Liberal bail 'reform' law a disaster

 Fox News:

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and police department heads slammed the state’s bail reform laws as "insane" and "dangerous" amid an increase in arrests and a series of high-profile attacks on law enforcement and the public.

New York Police Department Commissioner Keechant Sewell joined Adams and other NYPD officials for a press conference Wednesday at NYPD headquarters, where she spoke of "the challenges we are facing in New York City every day."

"This is about recidivists who cause New Yorkers to suffer needlessly. Every day, as hardworking New Yorkers start their day or night of work or school, or to simply enjoy what this city has to offer, recidivist criminals are planning or taking the opportunity to commit their next larceny, robbery, burglary or other crime," Sewell said. "Their efforts are increasingly aided by the fact that after the NYPD has arrested them, the criminal justice system fails to hold them appropriately accountable for their actions. These offenders face very few, if any, repercussions, despite committing crime after crime."

The city’s top cop added that the number of crime victims "continues to go up."
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Sewell noted that New York remains the only state with a law that prevents judges from considering an offender’s potential threat to public safety when making custody decisions.

"That doesn't serve the next innocent victim," she said. "It doesn't serve our officers, and it doesn't serve quality of life. We can and must do better."
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"They say the definition of insanity is to do the same thing repeatedly, but expect different results," Adams told reporters. "Our criminal justice system is insane. It is dangerous, it's harmful, and it's destroying the fabric of our city. Time and time again, our police officers make an arrest and then the person who is arrested for assault, felonious assault, robberies and gun possession is finding themselves back on the street within days — if not hours — after the arrest. And they go on to commit more crimes within weeks, if not days."
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Turning arrests into a revolving door for the perps has been a disaster for New York and other locations where similar policies are in place.  It is one of the mistakes you get when you vote for liberals. 

See, also:

10 career criminals racked up nearly 500 arrests since NY bail reform began

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