>> SOFT ON CRIME POLICIES
GRABBING THE ATTENTION OF A TOP
DEMOCRAT, AFTER A
HATCHET-WIELDING MAN WAS FREED
TO WALK OUT OF JAIL, GRABBING AN
AXE AND GOING ON A RAMPAGE
THROUGH A MANHATTAN
McDONALD’S.
HE WAS ARRESTED, BUT NEITHER
CHARGE HE’S FACING WAS ELIGIBLE
FOR BAIL UNDER NEW YORK’S
LENIENT CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM,
THE SUSPECT ADDRESSING CRITICS
SAY I DID MY 18 HOURS, WHAT ELSE
SHOULD YOU WANT, WHY DO I HAVE
TO BE IN JAIL?
I’M NOT UNHINGED, PSYCHOTIC, I
JUST DID WHAT ANYBODY WOULD DO
WHEN BEING POM PUMMELED.
THE GOVERNOR CALLING OUT THE DA
OVER THE MATTER.
>> MANY PLAYERS IN THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM, STARTING WITH
THE ARRESTING OFFICERS, WHO
DETERMINED WHAT CHARGE TO BRING,
AS WELL AS A DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
THAT WILL DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT
TO STAY WITH THAT COURSE, OR TO
HAVE AN UPCHARGE FROM WHAT IS
RECOMMENDED, WE’RE ACTUALLY
ASKING WHAT THE THOUGHT PROCESS
WAS, THE DECISIONS JUST MADE,
BECAUSE WE HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
IT, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE
DISCRETION TO CHARGE IN A
DIFFERENT WAY THAT WOULD MAKE
THEM BAIL ELIGIBLE.
>> JUDGE, THE GOVERNOR IS
SINGING, I THINK, SOMEONE WANTED
HER TO CONDUCT THEMES THIS WAY.
DO YOU BELIEVE WHAT THEY’RE
SAYING NOW IS GENUINE?
>> I THINK SHE’S WORSE THAN
CUOMO.
I GOT TO TELL YOU, WHAT SHE’S
TRYING TO DO, SHE’S TRYING TO
BLAME THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
WHEN THE TRUTH IS, LOOK, THIS
GUY IS CHARGED OF CRIMINAL
POSSESSION OF A WEAPON AND
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.
BOTH MISDEMEANORS.
THE CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A
WEAPON IN A FOURTH DEGREE, IF HE
HAS A PRIOR CONVICTION, WHICH
THE "NEW YORK POST" REPORTS HE
HAS, THEN IT’S THIRD DEGREE, AND
THEN IT MAKES A VIOLENT FELONY.
WE DON’T KNOW IF THAT’S THE
CASE.
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IS CHARGED AS
A MISDEMEANOR.
A MISDEMEANOR IS $250.
HE DEFINITELY DID THE FELONY
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, WHICH I THINK
IS $1500.
SO THE DA CHARGED LOWER PROBABLY
THAN HE COULD HAVE, BUT IT
WOULDN’T HAVE MADE A DARN BIT OF
DIFFERENCE AS IT RELATES TO
BAIL.
THAT’S HER PROBLEM.
THAT’S HER ISSUE.
IF SHE HAD ANY HONESTY, SHE
WOULD SAY WE’VE GOT TO CHANGE
THE BAIL LAWS BECAUSE OF MY
PARTY’S DECISION TO HAVE SOCIAL
JUSTICE AND BAIL FOR EVERYBODY,
THIS GUY WALKED OUT.
I CAN GUARANTEE YOU, HAROLD,
THEY GAVE HIM HIS AXE BACK.
ALL RIGHT?
SHE’S THE ONE PERSON WHO HAS THE
POWER TO REMOVE HIM FROM OFFICE.
FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE
THINKING, THIS IS MORE THAN
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, DAMAGING
PROPERTY AND POSSESSION OF A
HATCHET, THIS IS TAKING A
HATCHET AGAINST PEOPLE, IT’S
ATTEMPTED ASSAULT, ATTEMPTED
MURDER, NO, I GOT TO AGREE WITH
GREG THERE.
I WOULD HAVE UPPED IT BY A
DEGREE, BUT THERE’S NO ASSAULT
HERE.
HE DIDN’T ASSAULT ANYONE WITH
IT.
THE GOVERNOR IS LOOKING TO BLAME
THE DA.
