A black teenager fired several rounds at a crowded playground in the Bronx, and the harrowing ordeal was caught on surveillance video. New York City is totally out of control, but nobody wants to talk about it because of the shooter’s race.
BLM silent after Black men shoot up a playground full of kids
Footage released by the NYPD on Tuesday shows two masked people on a scooter drive by the Magenta Playground around 5:30 p.m. on March 12.
The person on the back of the scooter then pulled out a gun and fired several shots as people inside the playground ran for cover, the video shows.
The bullets damaged three parked and unoccupied vehicles, and no injuries were reported, police said.
Harrowing surveillance video shows the moment a gunman opened fire on a crowded Bronx playground.
Police are searching for two suspects seen on the scooter.
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New York City is a third world dump thanks to Democrats
Coming off a year that saw the highest percentage-point spikes in homicides and shootings in decades, the Big Apple continues to struggle. With each passing day, rising crime moves any return to a post-pandemic normal further out of reach.
Last week, four people were brutally stabbed in separate attacks along New York City’s A train; two died. Not long after, police arrested Rigoberto Lopez, who authorities say confessed to all four attacks. Lopez allegedly has a troubling rap sheet for assaults and criminal contempt. Yet he had been released after his most recent arrest in the fall, when police allege he was walking the streets of Washington Heights with a kitchen knife and 48 bags of cocaine.
“Why was he out?” blared a Post cover headline. The answer: because of New York’s misguided pretrial-detention rules, which prohibit judges from even considering the risks posed to the community by a criminal defendant. Still, state officials show no sign of willingness to fill this gaping hole in the law.
Lopez’s stabbing spree came on the heels of a recent spike in violent attacks underground, and was followed just days later by yet another knife attack — this one in the afternoon on a No. 2 train near Penn Station. The situation above ground is equally grim.
Moment father gets shot as he shields his three kids from gunman. He got shot in the thigh. The shooting took place at around 7.20pm on Monday at On The Road Automotive in the Eastchester neighborhood, New York City.
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Democrats want to defund the police as crime rates spike
Last month, another black man was arrested and charged with murder, accused of setting up a shooting that claimed the life of an innocent Bronx teen, 16-year-old Kahlik Grier, who was fatally shot in the stairwell of his own apartment building. The suspect, Desire Louree, had just been released from Rikers a month earlier after making bail in an attempted murder case stemming from a 2020 Brooklyn shooting. He also had an open gun case from 2019, according to news reports.
Again: Why was he out? Unfortunately, the answer is the same: There isn’t a lever judges can pull to keep repeat offenders detained.
Through Feb. 7, shootings are up 28 percent across the city over the same period in 2020 — which itself saw shootings spike 97 percent and homicides more than 40 percent over 2019 figures.
The data and gruesome stories represent a p.r. and fiscal nightmare for a city that will continue hemorrhaging taxpayers if it can’t convince residents that it’s safe.
The pandemic and lockdowns already made it difficult to entice ex-residents. Swapping comfortable loungewear for office attire and a short walk to the couch for an uncomfortable trip in an overcrowded subway car would be a tough sell under the best conditions. If crime isn’t brought under control, and fast, you can expect even fewer residents to make the transition back to the hustle and bustle that characterized pre-pandemic New York; even more will opt for safer, cleaner, less dense suburban and exurban environments.
Omg 😱 blank on black EVIL CRIME!!!!😢😡
Another day in paradise in New York City. Thugs shooting in the back of the head.
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