New York DA Alvin Bragg (D) Promises Not To Prosecute Theft To Establish 'Racial Equity'

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Alvin Bragg promises not to prosecute theft to establish 'racial equity' balance: 'Crime of poverty'

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said during his campaign that racial equity needed to be a priority and that he didn't believe thievery should be prosecuted since it was a "crime of poverty." During the May 2021 meeting, Bragg articulated his intention to focus on racial equity instead of prosecuting theft. .....Alvin Bragg says it is ‘morally indefensible’ to enforce crimes that disproportionately affect Black people. Bragg said his overall intention was to "Shrin[k] the footprint" of the criminal justice system. ....A campaign webpage, which has since been scrubbed, said Bragg believed crimes that disproportionately incarcerate Black people are "morally indefensible" to enforce......

"These cases do not belong in criminal court. The punishments are disproportionately harsh, and fall disproportionately on the backs of people of color. This makes them morally indefensible," Bragg stated on his website. "This is why I will not prosecute … I will either dismiss these charges outright or offer the accused person the opportunity to complete a program without ever setting foot in a courtroom....In Manhattan, every single step in the way a case is processed from what someone is charged with, to the plea they are offered, to the sentence they are given, is rife with racial disparities...."

The New York City Police Department released data showing New York City's Five Boroughs being overrun with a handful of thieves who were arrested over 6,000 times, and released back into the streets. During the meeting, Bragg also promised he would create a fracture between the New York City Police Department and the Manhattan DA when he was elected. ....The statements reflect those from his chief prosecutor, Meg Reiss, who was brought in to Bragg's office. Reiss has advocated to include a critical race theory framework into prosecution years before joining the Manhattan DA.  .... Before joining Bragg's office, Reiss created the Institute for Innovation on Prosecution which suggested prosecutors should intentionally undermine the charges police officers bring forward....The institute said prosecutors must focus on "acknowledging our nation’s shameful history of slavery and racism which continues to cloud the criminal justice system."

...."So one of the first things [to] do is change the language: ‘the bad dude.’ What does that mean? What are the circumstances of that person coming into the criminal justice system in the first place? And what is the background to that person?" she said in a 2017 interview .....

https://www.foxnews.com/media/alvin-bragg-promises-not-prosecute-theft-establish-racial-equity-agenda-crime-poverty

 

 

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg usually reduces felony charges to misdemeanors

In 2022, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg reduced 52% of all felony charges to a misdemeanor...Alvin Bragg gave a misdemeanor to a man who committed an anti-Semitic assault in Times Square, to a man who robbed a drug store at knifepoint, and to a man with 36 priors charged with grand larceny who proceeded to assault a woman on the street....George Soros spent over $1 million to elect Alvin Bragg DA of Manhattan. He is now pleading down the charges of violent criminals and letting them back on the street ....My personal favorite was the time he charged a store owner for stabbing a robber who was beating him, but explicitly ruled the other robber who stabbed the owner was acting in self-defense. While committing a robbery....

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2023/03/18/manhattan-da-alvin-bragg-usually-reduces-felony-charges-to-misdemeanors/

 

 

Alvin Bragg silent as gang of killers preys on gay men, leaving 2 dead and a dozen robbed

Prosecutors in Bragg’s office, for instance, appear to be paralyzed — whether from overwork or ideology, it’s unclear. But since his woke Day One memo in January ordering staff to stop seeking prison sentences and downgrade felony charges ....., he has been hit by an unprecedented number of resignations of assistant district attorneys. 

https://nypost.com/2022/11/06/manhattan-da-alvin-bragg-silent-on-gang-that-preys-on-gay-men/

 

 

Knife-wielding suspect has felony charge reduced under Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s policies

A wanted ex-con allegedly stole more than $2,000 worth of merchandise by threatening a drug store worker with a knife — yet had his armed robbery charges downgraded under the controversial, progressive policies of Manhattan’s new district attorney....When Rolon left the store at 100 Delancey St. without paying, a female manager confronted him and saw he was brandishing a pocket knife, according to court papers.....“F–k you, I’m taking everything,” he allegedly said....Cops charged Rolon with first-degree robbery and criminal possession of a weapon in the first incident, sources said. But when he was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court early Sunday morning, the robbery charge was dropped by the Manhattan DA’s Office and he was instead charged with two counts of petit larceny and related low-level offenses...Rolon has a rap sheet that lists more than 20 arrests that date back to 1991 and involve charges of rape, robbery, assault and drug dealing....In 1997, Rolon was sentenced to three to six years in prison for robbery in upstate Fulton County, and he was later slapped with a five-year sentence in 2009 for attempted robbery in Brooklyn....

https://nypost.com/2022/01/11/manhattan-da-alvin-bragg-reduces-armed-robbers-felony-charge/

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[RLLD 4,254]

I am surprised that he is willing to admit his racism in this way.

