This vision of Salazar is joined by dozens of legislators who promoted these changes.
A reform rejected
The 64% of New Yorkers surveyed by a Siena College study published last March believes that the penal reform that included changes in the Bail Law has resulted in an increase in delinquency and should be reviewed.
In this survey, 56% of the voters consulted believe that the controversial reform that came into force in 2020 has been negative for New York, while 30% thinks which was a good policy, according to the survey carried out on 804 New York voters among the 13 Y 24 of March .
Single 24% believe that the law has not resulted in an increase in crime. The survey further asked whether the reform should be amended to give judges more discretion based on the seriousness of the alleged crime or the criminal record of a defendant: a majority 82% said yes Y 11% objected, shared The New York Post.
In numbers:
- People with extensive criminal careers record almost 500 arrests after New York enacted its controversial bail reform law
132766440924% increased arrests for the seven crimes categorized as “major ”.
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