The Washington Times published
my piece on crime and safety in New York City.
“There are three kinds of
lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics,” Mark Twain reportedly said.
While most of the major
felonies, including murder, rape, robbery, burglary, and felony assault, have
decreased in New York City according to the latest reported crime statistics,
many people there don’t feel safe.
And many, including New York
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s former mayoral opponents and many police officers,
dispute the veracity of the crime statistics.
Former mayoral candidate and
retired NYPD detective Richard “Bo” Dietl, one of the most highly decorated
detectives in NYPD history and the former co-chairman of the National Crime
Commission, doesn’t buy the rosy crime stats.
“A man is mugged at
knifepoint in front of St. Patrick’s Cathedral on 5th Avenue at 10 a.m. This is
de Blasio’s New York,” Mr. Dietl said during the mayoral race. “The mayor fudges
police statistics so he can tell people the city its safer but anyone with eyes
and ears can tell New York is sliding back to the ‘bad old days,’ where crime
was king and disarray ruled the day.”
...
... Former New York City Police
Commissioner Ray Kelly (seen in the above photo), who oversaw a historic decrease in crime during his
time as commissioner, stated on a New York radio program in 2015 that the NYPD
was manipulating crime statistics. He disputed Mayor de Blasio’s claim that New
York City remained the safest big city in America.
“You have to take a hard look
at those numbers, and I can tell you, people don’t feel safer in this city,”
Mr. Kelly told the radio host. “People say this to me all the time. And
perception is reality in many instances”
You can read the rest of the
piece via the below link:
You can also read my Counterterrorism
magazine Q&A with Ray Kelly via the below link:
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