I would hope that there would be plenty of people across all segments of society who would stand up to his despivable racist comments. 

[Fireballer 2,642]

They just need bread to feed their family

[Cdub100 3,929]

So he's admitting black people steal more than other races... 

An interesting thing to be proud of.

[jerryskids 6,827]

I'm certainly open to discussions about reforms in the criminal justice system; problems like sentencing disparities.

But at the risk of invoking Chesterton's Fence again, we have a criminal system which until now has worked pretty well.  That system is adversarial by nature.  When evidence is discovered of a crime committed by a specific person, the government does their best to prove guilt.  The defense does their best to prove innocence (or disprove guilt, whatever).  A jury decides.  A judge oversees.

For the government to abdicate its part in the system is sorta like if the public defenders said "we think too many criminals are getting off, so we're going to stop defending them well."  It breaks the system.

To simply excuse recidivist criminals because you don't like the numbers accomplishes no good for society.  It is the "equity" approach to the perceived problem.  It is arguably acceptable, even laudable, to have equity as the end (or stretch) goal, but as the means, it is an utter failure.

[TBayXXXVII 2,552]

Scenario....

Two competing shoe stores next to each other... Reebok & Adidas (for example).  A black person goes into one and steals 5 pairs of shoes valued at $800, and a white person goes into the other one and steals 5 pairs, also valued at $800.

 

Questions...

• Is Bragg going to prosecute the white guy and not the black guy?
• If so, does the white guy have a racial discrimination case against Bragg and the city?
• If not, isn't he openly saying that every person is free to steal whatever they want?

[RLLD 4,254]

35 minutes ago, TBayXXXVII said:

Scenario....

Two competing shoe stores next to each other... Reebok & Adidas (for example).  A black person goes into one and steals 5 pairs of shoes valued at $800, and a white person goes into the other one and steals 5 pairs, also valued at $800.

 

Questions...

• Is Bragg going to prosecute the white guy and not the black guy?
• If so, does the white guy have a racial discrimination case against Bragg and the city?
• If not, isn't he openly saying that every person is free to steal whatever they want?

Keep in mind what else he is saying.  "‘morally indefensible’ to enforce crimes that disproportionately affect Black people."

So in the mind of Alvin Bragg......"black people" committ crimes disproportionately......and are therefore inclined to criminality because of their skin color.  It is unfair to hold "black people" to the same standard as every other group in society, so we must allow them to do what they do....and engage in criminal behaviors....

THAT is what he is saying

[TBayXXXVII 2,552]

2 minutes ago, RLLD said:

Keep in mind what else he is saying.  "‘morally indefensible’ to enforce crimes that disproportionately affect Black people."

So in the mind of Alvin Bragg......"black people" committ crimes disproportionately......and are therefore inclined to criminality because of their skin color.  It is unfair to hold "black people" to the same standard as every other group in society, so we must allow them to do what they do....and engage in criminal behaviors....

THAT is what he is saying

Exactly, which is why I asked the questions.  If a white person and black person commit the same crime and he only prosecutes the white person, he's saying that white people don't commit as much crime, so he can prosecute them.  At that point, that would be racial discrimination because the sole reason for the prosecution, is race.  I mean, liberals would at least have even more proof of systemic racism in Democrat monopolized areas (that they will continue to ignore).

[RLLD 4,254]

14 minutes ago, TBayXXXVII said:

Exactly, which is why I asked the questions.  If a white person and black person commit the same crime and he only prosecutes the white person, he's saying that white people don't commit as much crime, so he can prosecute them.  At that point, that would be racial discrimination because the sole reason for the prosecution, is race.  I mean, liberals would at least have even more proof of systemic racism in Democrat monopolized areas (that they will continue to ignore).

