The deadly shootings and gun violence that gripped New York City over the weekend should serve as a reminder to Mayor Bill de Blasio that his “rhetoric has consequences,” the retired Department of Detective said Monday. New York Police (NYPD), Pat Brosnan.
“It’s definitely not the summer of love, that’s for sure,” Brosnan told “Your World” host Neil Cavuto. “This is illegal New York City 2020.”
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Brosnan said New York City is in the midst of what he called a “perfect storm,” and blamed de Blasio’s leadership and failed policies for the worrying surge in crime that saw 44 shootings and left several dead during the festive weekend.
“What you have is a desecrated police department, powerful criminals, indifferent prosecutors who refuse to file cases, you have empty jails, you have bail reform. You have a rejected police department, and on top of that, you have a criminal with power”. Brosnan explained.
“The empowered criminal is the most dangerous of all. That is equivalent and the result of the desecration of the police department.”
Last week, the New York City Council approved a budget that transferred $ 1 billion from the New York Police Department to programs that help youth and community development. De Blasio called for the budget cut, which came just as the city announced plans to disband the civilian anti-terror unit of the police force in an effort to build “trust with the community through respect, accountability and transparency.”
The mayor’s failed bail reform laws, along with the recent dissolution of the New York crime-fighting unit, left Brosnan “horrified” but not shocked by the city’s increase in crime, he explained.
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“What Mayor Bill de Blasio does not and does not recognize is that rhetoric has consequences,” Brosnan said. “His anti-police rhetoric, his vilification of law enforcement, his desecration of New York’s best policies and language has a cumulative effect on morale, operational capabilities, the proactive nature of the police, period.”
“It is crushing them day after day.”