WE CAN BLAME BRAGG ON A LOT OF
STUFF, BUT NOT ON THIS ONE.
IT’S ALL IN YOUR BAILIWICK,
GOVERNOR, AND STOP BLAMING OTHER
PEOPLE.
>> SHOULD WE HAVE A LAW THAT YOU
SHOULDN’T BE ABLE TO TAKE AN AXE
AND WIELD IT IN McDONALD’S?
THAT SHOULD BE HANDLED AT THE
STATE LEVEL.
>> MAYBE HE WAS HAVING A BIG MAC
ATTACK.
YOU DON’T KNOW.
THE STORY IS FULL OF HOLES.
HERE’S WHY.
HE SAID THEY WOULDN’T LET HIM
USE THE BATHROOM.
I’M 43-YEAR-OLDS.
IF I’M DENIED A TRIP TO THE
BATHROOM, I HAVE TO GO TO
ANOTHER BATHROOM IMMEDIATELY.
I CAN’T HOLD IT, MESS AROUND,
PLAY WITH A TOMAHAWK FOR A LONG
TIME.
I HAVE TO GO AWAY.
THAT’S HOW I KNOW HE’S NOT
TELLING THE TRUTH.
HE RELAXED OF ALCOHOL, MADE A
PASS AT A GIRL, HIT SOMEBODY,
AND GOT GANGED UP ON.
HE WAS GETTING PUMMELED BY A
McFLURRY OF PUNCHES.
HE’S OBVIOUSLY UNHINGED.
YOU DON’T GO OUT AND SAY, "I’M
NOT UNHINGES."
THAT MEANS YOU’RE UNHINGED WHEN
YOU SAY THAT.
THEN HE SAYS THE HATCHET ISN’T
FOR PEOPLE.
IT’S FOR TREES AND VEHICLES.
HOW MANY TREES HAVE YOU SEEN
AROUND NEW YORK CITY?
NOT A LOT.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT’S FOR
VEHICLES?
WHAT?
IS HE GOING TO FIX A CAR TIRE
WITH A HATCHET?
OBVIOUSLY IT’S FOR PEOPLE.
THEN HE SAYS THESE PEOPLE
WEREN’T LUCKY BECAUSE I DECIDED
I DIDN’T WANT TO HIT THEM IN THE
THROAT WITH THE HATCHET.
LIKE HE’S PLAYING GOD.
THEN HE SAYS CRIME HAS ALWAYS
BEEN BAD.
IT WAS ACTUALLY WORSE A LONG
TIME AGO, BECAUSE 10 YEARS AGO
HE GOT HIT IN THE HEAD ON THE
CORNER WITH A HAMMER.
THAT PROBABLY MEANS HE’S
MENTALLY ILL.
HOW DID THEY NOT BUMP UP THE
CHARGE?
HOW DOES ANYBODY IN THEIR RIGHT
MIND SEE A VIDEO LIKE THIS AND
NOT APLAY FOR A CONCEAL CARRY
PERMIT THE NEXT DAY?
I’M NEVER GOING INTO
McDONALD’S AFTER SEEING THIS.
THE FACT THAT JOE BIDEN IS
COMING TO NEW YORK CITY
TOMORROW, AND THE WHITE HOUSE
HASN’T BEEN ASKED ABOUT A VIRAL
MACHETE AXE ATTACK, TOMAHAWK,
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT,
HOW DOES HE NOT GET ASKED ABOUT
THAT?
IT’S AMAZING HOW THEY’RE
COVERING THIS THING UP.
THE CITY LOOKS LIKE "THE
SHINING" NOW AND THE DEMOCRATS
DON’T HAVE TO PAY A PRICE.
>> DANA, YOU DON’T LIKE A
McDONALD’S GORE LIKE I AM, BUT
IF YOU WERE, COULD YOU SEE
YOURSELF GOING BACK?
>> THERE’S NO PLACE BETTER TO
GET A DIET COKE THAN
McDONALD’S.
I’M OVER A CERTAIN AGE.
I GOT TO THINK ABOUT THOSE
THINGS.
I WAS REMEMBERING LAST WEEK WHEN
THE CEO OF McDONALD’S GAVE A
SPEECH IN CHICAGO.
HE SAID OUR CORPORATION IS
STAYING HERE.
THIS IS NOT JUST BECAUSE WE’LL
ALWAYS BE HERE.
IT’S NOT UNCONDITIONAL.