Everything within liberlism is about discrinimation.  They pretend to be moral and virtuous and only interested in helping those who have struggled.  But the reality of their actions is that they do not beleive the people they pretend to care about are equal to anyone else.  They never fix a "problem" they simply attempt to change the system to a lower place to allow the problems to exist without accountability. Then puff out their chests as if they accomplished anything.

It amoral, its stupid and it actually hurts the people they pretend to care about.

Who in the hell does that focking moron think these criminals are going to actually hurt? ITS THE PEOPLE IN THEIR FOCKING COMMUNITY .......jesus, the level of stupidity is staggering

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,360]

lefties love it, he should only be focusing on a nonsensical charge against TRUMP!$@!@#%$@!^%#^$#%^$#^$

[TBayXXXVII 2,552]

6 minutes ago, RLLD said:

Everything within liberlism is about discrinimation.  They pretend to be moral and virtuous and only interested in helping those who have struggled.  But the reality of their actions is that they do not beleive the people they pretend to care about are equal to anyone else.  They never fix a "problem" they simply attempt to change the system to a lower place to allow the problems to exist without accountability. Then puff out their chests as if they accomplished anything.

It amoral, its stupid and it actually hurts the people they pretend to care about.

Who in the hell does that focking moron think these criminals are going to actually hurt? ITS THE PEOPLE IN THEIR FOCKING COMMUNITY .......jesus, the level of stupidity is staggering

Exactly.

They prey on victims that they create.

[Hardcore troubadour 15,504]

No one from the DA’s office in St Louis showed up for the start of a murder trial.  

[Ron 'Tator Salad' White 120]

2 hours ago, Fireballer said:

They just need bread to feed their family

You mean Air Jordan’s 

[Voltaire 5,317]

Yay! Moar free stuff! 

[EternalShinyAndChrome 4,129]

How's it possible that an open and straight up  racist could have been elected DA?  And by Democrats, nonetheless! Unbelievable.

Just goes to show you that racism never left the Democrat party. It's always been there.  There was never a switch.

[Hardcore troubadour 15,504]

5 minutes ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

How's it possible that an open and straight up  racist could have been elected DA?  And by Democrats, nonetheless! Unbelievable.

Just goes to show you that racism never left the Democrat party. It's always been there.  There was never a switch.

Even though he is a racist, how does he act like there are no victims? If the victims were white, it would be in line with his racism. But they aren’t. He feeds his own people to the wolves for his a twisted ideology that people actually ask for. Victims are a nuisance to them, as we saw  last week at the congressional hearings in NYC. They didn’t GAF about those victims that told their story. They are in the way. 

[jonmx 2,429]

Until we wake up and realize these racist fascist are fighting a war against true equality and freedom, we are doomed as a nations as these bastards grab more and more power. 

[Baker Boy 1,703]

2 hours ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

How's it possible that an open and straight up  racist could have been elected DA?  And by Democrats, nonetheless! Unbelievable.

Just goes to show you that racism never left the Democrat party. It's always been there.  There was never a switch.

The Forest Was Shrinking, But The Trees Kept Voting For The Axe Because It's Handle Was Made Of Wood And They Thought It Was One Of them.

[jerryskids 6,827]

12 minutes ago, Baker Boy said:

The Forest Was Shrinking, But The Trees Kept Voting For The Axe Because It's Handle Was Made Of Wood And They Thought It Was One Of them.

There is certainly truth in this, but it is also true that white elite NIMBY liberals have the "luxury belief" that it is a great idea to elect the guy who will be nice to the poor negroes over there, while they live insulated in their nice neighborhoods and safe highrises with doormen and 24/7 security.

[EternalShinyAndChrome 4,129]

52 minutes ago, Baker Boy said:

The Forest Was Shrinking, But The Trees Kept Voting For The Axe Because It's Handle Was Made Of Wood And They Thought It Was One Of them.

Wow.  This is one of the best sayings I have ever seen.  That's a Democrat 100%. 

Excellent work, BB!  

[Cdub100 3,929]

On 4/21/2023 at 11:08 AM, RLLD said:

Keep in mind what else he is saying.  "‘morally indefensible’ to enforce crimes that disproportionately affect Black people."

