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>> Jesse: LIBERAL POLICIES
ONCE AGAIN FUELING CRIME MAYHEM
IN AMERICAN CITIES, NO EASIER
THAN EVER FOR VIOLENT CRIMINALS
TO GET BACK ON THE STREETS
THINGS TO WOKE MANHATTAN
DISTRICT ATTORNEY ALVIN BRAGG.
A SOFT ON CRIME, SO-CALLED
PROSECUTOR HAS DOWNGRADED 52% OF
FELONY CASES TO MISDEMEANORS
SINCE TAKING OFFICE, NO WONDER
CRIME IS ALMOST UP, WHAT?
30 PERCENT IN THE BIG APPLE?
HITTING BACK CLAIMING IT IS A
FALSE DATA COMPARISON.
CHICAGO BECOMING THE CARJACKING
CAPITAL OF THE COUNTRY WAS SEVEN
CARS STOLEN AND JUST AN HOUR ON
THE CITY’S WEST SIDE.
AND IT IS PURE CHAOS OVER AND
DEMOCRAT-RUN PORTLAND, CRIME SO
BAD THE STORE OWNER HAD DISHED
CLOSE THE SHOP FOR GOOD AFTER
GETTING BROKEN INTO 15 TIMES,
HERE’S WHAT YOU TOLD "AMERICA’S
NEWSROOM" EARLIER.
>> I AM HOPING TO GET IT OUT
THERE TO ALL CITIZENS IN THIS
CITY SO THAT WE CAN MOBILIZE AND
REALLY TRY AND MAKE SOME CHANGE.
IT CAME DOWN TO NOT JUST THE
FINANCIAL SIDE, BUT THE SAFETY
OF MY EMPLOYEES AND MYSELF, BUT
I JUST REACHED MY BREAKING
POINT.
>> Jesse: COULD YOU IMAGINE
YOUR SHOP BROKEN INTO JUST A
COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT 15?
>> Dana: AND WHEN SHE WAS
TALKING ABOUT BILL INTERVIEWED
HER, AND YOU SEE SOME
REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE CITY TO
PAY FOR DAMAGES, BUT IT WAS ONLY
FOR THE FIRST THREE BREAK-INS,
SO SHE HAD TO WALK AWAY.
SHE WAS ACTUALLY VERY RESTRAINED
AND SAYING AND COMPLAINING ABOUT
ANY POLICIES OR POLITICIANS, BUT
I THINK THAT HER FEET ARE DOING
THE TALKING HERE.
AND SHE IS GOING TO WALK AWAY
COME THE JOBS WILL BE THERE.
AND THE PEOPLE WON’T HAVE A NICE
PLACE TO SHOP AND SHE DOES HAVE
ANOTHER BUSINESS AND IS AN
ENTREPRENEURIAL PERSON, SO NOW
IT’S GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO
THAT.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT ALVIN
BRAGG, WHO I’M SURE THE JUDGE
HAS A LOT MORE ON THIS, BUT WHEN
HE IS TRYING TO DEFEND HIMSELF
HE IS BLAMING POLICIES THAT HE
ACTUALLY SUPPORTS.
SO ONE OF THEM FOR EXAMPLE, HE
SAYS THE DISCOVERY PIECE, THE
DISCOVERY, THAT’S HOW LONG IT
TAKES TO GET INFORMATION IN THE
CASE, WELL, HE SUPPORTED THE NEW
DISCOVERY RULES, SO HE IS
BLAMING AND TRYING TO DEFEND
HIMSELF SAYING THAT THE POLICIES
THAT ARE SUPPORTED ARE THE ONES
THAT ARE CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND
THEREFORE NOT AT FAULT, THAT IS
SOME CIRCULAR LOGIC.
>> Jesse: WHAT KIND OF TRACK
RECORD ARE THOSE FOR A
PROSECUTOR?
>> Judge Jeanine: VERY GLAD
YOU ASKED THAT, JESSE, BECAUSE I
CALLED MY FORMER PUBLIC
INFORMATION OFFICER TO FIND OUT
WHAT IT WAS WE HAD WHEN I WAS A
DISTRICT ATTORNEY, BUT LET ME
SAY THAT CALLING ALVIN BRAGG A
D.A. IS LIKE CALLING JEFFREY
DAHMER OF EGAN, OKAY?
