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2024-04-07 -Great Cultural Revolution
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NYPD cop's murder mirrors larger national pattern: Repeat offenders committing violent crimes
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[JustTheNews] Revolving door justice: The pattern has emerged across the country as cities like New York and Washington, D.C. have softened bail laws and continue to release dangerous individuals into the public.
After the tragic shooting of a New York Police Department officer Jonathan Diller last week elicited reactions nationwide, drawing attention from New York politicians and presidential candidate Donald Trump.
The alleged perpetrator, Guy Rivera—who has been charged with first-degree murder of the police officer, attempted murder, and criminal possession of a weapon—is a career criminal with 21 prior arrests.
This appears to be a pattern borne out across the nation—criminals quickly released from incarceration returning to commit serious and violent crimes at the expense of innocent citizens or police officers. A study from New York indicated this pattern is likely the result of bail reform. Other evidence from elsewhere in the country shows weak enforcement from District Attorneys and other law enforcement.
The widow of Jonathan Diller addressed this pattern in the gut wrenching eulogy for her husband delivered last week at the funeral held in the Long Island town of Massapequa.
ULTIMATE SACRIFICE
“It’s been two years and two months since Detective Rivera and Detective Mora made the ultimate sacrifice — just like my husband Jonathan Diller. Dominque Rivera stood before all the elected officials present today pleading for change,” Stephanie Diller said, referring to the 2022 murder of two NYPD officers under similar circumstances.
“That change never came. And now my son will grow up without his father, and I will grow old without my husband. And his parents have to say goodbye to their child,” she continued. “How many more police officers and how many families need to make the ultimate sacrifice before we start protecting them?” she asked, with top leaders of the NYPD and Mayor Eric Adams in attendance.
"This is a vicious career criminal who has the mentality to kill a New York City police officer," said Patrick Hendry, president of the Police Benevolent Association. "He's a dangerous individual, should have never been on the streets."
The murder comes amid an enduring crime problem that has plagued America’s largest city. For example, violent crimes on the city’s famous subway system have skyrocketed 22.6% so far this year, compared to the same period from 2023. Both Mayor Adams and New York Governor Kathy Hochul have struggled to rein it in.
“What makes sense of this? It doesn't anymore, and you know what, rules and laws have got to change. Nobody is trying to look for a fight. Let's just get a change. Let's get in a room think this thing out and make a change that's good for everybody," Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said of the murder, according to CBS News New York.
Mayor Adams’ office did not respond to a request for comment from Just the News.
The same day NYPD Officer Diller was shot, a a man who was described by his mother as having psychological issues pushed a random stranger onto the subway tracks at an East Harlem station. According to the police, the attack was unprovoked. The driver of the oncoming train was unable to stop in time and the victim was struck and killed.
Later that evening, the suspect was arrested by the New York Police Department (NYPD) and identified as Carlton McPherson. NYPD said the man appeared to have a history of mental illness and had several previous arrests in Brooklyn. McPherson has been charged with committed a string of assaults revealing a violent nature. In the first assault on record, from when he was 16-years-old, he was charged with attacking another teenager with brass knuckles. The New York Times reported that Brian Chelcun, a Legal Aid lawyer who represented Mr. McPherson in the October case, declined to comment when reached on Tuesday.
Despite decreases in crime rates overall throughout the city, violent crimes on the subways persist in the face of attempts by Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul to curb the problem. The mayor’s latest initiative—portable gun scanners for subway stations—follows a series of actions by Mayor Adams and Gov. Hochul to restrain crime in the subways, which included deploying the national guard and surging mental health assistance, Just the News reported last week.
New York’s bail reform laws have come under renewed scrutiny, in light of the multiple recent tragedies and crime on the public transportation system. Gov. Hochul criticized state judges for not being “trained in the changes that we made,” however, New York is the only state where judges do not consider how dangerous an offender is when deciding bail, according to CBS News New York.
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