Mayor Bill “defund the police” de Blasio announced today that a task force will be formed to address the fireworks.
Clash Daily: The lawlessness in New York seems to be ramping up now that the “defund the police” movement is gaining steam.
We’ve seen in recent years that there has been a growing hatred towards law enforcement officers in New York.
ClashDaily reported that uniformed officers were being attacked.
With the George Floyd protests turning into wild, riots with looting, lawlessness has been on an upswing.
Mayor Bill de Blasio has caved to the mob and disbanded the plainclothes anti-crime units and violent crime has surged.
Riots, looting, shootings, we’re back to the NYC of the 1970s. But add to that, hours of illegal fireworks going off in the middle of the night disturbing residents.
Apparently, illegal fireworks have always been a thing in New York, but this year it’s completely out of control.
After months of lockdowns and getting hit hard with the coronavirus, some New York residents see these fireworks as just blowing off steam. Others not so much. In the first half of June, there have been 1,737 complaints to 311 which is 80 times the number of complaints at the same time in 2019.
“These are not your normal kids playing with fireworks,” said Michael Ford, a piano teacher in Manhattan’s Inwood neighborhood. “These are real explosives, like Macy’s-style fireworks.”
Mr. Ford said that those who were firing off the explosives made it impossible for him to walk his dogs at night.
“People scream out their windows at them, but they just laugh,” he said, adding that he and his neighbors had called 911 as well as 311, but that the police had not responded.
“I think it’s a lot of people who have been pent-up and need to blow off steam,” he continued. “But it’s just adding whole other layer of anxiety.”
Videos on social media show that these aren’t your normal fireworks displays. People are wandering the streets shooting off fireworks at each other. more
Can someone please put a sidewinder thru his bedroom window?
If Colonel Gaddafi were still around he’d tell you how effective that can be, but Hillary silenced him…
It’s going to be a hot summer time in the big cities. Don’t go unarmed.
What’s a person gonna do? Call the cops? Assuming they showed up, what would they do?
Frankenstein’s “monster” is turning on the real monster too. The real monster(s) who created them.
Not that the BLM/ANTIFA bastards are in any way as innocent as Frankenstein’s monster, they have of their own volition descended to the subhuman level. However the wrath they unleash against their Frankenstein(s) will be no less righteous and fully justified.
It is going to make what happened to Robespierre look like a cake and ice cream social when they get a full head of steam behind them.
I’m so happy we moved to the country 25 years ago. When I sit in our peaceful surroundings of birds, deer and other critters, I feel at peace. Many are stuck in their surroundings for different reasons. It depends on how bad you hate where you live. Either get out or shut up. No one cares any more about your feewings. I hated living in the city, we adjusted our way of life and did what we had to do.
Those guys are in for trouble now because “Taskforce”. Of course the taskforce will be easy to spot since they removed plain clothes officers from the ranks.
Yeah, we got him to get rid of the plain-clothes anti-crime units, so now he needs to get rid of the Fancy-Clothes units!
Pick up your brass:
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Jimmy
Either pick it up, or collect a bunch of spent brass from the range and sprinkle it around liberally.
“…sprinkle it around liberally.” – I see what you did there! 🙂
Jimmy
It’s getting tough for me to even type that word.
Speaking of fireworks, here’s a thought on how to break-up CHAZ/CHOP: horizontal mortars. Start with the Class C stuff, and when they don’t disperse, move to Class B. Of course, with Class B, one must have a proper permit and a licensed pyro-technician attending.
But of course, in Seattle, all personal fireworks are banned, and official 4th of July fireworks have been cancelled also because of COVID-19. We wouldn’t want people to stand too close to celebrate something as patriotic as the 4th of July!
PLOT TWIST: Day shift at NYPD is calling sick.
Too many officers staying up late shooting off fireworks.
Cui bono?
I can think of two ways this fireworks explosion (!) could benefit bad people.
First, many don’t have enough experience to distinguish a loud firecracker from a gunshot. If lots of fireworks complaints complaints are made, it will be easier to get away with using firearms for evil purposes.
Second, and worse, a few firecrackers going off during a tense but still nonviolent confrontation between cops and “protesters” could cause instant escalation from the cops and create instant martyrs and further causes for rioting, arson, looting, and mayhem.
Do I have a overly vivid imagination?
Maybe….but zonga says you have legs that go on for days.
I was thinking more of a surprise “lob attack” at night. No cops around. Everyone having Summer of Love dreams in their doubly-zipped sleeping bags, and then, BOOM! Lob those puppies in there at a 45 degree angle from drive-by pickups.
Wake-up call.
“Get out! Get out! GET OUT OF THERE!”
(Granted it’s a first draft movie script, but if it occurs to someone like me, you KNOW others have already thought of it and are probably going to do it. Maybe Queen Durkan sees the handwriting on the wall: blood bath coming. Must vacate them now.)