In a press conference today, New York City mayor Bill De Blasio said:
We now have fewer people in our jails than any time since WW2, and we are safer for it and better for it.
Bill De Blasio
Fact checked; The city is not safer, it’s actually the opposite:
New York City shootings are up 130% compared to this time last year. When averaging all metrics, crime is up roughly 200% compared to this time last year.
50 of the 1500 inmates released early already got caught committing crime again. The epidemic is amid New York City’s recent police de-funding measures, as a part of the war on police and Black Lives Matter movement.
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