>> MCNEIL HAD QUITE A RAP SHEET
ON PROBATION BAITION.
HE WILL WORK TO CHANGE THE LAW.
AND NOW MANHATTAN’S NEW
DISTRICT ATTORNEY WAS
CRITICIZED BEING SOFT ON CRIME
SINCE DAY ONE IN OFFICE.
HE SAYS HE SUPPORTS THE MAYOR’S
PLANS.
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" REPORTING
THAT BRAGG SAYS HE WOULD
PROSECUTE GUN CRIMES
AGGRESSIVELY AND AA RESPONSE TO
THE PUSHBACK TO CONTROVERSIAL
POLICIES ANNOUNCED WHEN HE TOOK
OVER.
THE MAYOR CALLING ON STATE
LAWMAKERS TO TAKE GUN OFFENSES
MORE SERIOUSLY.
>> Bill: GET ON BOARD WITH THE
NEW MAYOR OR GET OFF THE TRAIN
ALL RIGHT?
>> Dana: LET’S BRING IN FORMER
NEW YORK CITY POLICE
COMMISSIONER BILL BRATTON.
DEPLOY MORE OFFICERS ON STREETS
AND SUBWAYS, GO AFTER WHOEVER
GAVE A 16 OR 17-YEAR-OLD GUNS
AND ADDRESS BAIL REFORM AND
INVESTING IN HOMES, SCHOOLS AND
MENTAL HEALTH AND GANG VIOLENCE.
DO YOU THINK IF THE PLAN WOULD
HAVE AN IMPACT IF IMPLEMENTED?
>> IT’S A GOOD PLAN.
BUT THE KEY TO ALL OF THIS IS
GOING AFTER AGGRESSIVELY THOSE
USING THOSE GUNS.
AND RIGHT NOW THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM IN NEW YORK CITY
AND NEW YORK STATE IS NOT
STRUCTURED TO DO THAT.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY, LEGISLATURE
AND GOVERNOR HAVEN’T BEEN TOUGH
ON CRIME.
THERE IS A CLARION CALL FROM
THE MAYOR.
LET’S SEE WHO GETS ON BOARD.
ERIC IS THE RIGHT MAN AT THE
RIGHT TIME.
NOT SURE ABOUT THE REST OF THE
POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT IN NEW
YORK STATE.
>> Bill: LET ME COME BACK TO
THE D.A. IN A MOMENT.
HIS PLAN WILL GO AFTER 30
POLICE PRECINCTS WHERE 80% OF
THE CITY’S VIOLENCE TAKES PLACE.
THEY USED TO HAVE A UNIT THAT
DID IT FOR US AND THE PREVIOUS
MAYOR BENT TO THE PROGRESSIVE
LEFT AND DISSOLVED ALL OF IT,
CAPTAIN.
>> WHAT HAPPENED WAS THE UNIT
WAS DISSOLVED AND ALL THOSE
OFFICERS WENT TO OTHER
ASSIGNMENTS WHERE THEY WERE
STILL FOCUSED ON GETTING GUNS
OFF THE STREET.
DOING A GOOD JOB OF THAT.
6,000 GUNS TAKEN OFF THE STREET
LAST YEAR.
HOWEVER, FEWER THAN 100 TRIALS
FOR THOSE CARRYING THOSE GUNS,
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE
6,000 PEOPLE CARRYING THE GUNS
ARE STILL WALKING THE STREETS
OF NEW YORK, MANY OF THEM STILL
CARRYING GUNS AGAIN.
THEY WILL HAVE TO START PUTTING
PEOPLE IN JAIL FOR THE OFFENSE
OF CARRYING FIREARMS.
WE’VE DONE THIS STUFF BEFORE.
IST IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE.
WE DID IT IN THE 90s WHEN I WAS
POLICE COMMISSIONER AND 2014
FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS.
NEW YORK CITY IN 2018 WAS THE
SAFEST IT HAS EVER BEEN.
WE USED THE POLICE TO CONTROL
BEHAVIOR.
THEY TOOK AWAY SO MANY OF THE
POWERS OF THE POLICE.
THAT’S WHAT ERIC IS TRYING TO
GIVE BACK.
HE IS TRYING TO GIVE THE COPS
MORE POWER TO DO THE JOB BUT
ALSO ENLISTING THE PUBLIC TO
SUPPORT THEM INSTEAD OF
ATTACKING THEM.
IN PARTICULAR THE POLITICS OF
NEW YORK STATE.
>> Dana: SPEAKING OF PUBLIC FOX
NEWS POLL CALL FOR NUMBER SIX
HERE WE ASKED HOW CONCERNED ARE
YOU ABOUT CRIME?
81% OF PEOPLE SAID THEY ARE
EXTREMELY OR VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT CRIME.
WHEN IT GETS TO BE THAT POINT,
THEN THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN
ASKED AND HERE IS WHAT THE
PRESS SECRETARY SAID YESTERDAY
WHEN ASKED ABOUT IT.
>> GUN VIOLENCE IS A HUGE
REASON FOR THE SURGE IN CRIME.
UNDER FUNDING OF SOME POLICE
DEPARTMENTS AND THEIR NEED FOR
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, SOMETHING
THE PRESIDENT ADVOCATED FOR
CONSISTENTLY THROUGH THE COURSE
OF HIS CAREER IS SOMETHING WE
KNOW WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON.
>> Dana: MORE RESOURCES FOR
POLICE DEPARTMENTS I THINK
WOULD PROBABLY ALWAYS BE
WELCOME.
DO YOU THINK IT WILL HELP AND
ALSO THE THING THAT I WONDER
ABOUT IS YOU HAVE WITH THE
PROGRESSIVE PROSECUTORS, THAT’S
NOT A MONEY ISSUE, THAT’S A
POLICY ISSUE.
>> WHEN I WAS POLICE
COMMISSIONER WHEN BIDEN
SUPPORTED THE CRIME BILL I WAS
THE BENEFICIARY OF THOSE
100,000 MORE COPS AND MORE
TRAINING.
SAME THINGS IN 2002 WHEN I LOOK
OVER THE LAPD.
MORE COPS AND MORE FEDERAL
SUPPORT.
WE’VE DONE THIS BEFORE.
WE FORGOT HOW WE DID IT THE
LAST TIME.
WE JUST NEED TO DUST OFF THE
OLD PLANS AND PUT THEM OUT.
THAT’S WHAT ERIC IS DOING.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN PLAY A
KEY ROLE AS THEY DID IN 1994.
THEY ARE STILL VEERING TOO MUCH
TO THE LEFT IN SO MANY OF THEIR
POLICIES.
THEY NEED TO GET BACK TO CENTER.
>> Bill: THANK YOU, SIR.
FORMER POLICE COMMISSIONER IN
NEW YORK CITY.
YOU KNOW THE ISSUE AS WELL AS
ANYONE.
MAYBE WE GOT THE RIGHT GUY AS
MAYOR NOW TO REVERSE THIS STUFF.