Former New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly blamed Mayor Bill de Blasio for weakening the police department, allowing the crime to spread throughout the city.
“This mayor is atrocious,” Kelly told John Catsimatidis on his 77 WABC radio show in an interview on Sunday. “If I had a magic wand, I would remove it. But unfortunately, what is waiting in the wings is not better. “
Kelly called the New York City Council slashing $ 1 billion from the police department as “a kind of kabuki funding,” adding that “we have De Blasio here for another 18 months.”
Kelly, who served as commissioner to former mayors David Dinkins and Michael Bloomberg, said De Blasio is bowing to protesters who marched against the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25 and that his actions “undermined the fortress. from the Department”.
“Crime is out of control here in New York City,” said Kelly. “I don’t see anything that will change the trajectory of this continuous increase. There are messy groups throughout the city challenging the police. … The police are generally backing down … because their political leaders, the mayors … are asking the police to back off. “
The entire time, Kelly said Democrats have remained silent.
“It is a change from years ago. You just don’t hear anything from [Democrats]Kelly said. “Are they sitting on their hands. Or are they being very supportive [of] knocking down the statues. … That’s what interests them. That is what they are supporting. Instead of, ‘Hey, let’s get some basic good law and order.’ What about ordinary citizens?
Gun violence has increased since New York police dissolved its anti-terror unit of plainclothes police officers on June 15. There were 205 shootings during June, the highest number in the month since 1996, when New York Police recorded 236 incidents.
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