NY Governor Deploys National Guard Into The Subways

[Kathianne]

Crime is certainly a concern, the police would be able to handle if backed up with bail and prosecutions, this is a step towards government control:

https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/...bways-n3784186

NY Governor Deploys National Guard to NYC SubwaysDAVID STROM 12:30 PM | March 06, 2024



AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura
How's that criminal justice reform going for you, Blue Cities?


Not well, is the answer, and after cozying up to the "Defund the Police" movement and bail reform earlier in her time as governor, Kathy Hochul is bowing to pressure to crack down on crime.


Mayor Adams was elected largely on a platform of getting crime back under control--he was a New York City cop and commissioner, and he has been pressuring the governor to help him fight a crime wave that has turned the New York City subway into a lawless and violent zone.


Hochul is finally doing something to help after rebuffing Adams for over a year.


Gov. Kathy Hochul said on Wednesday that she would deploy National Guard soldiers and State Police officers to the New York City subway system, where they will patrol platforms and help check bags.


Ms. Hochul said a large show of force in the system, which is operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, a state agency, would help commuters and visitors to the city feel safe.


Additional law enforcement officers would add to an already large presence in the subways, where Mayor Eric Adams ordered an additional 1,000 officers in February following a 45 percent spike in crime in January compared with the same time last year.


Ms. Hochul said she would deploy 1,000 members of the authority, the State Police and the National Guard to “conduct bag checks in the city’s busiest stations.”




You do have to give her credit. When she reverses course, she goes all out. Deploying the National Guard and surging the State Patrol into the subways is a big move, although it sounds rather dystopian. They won't just be making their presence felt; they will search subway riders for weapons.


There will be 750 members of the New York National Guard and an additional 250 personnel from the State Police and the M.T.A.


They will be working with the New York Police Department to make sure no weapons are brought into the subways.


It leads one to wonder...is this reversal just about fighting crime, or is it something more? Cracking down on criminal behavior can be accomplished without using the military to search citizens on their way to and from work, right? It's not like this has been standard practice during more peaceful times.


You can support the police and crack down on criminals without turning the city into a police state.


Hochul has embraced other police state tactics, which lend some credence to this concern. Last year she announced the development of a monitoring system to keep track of New Yorkers' social media activity.




None of this would be necessary if the Democrats hadn't spent years undermining public safety in the first place. Bill DeBlasio and Alvin Bragg have worked tirelessly over the years to destroy public peace, and now there is a surge of the military into New York City to combat the criminals who have been running wild due to their policies.


Democrats ruined things, and now they are reversing their policies in a manner that reduces freedom for everybody.


It's almost like there is a plan.

[Gunny]

Crime is certainly a concern, the police would be able to handle if backed up with bail and prosecutions, this is a step towards government control:

https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/...bways-n3784186

In the meantime, the National Guard has suspended reenlistment bonuses due to lack of funds. I assume that is Federal funding.

New York is like a Third World country anymore. I think I posted an article where developers and people who bankroll them are pulling out of NY because of the verdict against Trump. And it IS a bad verdict. It also is about the only way NY has left to make money is going after people that have it.

Illegal aliens have rights, citizens don't.

Wonder why people are bailing

Deploying the Guard might be a step toward government control, but a necessary one due to lack of any local control. Adams is a disaster. All he can do is blame the right and beg the Federal government for help while doing nothing on his own. Like changing NYPD policies that have emasculated the police.

[revelarts]

A Step?
How is the military policing the public transport not gov't control?


It's not just 3rd world crap, it's 3rd world military dictator crap.
Maybe it's more like euro trash corrupt country military dictatorship crap.

posse comitatus... yes I know "it's doesn't applly here"
and "something must be done" "the constitution is not a suicide pack"

sad thing is the constitutional answers are in most people's complaints,
Most of the perps are repeat offenders that should STAY in Jail.
No need for military troops or martial law.
The NYPD alone is larger than many of the world's armies. If they want to they can police the subways.
If you threaten their pensions or if politicians call them names somehow they can show up in force and get things done.

[Gunny]

A Step?
How is the military policing the public transport not gov't control?


It's not just 3rd world crap, it's 3rd world military dictator crap.
Maybe it's more like euro trash corrupt country military dictatorship crap.

posse comitatus... yes I know "it's doesn't applly here"
and "something must be done" "the constitution is not a suicide pack"

sad thing is the constitutional answers are in most people's complaints,
Most of the perps are repeat offenders that should STAY in Jail.
No need for military troops or martial law.
The NYPD alone is larger than many of the world's armies. If they want to they can police the subways.
If you threaten their pensions or if politicians call them names somehow they can show up in force and get things done.

Rather than call it government control, I call it grasping for straws as lifesavers in a shitstorm of their own making. Completely agree about the NYPD. Not sure I can see the difference between re-arming and re-empowering the NYPD and deploying the Guard; which, btw, the latter is completely legal. Seems to me it costs more to deploy National Guardsmen than it does to allow police already in place to do their jobs. Just another case of idealistic Dem politics not dealing with the reality of the situation on the ground.