New York – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio acknowledges a spike in shootings is alarming but wants to reassure people the police department is handling the problem.
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The mayor held a question-and-answer session Tuesday, a day after the release of police department figures showing shootings in the city are up 9 percent from the same period last year, from 403 to 439.
But de Blasio wants to keep the violence in perspective. He notes shootings were limited to about a dozen precincts, were largely gang-on-gang violence and were reminiscent of a similar pre-summer spike that was decisively quelled a year ago.
Starting next week, 330 police officers will be pulled from their usual duties for special patrols to handle the spike and manage other violence predicted during the hotter months.
Please Bill don’t try to rationalize these additonal killings. Also, why the silence of the brutal rape of this poor woman by three 16 year olds from Brooklyn. Sorry but we didn’t see these type of crimes going on under Bloomberg and Guiliani.
Bill – It’s all your fault. You pushed to do away with stop & frisk. Now the thugs are in control of New York City’s streets.
IMPEACH the Mayor – BRING BACK STOP & FRISK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where are all the black leaders now??
for diblasio black lives don’t matter since the majority being killed are black. Blacks you unite to impeach dibaliso since you don’t matter