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Rottimer t1_j6v6ni1 wrote

Are you fucking serious? Burglaries didn’t used to happen? In NYC? Did you move here yesterday? Here’s a similar string from 2021 - before anyone on this sub heard of Alvin Bragg

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/newyork/news/lower-manhattan-string-of-burglaries/

Here is another one

https://pix11.com/news/local-news/manhattan/thieves-stole-more-than-72k-during-two-day-manhattan-burglary-spree-nypd/amp/

Here is 2019, before the pandemic:

https://abc7ny.com/burglaries-midtown-manhattan-string-of-surveillance-video/5312174/

And another one from 2019:

https://pix11.com/news/local-news/manhattan/group-of-teens-wanted-in-string-of-violent-newsstand-robberies-nypd/amp/

Just a reminder, 2019 was near the record low for crime in living memory for nyc. But go on and tell me how this never used to happen and it’s all the DA’s fault. . .

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EvanMcD3 t1_j6w3fp1 wrote

I'm a native New Yorker. And I'm old. I've seen the city go from safe to dangerous to safe to dangerous. It's a cycle. The upper west side was more dangerous in the late 70s and early 80s than it is now. But there are many more random acts of violence now and in my neighborhood more stores are getting hit more frequently. The thing about Bragg is he's not doing anything to stop it. He's not prosecuting people who are caught. He's either an ideologue or based on interviews with the ADA's who resigned over Trump he's chicken. But whatever the reason he's ineffective. Of course you're entitled to your opinion as I am to mine. I think we've both stated our differences clearly. And by the way I am fucking serious

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