Posted on 05/14/2021 3:01:25 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The top contender to become New York City’s next mayor outlined his pro-police position on Thursday during the first Democrat primary debate.
“The first thing I’d do as mayor is go to our police force and say that ‘Your city needs you. Your city needs you to do your jobs professionally, responsibly, and justly.’ But the police are going to be a core way for us to address the public safety concerns that so many New Yorkers have,” Andrew Yang, the former Democrat presidential candidate, told the forum.
“And let me be clear, defund the police is the wrong approach for New York City,” he added, calling for the city’s police department to “evolve to a 21st century form of policing, a new anti-violence and community safety unit that would work with community leaders of plainclothes cops that go into communities and concentrate on getting the guns out and on what’s called focused deterrence.”
Lawmakers in New York last year slashed $1 billion in funding for the New York Police Department, or NYPD.
“This was a hard-fought battle, which marks the beginning of the Council’s efforts to not only limit the size and scope of the NYPD, but also reimagine how we structure criminal justice and public safety in this city,” the New York City Council said at the time.
Like most other large cities in the United States, New York saw a rise in murders in 2020, an increase some experts pinned on the defunding movement.
As of May 9, the number of murders in the city is up 27 percent from 2020.
Yang is in the lead in the mayoral race, according to polls.
Fellow Democrat hopefuls split when asked how they’d tackle crime.
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Here comes the next apology once the attacks from the left start again . . . political theater . . .
Likable young Chinaman. Can he do the job? The key question is how likable he is. Problems there will take someone who is not so likable to fix. Ask Rudy. If this fella has higher office aspirations he’ll have to succeed as mayor first and I’m sure he has it in him. If he comes out as a good guy there’s no hope.
He’s such a freakin FRAUD..a few days ago he showed for a split second, actual courage in defending Israel..the second the far left Jew hating jacka@@es went after him, he turned around and apologized like the lil coward he is
Yeah, for now!
I remember when Anthony Weiner was the frontrunner for that job until some dims got mad at him . . .
Yup!....He was a shoo-in until the Witch discovered he and Humma had a nice at home “insurance policy” against her.....Then..he had to GO!...
He was lucky in a way though....unlike Seth Rich...Hillary had a better “insurance policy” against him..... so she didn't have to have him killed like Seth was...
Wasn’t he for it before he opposed it?
Eric Adams is Leading in most of the Democrat Primary polls I’ve seen. Not perfect but better than naive Yang and the radicals...Republicans could actually field a competitive candidate...Anyone will be huge improvement over DeBlasio...
RE: Wasn’t he for it before he opposed it?
Andrew Yang strikes me as a weather vane. He moves where the political winds blow.
Aren’t all Democrats? 8>)
He says one thing now...
He backs Israel now...
Occasional Cortex complains about his support of Israel...
He’s very likable, and not very experienced politically.
He could end up winning in the new ranked voting if enough people put him as second or even third choice.
Of course that would just make him the Dem candidate in November, not the mayor.
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