Inviting Lawlessness

Last weekend seven illegal aliens attacked two New York police officers in Times Square, beating and kicking them in the head and face. The incident was recorded on security cameras. The New York Daily News reports that six were arrested and charged with assault on a police officer before being released without bail. Five of the six are citizens of Venezuela, one is facing trial for an earlier assault and robbery. All were invited to enter the U.S. illegally by the current president. These criminals are fortunate to be in New York City. They live in tax-supported shelters where they receive free food, clothing and medical care. They don’t worry about being deported because New York is a sanctuary state.  While assaulting a police officer in most other states would put you in jail with high or no bail until trial, in New York City you get released on your own recognizance.  It is doubtful that any of these criminals will show up for trial, and even if they do, progressive Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is likely to cut them a deal to plead guilty for malicious mischief and release them on probation. Think I’m kidding, this is standard procedure in New York under its criminal justice reforms, supposedly adopted for racial justice, as noted in a recent post.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams used to be a cop. Why has he not stepped up and ordered these illegals jailed? It is a well known fact that anyone willing to attack an armed police officer does not fear the law. Such criminals would not hesitate to attack anyone. There are hundreds of thousands of military-aged illegal alien men in dozens of sanctuary cities across America and the states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington and the District of Columbia. In these places illegals are protected from deportation, even if they are convicted of crimes. According to the Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, last year 1,713 illegal aliens were charged or convicted for murder, 1,655 for kidnapping; 4,390 sexual assaults; 33,209 assaults; 3,097 robberies; 6,964 burglaries.

As more and more illegals flood across our border and into sanctuary cities and states like New York and California where the consequences for crime have been drastically reduced, these numbers are guaranteed to increase.