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ansible

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Wed Jul 15, 2020, 11:55 PM Jul 2020

Prominent Members Of Black Community Call On NYPD To Bring Back Anti-Crime Unit

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — After another tragic weekend of gun violence, including the death of a 1-year-old, two members of the Black community called on the NYPD to bring back the recently disbanded Anti-Crime Unit to help get guns off the street.

It was a dramatic moment — Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams holding up a pair of baby shoes Monday after a 1-year-old became the latest victim of gun violence, caught in the crossfire at a family barbecue just hours before.

“Babies are not supposed to be wearing these in a coffin,” Adams said.

Adams, a former cop, became the second member of the African-American community to call on the NYPD to stop the violence by re-instituting the Anti-Crime Unit — undercover cops whose job was to get guns off the street. The unit was disbanded during the anti-cop protest that shook the city.

“I think that a total elimination is something we need to reevaluate,” said Adams. “Right now, bad guys are saying if you don’t see a blue and white you can do whatever you want.”

Community activist Tony Herbert agrees.

“The guns keep going off and now we have a 1-year-old and the blood is on the hands of the mayor and the state Legislature,” said Herbert.

Mayor Bill de Blasio decried the shootings.

“This is not anything we can allow in our city. It is heartbreaking. It’s heartbreaking for so many reasons and begins with the fact that there are just so many guns out there and that is a New York tragedy,” de Blasio said.

But the mayor did not propose any new solutions to ending the gun violence. This, as shootings for the week went up 277%, 49 compared to 13 in 2019. The number of victims is up 253%, 60 compared to 17 in 2019.

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/07/13/new-york-city-shootings-nypd-anti-crime-unit-eric-adams-tony-herbert/

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Prominent Members Of Black Community Call On NYPD To Bring Back Anti-Crime Unit (Original Post) ansible Jul 2020 OP
They need higher standards when hiring cops so they can figure out how to deal with real serious JI7 Jul 2020 #1
Hmm. Tipperary Jul 2020 #2
oh, so the black leader speaking out for undercover unit is himself a former cop SiliconValley_Dem Jul 2020 #3

JI7

(89,173 posts)
1. They need higher standards when hiring cops so they can figure out how to deal with real serious
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 12:07 AM
Jul 2020

crimes while knowing that choking an unarmed defenseless person is wrong .

 

SiliconValley_Dem

(1,656 posts)
3. oh, so the black leader speaking out for undercover unit is himself a former cop
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 01:20 AM
Jul 2020

always more to it when you look past the headline

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