TARGETING A VICTIM WHO APPEARS
TO BE VULNERABLE.
KEEP YOUR GUARD UP AT ALL TIMES.
>> Charles: THANKS, DAVID.
NEW YORK CITY POLICE
COMMISSIONER, HOWARD SAFER.
COMMISSIONER, I’VE GOT A LOT TO
GO THROUGH WITH YOU. FIRST, EXACTLY
FIRST, EXACTLY -- ALL OF A
SUDDEN THEY MUSHROOMED.
I REMEMBER WHEN THESE WERE BIG A
LONG TIME AGO.
WHAT IS DRIVING IT?
>> WE’RE BACK TO THE BAD OLD
DAYS.
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS LIKE
ALVIN BRAGG IN NEW YORK AND
OTHERS ARE SENDING A MESSAGE
THAT IF YOU COMMIT CRIMES,
YOU’RE NOT ACCOUNTABLE.
THE NYPD ARRESTED THE MURDERS OF
THE WOMAN IN BURGER CONGRESS IN
HARLEM WHO WAS SHOT FOR NO
REASON.
YES, IT’S A VIOLENT TIME.
WE’RE LETTING THINGS GET OUT OF
CONTROL.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY BRAGG DOESN’T
UNDERSTAND WHAT HIS JOB IS.
IT’S NOT TO LEGISLATE THE LAW.
IT’S NOT TO PROTECT CRIMINALS.
IT’S THE PROTECT THE PUBLIC.
HE DOESN’T GET IT.
>> Charles: IS PART OF IT -- I
DON’T WANT TO DIGRESS BUT I SAW
SOMETHING THIS WEEK.
MADE ME THINK THE CERTAIN
ELITING THAT SET THE TONE,
PEOPLE VOTE, BUT RICH AND
POWERFUL IN THEY CITIES THAT SET THE TONE.
THE TONE.
IN MANHATTAN, WITHOUT DOOR MEN,
CRIMES ARE UP 11%.
THE WEALTHY FOLKS HAVE A CAR
WAITING FOR THEM, THEY LIVE IN
DOORMAN BUILDINGS.
THEY DON’T SEE THIS.
I’M KNOCKING MYSELF CRAZY SAYING
WHY WOULD YOU LET DANGEROUS
CRIMINALS GO, SOMEONE WITH SEVEN
RAP SHEETS LIKE THAT, WHY DO
THEY ALLOW THEM TO MENACE
SOCIETY UNLESS THEY NEVER FEEL
IT THEMSELVES?
>> UNTIL THEY BECOME THE
VICTIMS, THEY WON’T CHANGE THEIR
ATTITUDE.
I CAN TELL YOU, BACK IN THE 80s
AND EARLY 90s, THEY WERE THE
VICTIMS.
IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.
DOESN’T TAKE LONG NEW YORK TO GO
TO THE BAD OLD DAYS.
IT’S ALMOST THERE NOW.
WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH A
STRATEGY TO COMBAT PEOPLE LIKE
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
I JUST SAW THAT THE LAPD
ARRESTED A COP KILLER AND
DECIDED TO TAKE THE CASE TO
FEDERAL COURT.
THAT’S WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING
IN NEW YORK.
UNFORTUNATELY THE FEDERAL COURTS
CAN’T HANDLE THE VOLUME.
>> Charles: WHAT IS THE
STRATEGY?
WE HAVE A D.A. THAT IS -- TO
YOUR POINT, GIVEN A GREEN LIGHT
ON ALMOST EVERY CRIME
IMAGINABLE.
WHAT IS THE ALTERNATIVE TO KEEP
COMMUNITIES SAFE?
>> WELL, THERE’S A NUMBER OF
ALTERNATIVES.
THE BEST THING IS FOR THE
GOVERNOR TO REMOVE THE DIRECT
ATTORNEY.
SHE SHOULD REMOVE HIM.
I DON’T THINK THAT WILL HAPPEN.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT OTHER KIND
OF STRATEGIES.
THE POLICE HAVE TO BECOME MORE
ASSERTIVE EVEN IN THE FACE THAT
THEY ARREST PEOPLE FOR THE
CRIMES AND WON’T BE PROSECUTED.
RICHMOND DID AN INTERESTING
THING.
THEY WERE OVERWRONG WITH
GANGSTERS CARRYING GUNS.
THEY DID SOMETHING CALLED
OPERATION EXILE WHERE THEY GOT
THE U.S. ATTORNEY TO PROSECUTE
THE CRIMINALS AND SEND THEM FAR
AWAY FROM THEIR HOMES TO PRISON.
I DON’T KNOW IF THE U.S.
ATTORNEY IN THE SOUTHERN
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DOES THAT.
BUT WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH
SOMETHING CREATIVE.
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS GOING
TO CAUSE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE TO
BE VICTIMS OF CRIME.
IT’S GOING TO COME TO THE UPPER
EAST SIDE AND THE UPPER WEST
SIDE.
BE PREPARED.
>> Charles: WE’RE OUT OF TIME.
I HOPE -- UNFORTUNATELY WE’LL
HAVE TO.
SO MANY MORE THINGS I WANT TO
TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS.
I ALSO WANT TO GET INTO THE
SENTENCING.IT’S NUTS HOW QUICKLY
THEY GET OUT OF PRISON OR DON’T