So in the mind of Alvin Bragg......"black people" committ crimes disproportionately......and are therefore inclined to criminality because of their skin color.  It is unfair to hold "black people" to the same standard as every other group in society, so we must allow them to do what they do....and engage in criminal behaviors....

THAT is what he is saying

He isn't wrong. Which is the elephant in the room.

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On 4/21/2023 at 7:30 AM, TBayXXXVII said:

Questions...

• Is Bragg going to prosecute the white guy and not the black guy?
• If so, does the white guy have a racial discrimination case against Bragg and the city?
• If not, isn't he openly saying that every person is free to steal whatever they want?

 

 

AG Letitia James behind in poll to GOP candidate Michael Henry

https://politicsny.com/2022/10/18/ag-letitia-james-behind-in-poll-to-gop-candidate-michael-henry/

 

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The problem extends much further than Bragg. You go up the food chain a little in NY and you see the disturbing patterns in play. New York AG Tish James left average tax paying New Yorkers to be prey to relentless career criminals by woke "bail reform" Didn't do a single damn thing about it.

Until she lost up to 16 points in approval rating in the span of just 2-3 weeks time. And risked losing her reelection bid. James had an estimated 3 million dollar campaign financial war chest. Her opponent? Roughly 150 thousand dollars. Even with dark money and Soros money pumping into her coffers, she couldn't escape voters who were tired of seeing NY turning into a safe haven for criminals for the sake of woke.

So the ones they will lock up will likely and eventually be bailed out. To hunt down more innocent New Yorkers. 

[Blue Horseshoe 348]

On 4/21/2023 at 7:09 AM, Cdub100 said:

So he's admitting black people steal more than other races... 

An interesting thing to be proud of.

 

Grieving mom of slain vet berates Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg in court

The inconsolable mother of a US Army veteran who was stabbed to death in a Harlem brawl went off on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in court Wednesday, accusing the besieged prosecutor of botching the case....“I don’t want to hear nothing else, Yoran,” Madeline Brame screamed at prosecutor Dafna Yoran as one of the defendants in her son’s murder case got just seven years for his role in the 2018 slaying....“Take that restorative justice bulls–t and shove it up your asses,” Brame yelled in Manhattan Supreme Court. “Not for murder.”

....The courtroom outburst came as defendant Travis Stewart got the slap-on-the-wrist prison term after pleading guilty to gang assault in a deal struck with Bragg’s office....Brame’s son, Hason Correa, 35, a vet and married father of three was beaten and stabbed to death in 2018 after getting jumped by at least four people, including Stewart...Another defendant, Mary Saunders, served about one year in jail while the case lingered in court before she pleaded guilty to assault, also as part of a plea deal, earlier this year and got no extra jail time.....

....Brame said if the original prosecutor on the case, who has since left Bragg’s office, were still there “all four of [the defendants] would have went to trial,” predicting that “a jury would have decided they were guilty based on the video evidence and the 33 witnesses!”....In a scathing letter to Bragg and Gov. Kathy Hochul earlier this month, Brame slammed the DA for not consulting her before cutting the plea deals with Stewart and Mary Saunders......“You violated my rights as a crime victim to be fully informed and to be heard,” the grieving mother wrote. “Why would you dismiss murder charges against half of the participants when the murder and their roles were caught on video?”

https://nypost.com/2022/06/29/grieving-mom-of-slain-vet-berates-manhattan-da-alvin-bragg/

 

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You can serve this great nation in our Armed Forces. And if it means fitting Bragg's agenda, he will still let your killers get off as light as possible. As long as they are black and fit his personal "narrative", that's clearly been bought and paid for by Soros money. What about Hason Correa's three children that were orphaned? Bragg doesn't give a damn. There's no Soros money in protecting them and thinking about what kind of life they'll have without their father. 

Even if there is video evidence. Even if you have 33 witnesses. That apparently doesn't matter at all. If you don't fit Soros and Bragg's "narrative", then you apparently need to die at the altar of identity politics. 

How offensive is it that Correa served our country in uniform to help defend the "freedom" that Bragg exploited to go light handed on his murderers. 

