NYC shootings up 277%
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2020 10:51 am
Mayor Bill de Blasio Celebrates Record Low Prison Population as Shootings Soar 277%
During a news conference, de Blasio claimed that allowing more criminals out on the street actually makes New Yorkers “safer.”
“We now have fewer people in our jails than any time since [World War II], and we are safer and better for it,” he said.
The numbers suggest otherwise.
Compared to last year’s figures, shootings in New York this week are up by a jaw-dropping 277 per cent.
Even before the recent riots, major crime in New York City had soared by 22 per cent thanks to bail reforms that allowed suspects to avoid jail and re-offend.