The newly elected Manhattan district attorney, who was slammed by the new NYPD commissioner for his woke policies to lighten the punishments for armed robbery and burglary, said he does not understand the criticism.
DA Alvin Bragg defended his policies at Al Sharpton’s National Network Rally on Saturday afternoon, which include ditching felony armed robbery charges and instead charging suspects with petty larceny – even when a weapon is involved so long as the firearm did not ‘create a genuine
A Black Lives Matter leader has threatened ‘riots’ and ‘bloodshed’ in the streets if Mayor-elect Eric Adams reinstates the NYPD’s anti-crime units.
The comments came from New York BLM co-founder Hawk Newsome after debating Adams during a contentious closed-door sit-down event with the incoming Democrat leader.
While Adams was able to make headway with the activists on his plans to fight poverty in the black community when he takes office, the former NYPD captain vowed to bring back the controversial
