Post by robeiae on Jun 20, 2021 8:00:04 GMT -5
A now-familar tale: www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/most-riot-looting-cases-from-last-year-dropped-by-nyc-das/3114714/
Comparing such local decisions to the full court press re the Capitol Hill riots is, I think, largely unfair.
That said, video evidence is video evidence, and there's a shit ton out there on the looters. Going through it all may be tedious, but so what? That's what DAs are paid to do.
NYPD data reviewed by the NBC New York I-Team shows 118 arrests were made in the Bronx during the worst of the looting in early June.
Since then, the NYPD says the Bronx DA and the courts have dismissed most of those cases – 73 in all. Eighteen cases remain open and there have been 19 convictions for mostly lesser counts like trespassing, counts which carry no jail time.
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In Manhattan, the NYPD data shows there were 485 arrests. Of those cases, 222 were later dropped and 73 seeing convictions for lesser counts like trespassing, which carries no jail time. Another 40 cases involved juveniles and were sent to family court; 128 cases remain open.
Since then, the NYPD says the Bronx DA and the courts have dismissed most of those cases – 73 in all. Eighteen cases remain open and there have been 19 convictions for mostly lesser counts like trespassing, counts which carry no jail time.
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In Manhattan, the NYPD data shows there were 485 arrests. Of those cases, 222 were later dropped and 73 seeing convictions for lesser counts like trespassing, which carries no jail time. Another 40 cases involved juveniles and were sent to family court; 128 cases remain open.
That said, video evidence is video evidence, and there's a shit ton out there on the looters. Going through it all may be tedious, but so what? That's what DAs are paid to do.