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On 4/22/2023 at 5:58 AM, jonmx said:

Until we wake up and realize these racist fascist are fighting a war against true equality and freedom, we are doomed as a nations as these bastards grab more and more power. 

 

NYPD employee relations boss Lisa White drives workers away with ‘crazy stuff’: sources

More than 10 cops working under Deputy Commissioner Lisa White — who’s in charge of officer morale in the 35,000 uniformed member force — have either transferred or asked to be transferred out of her office because of her off-the-wall shenanigans, including claiming there are ghosts in her office and that workers are bugging her phone....The final straw for one of them, a detective assigned to drive her in a department-assigned Ford SUV, came when White, 61, ordered the cop to turn on the lights and sirens because she was late for work. When the detective refused, White ordered her out, hopped into the driver’s seat and took over, barreling from her Crown Heights apartment to One Police Plaza in lower Manhattan like a bat out of hell, the sources said. “She told the driver to pull over and she went behind the wheel and almost got in like f–king five accidents....It was so bad that the driver … said, ‘I can’t do this anymore. Now she’s putting my life at risk.’”

The detective-driver was one of “multiple” officers who have requested to transfer out of White’s unit — even some cops White brought to the unit with her — since Mayor Adams appointed her in May 2022, insiders said. Bizarrely, the deputy commissioner has accused employees of “planting bugs in her office, bugs in her phone” .... She’s also told employees “there’s ghosts in her office,” a second police source said....Some of her higher ups want White out because of her antics, but she has close personal ties to Adams, the sources said.....She rented a room for four years to Mayor Adams in her apartment.

.....Her appointment to such a high-level position in the NYPD — where she makes $241,000 — raised eyebrows. Part of White’s job is to help police officers and their families, including the families of cops who lost their lives on the job. “She has no background in it....This person has zero qualifications and knew nothing about the position....Who wouldn’t take this job if they had a friend that was going to just give it to them?”

https://nypost.com/2023/04/22/nypd-employee-relations-boss-lisa-white-drives-workers-away/

 

 

 

The widow of slain NYPD officer Jason Rivera ripped Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in her husband’s eulogy at his funeral Friday morning, as she described the gut-wrenching moment she found out he’d been killed.  “Although you won’t be here anymore, I want you to live through me. This system continues to fail us. We are not safe anymore, not even the members of the service. I know you were tired of these laws, especially the ones from the new DA. I hope he’s watching you speak through me right now....”

 

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Look at the total environment in NY right now, it's all Democrat and it's all woke above everything else.  Where is the equality for fallen officer Jason Rivera? Eric Adams hires his former landlord to a cushy nepotism job paying 241K a year, where she's seeing ghosts and accuses everyone of tapping her phones. Her job? To help NYPD morale. And what is actually happening? Combining Bragg with Adams and Hochul, then throw in a little AOC, and having remnants of the Andrew Cuomo/Bill deBlasio legacy, and look at the mess that is now New York in terms of basic civil order. And how is morale now with cops leaving in droves? 

[Hardcore troubadour 15,504]

She has the goods on Adams. He actually lived in New Jersey so she “rented” him a room in her apartment, giving him legal residence in NYC. She’s gonna be fine. Lateral move at worse or she lands something in the private sector from a donor. Just another NYC grift.  

[listen2me 23 1,873]

Not a single lib or centrist stopping by here.  Wonder why?   See normal law abiding libs don't care for lib polices.  But they can't help themselves to vote left anyway.  It is quite odd.  

"Not every lib is for the far left progressive agenda" ...... "we just all vote for them"

[Dizkneelande 1,101]

It’s nice to see Gordon gecko posting here 

[Voltaire 5,317]

8 hours ago, Blue Horseshoe said:

 

NYPD employee relations boss Lisa White drives workers away with ‘crazy stuff’: sources

More than 10 cops working under Deputy Commissioner Lisa White — who’s in charge of officer morale in the 35,000 uniformed member force — have either transferred or asked to be transferred out of her office because of her off-the-wall shenanigans, including claiming there are ghosts in her office and that workers are bugging her phone....The final straw for one of them, a detective assigned to drive her in a department-assigned Ford SUV, came when White, 61, ordered the cop to turn on the lights and sirens because she was late for work. When the detective refused, White ordered her out, hopped into the driver’s seat and took over, barreling from her Crown Heights apartment to One Police Plaza in lower Manhattan like a bat out of hell, the sources said. “She told the driver to pull over and she went behind the wheel and almost got in like f–king five accidents....It was so bad that the driver … said, ‘I can’t do this anymore. Now she’s putting my life at risk.’”