THIS GUY DOES NOT PROSECUTE
CRIME, HE FORGIVES CRIME AND THE
WHOLE CONCEPT OF HE IS
COMPLAINING ABOUT THE NEW
DISCOVERY LAWS WHICH ARE CLEARLY
A BURDEN ON PROSECUTORS ACROSS
THE STATE ALMOST AN IMPOSSIBLE
BURDEN BECAUSE OF THE
INFORMATION THAT HAS TO BE DONE
IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
SHOULD BE EASY FOR HIM, BECAUSE
HE HAS MORE MONEY THAN ANY
D.A.’S OFFICE AROUND IN THE
COUNTRY, BUT LET’S TALK ABOUT
IT.
ALVIN BRAGG REDUCES MORE THAN
50% OF HIS FELONIES TO
MISDEMEANORS.
AND WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THE
CONVICTION RATE IS OF THE
MISDEMEANORS.
ARE THEY THEN DISMISSED?
ARE THEY ADJOURNED IN
CONTEMPLATION OF DISMISSAL?
ARE THEY REDUCED TO A VIOLATION?
WE DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO
THEM?
SO LET ME JUST FIND THE TEXT
THAT THEY TOLD ME, HERE WE GO.
MY OFFICE WHEN I WAS A D.A. AND
I WAS A D.A. FOR THREE TERMS,
GUESS WHAT MY FELONY CONVICTION
RATE IS?
AND YES, IF YOU ARE WATCHING
THIS, MY FRIEND, HE SAID WHAT IS
YOURS?
AND 84% CONVICTION RATE ON
FELONIES, THAT’S AN OFFICE WHERE
WE TAKE CRIME SERIOUSLY AND WE
ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
WE PUT OUR -- WE CROSS ARE TO
AND DOT OUR EYES, AND 84% OF ALL
DEFENDANTS ALL OF THOSE WERE
CONVICTED OF THE HIGHEST COUNT.
SO MY MESSAGE WHEN I WAS D.A.
AND ACCOUNTING OF A MILLION
PEOPLE WAS I’M COMING AFTER YOU,
AND YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET A
PLEA BARGAIN, AND YOU ARE NOT
GOING TO GET ANY KIND OF
CODDLING, BECAUSE YOU ARE MAKING
MY COUNTY UNSAFE OR PEOPLE I’M
RUINING BUSINESS.
BRAGG’S MESSAGE IS HEY, COME
HAVE AT IT, WE ARE NOT GOING TO
PROSECUTE YOU.
>> Jesse: WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> Harold: SO DEMOCRATS, I
HAVE TRIED TO SAY THIS ON THE
SHOW BEFORE, THE PICTURE, THE
STORIES, THEY CAN’T --
THEY ARE JUST OVERWHELMING THE
NUMBERS, THESE STATISTICS.
DEMOCRATS ENJOY A LOPSIDED
ADVANTAGE IN NEW YORK CITY IN
TERMS OF THE REGISTRATION OF
VOTERS, BUT WE DOGGONE NEAR LOST
THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR AND WE
CERTAINLY LOST A ROUTE TO LET
MACK A LOT OF CONGRESSIONAL
SEATS.
IF I TOLD YOU THREE MONTHS AGO
THAT CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS
HAD NEW YORK STATE TO THINK FOR
THEM HAVING THE MAJORITY IN THE
HOUSE, WE MIGHT’VE LAUGHED ABOUT
IT OR SAID MAYBE THAT AND A FEW
OTHER STATES, THAT’S THE CASE,
NOT ONLY DID DEMOCRATS IN
NEW YORK STATE GO OUT AND VOTE
AGAINST THE DEMOCRAT, THEY VOTED
FOR A REPUBLICAN WHO DENIED THE
OUTCOME OF LAST ELECTION, WHY?
BECAUSE PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIME
ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO
PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS
WHEREVER THEY MAY LIVE IN THE
STATE.
WE WILL NOT ENJOY THIS ADVANTAGE
IF WE CONTINUE TO TAKE IN THE
LACKADAISICAL AND IRRESPONSIBLE
WAY AS WE GO ABOUT TALKING ABOUT
THESE ISSUES.
I KNOW ALVIN BREGMAN AND I LIKE
HIM PERSONALLY.
I WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE HIM OR
FOR THAT MATTER ANYONE IN OFFICE
SIT BACK AND SAY WHAT’S WORKING,
WHAT’S NOT WORKING?
WHAT MORE DO I NEED TO MAKE MORE
THINGS WORK, AND WHO ARE THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT MAKING THINGS
WORK?
I SHOULD GET RID OF THEM OR THE
PROGRAMS THAT ARE NOT WORKING ON
BEHALF OF PEOPLE ACROSS THIS
GREAT CITY.
IT ACROSS THIS GREAT GIRL, AT
THE END OF THE DAY, A LOT OF
PEOPLE IN MANHATTAN REGARDLESS
OF THESE NUMBERS DO NOT FEEL
SAFE WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THOSE
ISSUES, NOT ONLY FOR THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, BUT FOR THE
SAKE OF THE CITY.
SPEED ON WHAT IS WORKING AND
WHAT ISN’T?
HOW ABOUT YOU PROSECUTE CRIME.
>> Harold: I WANT HIM TO DO
IT.
>> Judge Jeanine: HOW ABOUT
PROSECUTE CRIME, IT’S NOT ROCKET
SCIENCE.
>> Jesse: SO HE KNOWS ALVIN
BRAGG PERSONALLY.
>> Greg: THERE IS NOBODY THAT
HAROLD DOES NOT LIKE.
>> Harold: THERE ARE A FEW
PEOPLE, THEY GO UNNAMED.
>> Greg: JUST BECAUSE I LEFT
EARLY.
YOU WON’T LET ME FORGET, I
ALWAYS TRY TO DO STRATEGIC
EMPATHY, BUT IT’S IMPOSSIBLE.
BECAUSE WHAT IF THE PERSON NEVER
ARGUES ABOUT THE DATA.
WHEN YOU CAN’T ACTUALLY
EMPHASIZE -- EMPATHIZE COMING
WANT TO POINT TO THE RECIDIVISM
AND THE MISERY CAUSED BY THAT,
AND HAROLD, YOU AGREE, YOU TALK
ABOUT IT.
BUT THE RESPONSE IS A VARIATION
OF YOU HAVE TO BREAK SOME EGGS
TO MAKE AN OMELETTE,
UNFORTUNATELY THOSE EGGS ARE
HENS IN NEW YORK CITY, AND IT IS
A LONG TERM KIND OF GOAL FOR
POLICE REFORM AND THEY ARE
WILLING TO ACCEPT THESE
CASUALTIES THAT WE AREN’T, AND
IT IS GETTING WORSE.
MEANWHILE THE MEDIA ONLY SEES
THE BACK END OF A STORY, NOT THE
FRONT END, SO NOW THEY ARE
REPORTING ON CRIME, BUT IF THEY
ARE ONLY THERE WHEN THE STORY
BEGAN, WHEN THEY STARTED TALKING
ABOUT BELO PRO FORM, THIS
WOULD’VE BEEN A BIGGER STORY,
IT’S LIKE --
THEY ARE NOT REPORTING THE NEWS
ANYMORE, THEY ARE REACTING TO
THE NEWS AND I THINK THAT
SOCIAL MEDIA HAS TURNED
JOURNALISTS INTO OUTRAGE
DETECTORS MORE THAN THEY ARE
JOURNALISTS, SO THEY REPORT ON
CRIME LIKE IT IS WEATHER.
THEY DON’T REPORT ON IT LIKE IT
IS ACTUALLY A REAL THING.
>> Jesse: STRONG TRANCE OF
HOMICIDE TONIGHT.
>> Greg: 40% OF FELONIES.
BUT SOMETHING LIKE BAIL REFORM
DOES NOT GO TO THEM.
IT WOULD BE NICE IF THEY
REPORTED ON CRIME COME THE
EFFECTS OF THESE POLICIES ON
CRIME INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING,
WOW, CRIME IS UP 30%.
THAT’S LIKE TRYING TO PULL, WHAT
DO YOU CALL IT?
I AM HUNG OVER.
>> Dana: I USUALLY CAN DO THIS
THIS?
>> Greg: PULLING A RABBIT OUT
OF A HAT TRYING TO TALK ABOUT
CRIME.
IS IT ALMOST FRIDAY?
>> Jesse: WE ARE ALMOST THERE,
GREG E.