National Guard and State Police Will Patrol the Subways and Check Bags (in NYC)

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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/nyregion/subway-national-guard-police.html

Gov. Kathy Hochul said on Wednesday that she would deploy National Guard soldiers and State Police officers to the New York City subway system, where they will patrol platforms and help check bags.

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Additional law enforcement officers would add to an already large presence in the subways, where Mayor Eric Adams ordered an additional 1,000 officers in February following a 45 percent spike in crime in January compared with the same time last year.

Ms. Hochul said she would deploy 1,000 members of the authority, the State Police and the National Guard to “conduct bag checks in the city’s busiest stations.”

There will be 750 members of the New York National Guard and an additional 250 personnel from the State Police and the M.T.A.

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1. Oh good, more "BE VERY AFRAID!" stuff from NYT.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. Should it ignore the fact a governor is calling out the military to supposedly control crime?

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5. If the article were written about the question...

...of using the military in a domestic situation, I would agree with it, that is a very questionable move.

But the main import of the article is to imply that the subways are so violent and crime-ridden that there is now a need for military action in them, which is absurd.

[sarisataka]

3. Wasn't there an article in the last couple of days

About how safe New York City is? Deploying the National Guard does not seem to go hand in hand with that. Typically calling out the Guard implies riot level violence.

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4. There have been three homicides and "several" assaults in an ecosystem that sees 3 million people use it a day.

Sending out the military to "fight crime" does certainly set a tone.

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9. How many homicides and assaults are acceptable in a ecosystem of 3 million people?

Just ball park.

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10. If cops and soldiers prevented homicides, this country would have none.

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6. Well the article says crime is up 45% there since last year.

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8. FWIW, that number came from the chief of transit police, and he said it was driven largely by grand larceny,

pickpocketing and property theft.

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11. Well tell that to the Democratic mayor & governor.

They seem to think it's an issue that needs aggressive addressing.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

17. They sure do.

[Nevilledog]

7. Ummm....Posse Comitatus violation comes to NY

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12. This will not end well

We all know how this turns out. It will not favor Blacks and Hispanics. This green lights racial profiling and harassment and 4th amendment violations. Don't use a hammer unless you intend to pound some nails.

[Jacson6]

13. What is the National Guard going to do? n/t

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14. Seems moves like this are becoming more co.min

Governor Newsom sent the CHP to San Francisco to help deal with crime

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15. Policing is a very hard habit to break.