The detective-driver was one of “multiple” officers who have requested to transfer out of White’s unit — even some cops White brought to the unit with her — since Mayor Adams appointed her in May 2022, insiders said. Bizarrely, the deputy commissioner has accused employees of “planting bugs in her office, bugs in her phone” .... She’s also told employees “there’s ghosts in her office,” a second police source said....Some of her higher ups want White out because of her antics, but she has close personal ties to Adams, the sources said.....She rented a room for four years to Mayor Adams in her apartment.

.....Her appointment to such a high-level position in the NYPD — where she makes $241,000 — raised eyebrows. Part of White’s job is to help police officers and their families, including the families of cops who lost their lives on the job. “She has no background in it....This person has zero qualifications and knew nothing about the position....Who wouldn’t take this job if they had a friend that was going to just give it to them?”

https://nypost.com/2023/04/22/nypd-employee-relations-boss-lisa-white-drives-workers-away/

 

 

 

The widow of slain NYPD officer Jason Rivera ripped Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in her husband’s eulogy at his funeral Friday morning, as she described the gut-wrenching moment she found out he’d been killed.  “Although you won’t be here anymore, I want you to live through me. This system continues to fail us. We are not safe anymore, not even the members of the service. I know you were tired of these laws, especially the ones from the new DA. I hope he’s watching you speak through me right now....”

 

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Look at the total environment in NY right now, it's all Democrat and it's all woke above everything else.  Where is the equality for fallen officer Jason Rivera? Eric Adams hires his former landlord to a cushy nepotism job paying 241K a year, where she's seeing ghosts and accuses everyone of tapping her phones. Her job? To help NYPD morale. And what is actually happening? Combining Bragg with Adams and Hochul, then throw in a little AOC, and having remnants of the Andrew Cuomo/Bill deBlasio legacy, and look at the mess that is now New York in terms of basic civil order. And how is morale now with cops leaving in droves? 

That widow was a tough watch. My goodness. God Bless police officers. 

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Manhattan DA to stop seeking prison sentences in slew of criminal cases

Manhattan’s new DA has ordered his prosecutors to stop seeking prison sentences for hordes of criminals and to downgrade felony charges in cases including armed robberies and drug dealing, according to a set of progressive policies made public Tuesday.....In his first memo to staff on Monday, Alvin Bragg......

Assistant district attorneys must also now keep in mind the “impacts of incarceration,” including whether it really does increase public safety, potential future barriers to convicts involving housing and employment, the financial cost of prison and the racial disparities over who gets time, Bragg instructed....In cases where prosecutors do seek to put a convict behind bars, the request can be for no more than 20 years for a determinate sentence, meaning one that can’t be reviewed or changed by a parole board...

Many criminals will not face a prison sentence under the new Manhattan DA’s orders.....“The Office shall not seek a sentence of life without parole,” the memo states....Under state law, that punishment is reserved for the most heinous of murderers, including terrorists, serial killers, cop killers and fiends who kill children younger than 14 during in connection with sex crimes or torture.....

Armed robbers who use guns or other deadly weapons to stick up stores and other businesses will be prosecuted only for petty larceny, a misdemeanor...... Armed robbery, a class B felony, would typically be punishable by a maximum of 25 years in prison, while petty larceny subjects offenders to up to 364 days in jail and a $1,000 fine.....

Convicted criminals caught with weapons other than guns will have those felony charges downgraded to misdemeanors unless they’re also charged with more serious offenses. Criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, a class D felony, is punishable by up to 7 years behind bars.....

Burglars who steal from residential storage areas, parts of homes that aren’t “accessible to a living area” and businesses located in mixed-use buildings will be prosecuted for a low-level class D felony that only covers break-ins instead of for more serious crimes. Those more serious crimes, class B and class C felonies, would be punishable by up to 25 and up to 15 years in prison respectively....

Drug dealers believed to be “acting as a low-level agent of a seller” will be prosecuted only for misdemeanor possession. Also, suspected dealers will only be prosecuted on felony charges if they’re also accused of more serious crimes or are actually caught in the act of selling drugs. That felony would mean facing up to seven years behind bars.