HE SAID EMPLOYEES THAT WORK AT
HIS RESTAURANTS ARE BEING
HARASSED.
WE KNOW THAT THAT IS TRUE IN NEW
YORK, AND PROBABLY MANY OTHER
CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS
WELL.
I REALLY FEEL FOR THE WORKERS.
THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING
TO MAKE AN HONEST LIVING.
THEY ARE DOING A JOB THAT MAYBE
IT’S LIKE TO GET -- CRAWL UP THE
LADDER.
MAYBE THAT’S THEIR FIRST RUNG ON
THE LADDER.
IT’S A GOOD PLACE TO START.
MY SISTER STARTED THERE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULDN’T WANT
THEIR KIDS TO BE THERE BECAUSE
OF THIS BEHAVIOR.
STARBUCKS IS STARTING TO CLOSE
LOCATIONS BECAUSE STAFF IS
HARASSED.
JUST OVER HERE, THE OTHER DAY,
MY ASSISTANT WENT TO HELP BILL
HEMMER, GOES OVER THERE, 6:30 IN
THE MORNING, AND A HOMELESS GUY
COMES IN, TAKES ALL THE DRINKS
SET UP FOR PEOPLE TO PICK UP,
BECAUSE THEY’RE CALLED IN ON
THEIR APP, TAKES THEM ALL AND
THROWS THEM ALL OVER THE FLOOR.
SO ALL THE BARISTAS HAD TO GET
DOWN ON THE FLOOR.
CAROLINE HELPED THEM.
WHO WOULD GO THERE?
WHO WOULD WORK THERE?
WE’RE ON A DANGEROUS SLIPPERY
SLOPE HERE IF WE DON’T GET AHOLD
OF THE CRIME IN THE CITIES.
>> STEVE DUCEY ISN’T HOMELESS.
I WANT TO CORRECT THAT.
THIS GUY IS OUT.
I HEARD HE MOVED IN WITH THE GUY
THAT BURNED DOWN OUR CHRISTMAS
TREE.
MY POINT BEING IS THAT GUY IS
OUT.
YOU CAN SEE THE GUY WHO BURNED
DOWN THE FOX CHRISTMAS TREE
ANYTIME YOU WANT.
THAT TO ME IS WORSE THAN THIS,
BECAUSE ARSON -- I MEAN, THAT
COULD HAVE KILLED A TON OF
PEOPLE, BUT HE’S OUT.
SO I GUESS WHAT -- LOOK, LIKE, I
LOOKED AT THIS AND I GO, I’M SO
JADED, BECAUSE THE GUY SOUNDS
LIKE HE’S NOT AS CRAZY AS
EVERYBODY ELSE.
MAYBE HE’S CARRYING AN AXE
BECAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE HAS GUNS.
HE’S, LIKE, YOU KNOW, I’M GOING,
MAN, I’VE BEEN IN NEW YORK TOO
LONG TO THINK THIS IS OKAY,
BECAUSE I’M LOOKING AT IT,
GOING, YEAH, WATCHING HIM GET
BEAT UP.
THIS IS NOT APPROPRIATE
BEHAVIOR, MY POINT IS, BUT WE’VE
LOWERED THE BAR FOR ACCEPTABLE
APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR IN THE CITY
IN THE ABSENCE OF VISIBLE LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND THE
AMPLIFICATION OF CONFLICT.
YOU KNOW, WE’VE LOST THE ABILITY
TO KIND OF NEGOTIATE AND DIALOG.
SO WE HAVE THIS DAILY EVIDENCE
NOW OF RECKLESS INSANE BEHAVIOR.
THIS IS A SMALL PIECE OF IT.
WHEN IT’S THE WILD, WILD WEST,
YOU KNOW WHAT, PEOPLE START
SETTLING STUFF ON THEIR OWN,
RIGHT?
THEY HAVE VIGILANTES, BEAT-UP
HOMELESS PEOPLE.
IT’S CRAZY.
WHEN THE LAWS BECOME IRRELEVANT,
THE LAWLESSNESS TAKES ON A WEIRD
IT’S A FANCY WORD?
PATINA.
YES, YOU GET MACHETE ATTACKS,
SUBWAY PUSHERS, YOU GET ARSON,
YOU GET AN GUY WITH AN AXE,
INSANE BRAWLS OVER COLD FRENCH
FRIES.
THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ALL OF
A SUDDEN CHAOS BECOMES THE ORDER