....The moves sparked immediate outrage from cops who said the policies will lead to more crime and shootings....“Bragg gives criminals the roadmap to freedom from prosecution and control of our streets,” said the head of the NYPD Detectives’ Endowment Association.....“In Bragg’s Manhattan, you can resist arrest, deal drugs, obstruct arrests, and even carry a gun and get away with it,” DEA president Paul DiGiacomo.....A Manhattan police supervisor said: “The identical platform has not worked out in San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia and Baltimore.”....Another Manhattan cop fumed, “This is outrageous. He was elected to enforce the law. If he wanted to change them, he should have run for a state office.....”

https://nypost.com/2022/01/04/manhattan-da-alvin-bragg-to-stop-seeking-prison-in-some-cases/

 

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This article, at the end, brings up a very good point. It's Bragg's job to enforce the laws on the books. Not essentially push new public policy on his own based on what he decides is important enough to actually enforce without any practical oversight. If he wanted to create public policy or have the power to have discretion in areas of public administration, he should have sought out a different career and political path. 

[RLLD 4,254]

I would like to note to Mr Bragg that white men are disproportionately affected by crimes associated with corporate malfeasance.  Therefore, using his logic, he should end his pursuit of Donald Trump, in the name of equity....

[edjr 6,608]

Damn, just when I was contemplating leaving my city to my to NY.

 

[RLLD 4,254]

Just now, edjr said:

Damn, just when I was contemplating leaving my city to my to NY.

 

Might not be the best choice right now. So long as criminality is allowed then its less safe.

[BillyKing 83]

Any time someone starts talking about equity and it’s not about a house I automatically know they’re full of Sh1t, ignorant, racist, hostile, and horrible human beings. 

[seafoam1 3,072]

16 minutes ago, BillyKing said:

Any time someone starts talking about equity and it’s not about a house I automatically know they’re full of Sh1t, ignorant, racist, hostile, and horrible human beings. 

Definition of a liberal.

[Blue Horseshoe 348]

On 4/24/2023 at 3:41 AM, listen2me 23 said:

Not a single lib or centrist stopping by here.  Wonder why?   

 

Alvin Bragg's deputy says prosecutors have 'power' to change justice system by declining to charge criminals

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's chief prosecutor, Meg Reiss, has previously said that prosecutors can ignore the rule of law and supplant their own ideology into prosecution decisions. Chief Assistant District Attorney Reiss said in 2017 that prosecutors can use their power to ignore mandatory minimum laws at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. "Nobody understands the amount of discretion that prosecutors have," Reiss said. She stressed the independent "power" they have to decline prosecution cases can effect systemic change in the criminal justice system, which she believes is racist. 

Police officers can keep making… arrests but if the prosecutor decides not to prosecute that, then that's it.  – Meg Reiss 

....."You know if [prosecutors] don't charge a crime, a judge can't sentence to that crime. If police officers make certain arrests, they [can] declin[e] to prosecute… And police officers can keep making… arrests but if the prosecutor decides not to prosecute that then that's it.....At the federal level, talking about getting legislation passed in Congress to not have mandatory minimums or not… prosecutors unilaterally in each jurisdiction can do that on their own without any type of legislation statutorily not required. And they can choose what they want to charge and what not to charge, how they want to charge it, what to prosecute, what outcomes should be. They really have all of that power in their offices. But nobody understands that."

Reiss made the statements while heading the Institute for Innovation on Prosecution, an organization she founded in 2016 which collaborates with prosecution offices, including the Manhattan DA, to bring about racial equity reforms. The institute believes in an ideologically driven approach to prosecution that takes into account historical factors. For example, the Institute argued in a report, signed with Reiss' name, that prosecutors must focus on "acknowledging our nation’s shameful history of slavery and racism which continues to cloud the criminal justice system." About criminals, she has consistently argued for leniency and more understanding, including for those harming victims with violent assaults....

https://www.foxnews.com/media/alvin-braggs-deputy-prosecutors-power-change-justice-system-declining-charge-criminals

 

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The majority of radical leftists out in the world and within this forum and formerly the PSF are low information voters. 

The key is NOT to engage them toe to toe when they deploy their ad hominem, gaslighting, sealioning and trolling. They are bad faith actors and they will become incited at a personal level when they are presented with more information that opposes their viewpoint than they can handle. Their goal is to seek if they can get you to react to try to get you banned. 

Just present the information. Then let people decide for themselves. Conservatives do not need to convert everyone to win elections. They just need to appeal to the moderates, independents and undecided voters out there that there is simply a better way than identity politics, SJW crap and endless woke. 

I promote "conservativism", I do not promote Republicanism because there's quite a bit about the GOP I actually don't like. There are a large number of Republican elected officials I think are idiots and shameless gutless grifters. And I believe there are many "traditional liberals" like a Bill Maher, who have more in common with many Conservatives than some hard line Republicans do. 

IMHO, no matter where you reside on the political spectrum, the first enemy is always the radical left. Because they are the ones pushing the policies most likely to get you and your children killed on the street. They are the ones trying to push sexualization into schools against young children. They are the ones who see a racist around every corner. They are the ones who wanted to normalize the rioting, burning and looting of 2020. They want America to burn and they want to see you dead. In the meantime, they will take trying to turn your kids into woke cannon fodder in the interim. 

Show me a radical leftist and I'll show you someone likely to have low critical thinking skills, is entitled, is a hypocrite and is usually a low information voter soaking neck deep in cognitive dissonance. 

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On 4/23/2023 at 8:24 PM, Hardcore troubadour said:

She has the goods on Adams. He actually lived in New Jersey so she “rented” him a room in her apartment, giving him legal residence in NYC. She’s gonna be fine. Lateral move at worse or she lands something in the private sector from a donor. Just another NYC grift.  

 

 

Correa’s mother explained to lawmakers and a room full of people in Manhattan on Monday how Bragg’s refusal to lay down the hammer on violent offenders denied her, her son and her family justice....“When Alvin Bragg came into office, he was handed a strong, trial-ready murder case and gang assault case against all four of these individuals,” she said. Under Bragg, she said, the case “immediately began to unravel.”...“He dismissed — completely dismissed — gang assault and murder indictments against two of the defendants clearly on video participating in the brutal, savage slaughter of my son,” she said. “Hason was kicked, punched, stomped and stabbed nine times by four individuals whom he did not know, nor had he done them any harm,” she added..... one is already out after Bragg’s office sentenced her to time served....The other will be out within two years....

 

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That's a good catch on Bragg's relationship with Lisa White. Thank you for pointing that out. 

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What’s troubling about this trend is that while most people silently agree that this is crazy, less than a majority are willing to call it out. 

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DA Bragg underplayed shoplifting arrest, NYPD sergeants’ union alleges

The soft-on-crime Manhattan District Attorney’s office “intentionally omitted all facts” about a violent theft in a Chelsea store — including key information about an alleged weapon used during the crime — leading to a mere shoplifting charge and the release of an “assault and robbery recidivist,” according to an NYPD union, sources, and court documents.....

...Newly-elected DA Alvin Bragg has already been under fire for his left wing ideology, which has even had the NYPD’s top cop worried for the safety of her officers....Police busted Cristian Hall, 30 — who’s been arrested 21 times with nine cases still open including robbery with a deadly weapon and assault — for trying to rip off the store....An assistant district attorney’s affidavit including no mention of the alleged weapon or threats in Hall’s latest arrest....The arresting officer refusing to sign off on it until supervisors intervene and the record was corrected.....Hall was released without bail after his arrest....

...Leaving out the details of a suspect threatening store employees with cutting-shears is the difference between being charged with second-degree robbery, a felony and possible jail time, and petit larceny, a misdemeanor, said former NYC prosecutor Eric Nelson.....“It’s a big difference. Huge. Especially if he [the suspect] has prior convictions...” .... still open criminal cases number six in Manhattan; two in Queens; and one in Brooklyn. They include a Dec. 12 arrest for robbery and forcible theft with a deadly weapon in Sunset Park and a Dec. 28 charge of first-degree robbery for forcible theft with a deadly weapon in Gramercy Park....

https://nypost.com/2022/01/08/alvin-bragg-underplayed-shoplifting-arrest-says-nypd-sergeants-union/

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