MANY THINK IS MAKING THE VIOLENT
CRIME SURGE MUCH WORSE.
BUT WILL SHE?
IF HERE WITH ME NOW IS NEW YORK
POST COLUMNIST MIRANDA DEVINE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE LOST HOPE
IN THIS GUY.
HE HASN’T DONE ANYTHING.
ON THE FIRST DAY THAT THE NEW
GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA WAS IN
OFFICE, HE FIRED EVERY ONE OF
THE PAROLE OFFICERS IN THE STATE
OF VIRGINIA, EVERY ONE ON THE
FIRST DAY.
WE HAVEN’T SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
THAT FROM THIS CURRENT MAYOR.
DO YOU THINK THAT’S A BAD
PORTENT FOR THE FUTURE?
>> HI, DAVID.
LOOK, I DO THINK IT IS.
HE TALKED TOUGH ABOUT CRIME
DURING THE CAMPAIGN AND, LOOK,
FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, WE ENDORSED
HIM AT "THE NEW YORK POST"
BECAUSE HE WAS VERY MUCH THE
BEST OF THE BAD LOT.
THE REST OF THEM WERE
UBER-PROGRESSIVES, DEFUND THE
POLICE TYPES.
SO HE WAS THE BEST THAT A WE
HAD, AND HE’S A FORMER POLICE
OFFICER, AND THERE WAS HOPE THAT
HE MIGHT DO SOMETHING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN
FIVE POLICE SHOOTINGS, TWO
FATALITIES SINCE HE’S COME INTO
OFFICE IN THE FIRST THREE WEEKS
OF THIS YEAR, AND HIS TALK HAS
BEEN ABOUT REALLY BOILERPLATE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY WISH LIST,
THINGS TO DO WITH WASHINGTON,
NOT NEW YORK.
OF HE’S TALKING ABOUT PASSING
JOE BIDEN’S BUILD BACK BETTER
DOWN IN WASHINGTON, HE’S TALKING
ABOUT GUN CONTROL.
I MEAN, IT WOULDN’T MAKE ANY
DIFFERENCE IF YOU HAD THE
MOST -- NEW YORK ALREADY HAS THE
MOST DRACONIAN GUN LAWS.
YOU COULD MAKE THEM TWICE AS
DRACONIAN, AND THERE’S STILL
ILLEGAL GUNS OUT THERE.
THE ONLY WAY TO GET THEM OFF THE
STREET IS TO PUT BACK THOSE
PLAIN-CLOTHES POLICE THAT USED
TO DO SUCH A GOOD JOB GETTING
THE GUNS OFF THE STREET.
HE SAID HE’S GOING TO DO THAT --
DAVID: BUT, LET’S FACE IT,
MIRANDA, A GUN LAW WOULD NOT
HAVE PREVENTED THE WOMAN WHO WAS
PUSHED IN FRONT OF THE SUBWAY TO
GET KILLED, THERE WAS A KILLING
WITH A KNIFE A COUPLE OF WEEKS
BEFORE THAT.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
ARE BEATEN UP, SAME IS HAPPENING
IN L.A. AND CHICAGO AND
EVERYTHING.
MINE, GUN LAWS ARE NOT THE
ISSUE, IT’S THE CRIMINALS BEHIND
THE GUNS AND THE CRIMINALS
BEHIND THE CARS AND THE KNIVES
AND THE FIRSTS THAT ARE CAUSING
PEOPLE PROBLEMS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
DAVID: TODAY THERE WAS A SERVICE
AT ST. PATRICK’S FOR ONE OF THE
TOPS -- COPS WHO WAS KILLED.
TOMORROW IS THE FUNERAL FOR THE
FIRST COP WHO DIED AS A RESULT
OF THAT SHOOTING ON FRIDAY.
WAS BRAGG, WILL BRAGG BE THERE,
DO YOU THINK, AND IF SO, WHAT
WOULD LIKELY HAPPEN?
>> YES.
TOMORROW JASON RIVERA ARE, THE
OFFICER HERO WHO WAS KILLED, THE
FIRST OFFICER TO DIE AFTER THAT
INCIDENT.
YEAH, LOOK, ALVIN BRAGG SHOULD
BE THERE, BUT HE WON’T BE
WELCOMED BY THE NYPD.
I MEAN, WHY, WHY WOULD YOU WANT
HIM THERE?
THIS IS A GUY WHO COMPLETELY
MISREADS THE ROOM, MISREADS NEW
YORKERS WHO ARE FED UP, WHO ARE
WORRIED, WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
THE VIOLENCE AND THE DISORDER
AND THE JUST UTTER LAWLESSNESS
THAT NEW YORK VERY QUICKLY HAS
DESCENDED INTO.
WE HAD EIGHT YEARS OF BILL DE
BLASIO, AND THEN WE HAD ALBANY
IF ENACTING THIS RIDICULOUS BAIL
REFORM LAW WHICH JUST MEAN THE
POLICE ARE HANDCUFFED.
THEY ARREST PEOPLE AND THEY’RE
OUT THE NEXT MINUTE.
WE’VE SEEN THIS, IT’S ALL OVER
THE COUNTRY.
NOW WE HAVE IN MANHATTAN OUR OWN
PROGRESSIVE PROSECUTOR IN ALVIN
BRAGG.
THEY TALK A BIG TALK.
HE, KATHY HOCHUL, ERIC ADAMS,
THEY’RE ALL ACTING AS IF THEY’RE
RESPONDING TO THE MOOD OF NEW
YORKERS WHICH IS VERY HOSTILE TO
THESE KIND OF DISRUPTIONS AND
DISMANTLING OF LAW AND ORDER IN
THIS CITY THAT IS SYSTEMATIC,
DELIBERATE BY THE DEMOCRATS.
DAVID: IT IS.
ASK IT’S NOT JUST --
>> BUT THEY’RE NOT --
DAVID: IT’S NOT JUST THE A MAYOR
WITH, IT’S NOT JUST THE DA.
WE HAVE A NEW COUNCILWOMAN WHO
SAID THE NYPD IS STILL THE
BIGGEST GANG IN NEW YORK CITY.
>> I KNOW.
DAVID: I DON’T MEAN TO RUSH YOU,
BUT WE’RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME,
AND I COWANT TO STICK ONE
MORE -- DO WANT TO STICK ONE
MORE SOUND BITE IN OF THIS THIS
STORY OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS THAT
YOU DID SOME BREATHTAKING
REPORTING ON THIS ISSUE WAY BACK
IN THE SUMMER WHEN WE FIRST
FOUND OUT ABOUT IT.
WE HAD IT EARLIER, LET ME JUST
PLAY THE SOUND BITE AND GET YOUR
REACTION.
ROLL TAPE.
>> IT TOOK TWO MONTHS FOR ME TO
GET THE VIDEOS.
I REQUESTED THEM TO TWO MONTHS
AGO, SO IT WAS HELD AS LONG AS
IT POSSIBLY COULD.
BUT I REQUESTED FROM THE
WESTCHESTER COUNTY POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
IT WAS THE BODY CAMS FROM THE
POLICE OFFICERS.
DAVID: YEAH.
>> OBVIOUSLY, I KNEW THE DATES
THAT THEY WERE COMING IN, AND WE
KNEW THAT THERE WERE GOING TO BE
CONVERSATIONS THERE THAT WERE
GOING TO BE VERY REVEALING AND,
BOY, WERE THEY.
DAVID: SO, MIRANDA, VERY
QUICKLY, AT LEAST WE’RE ABLE TO
GET FOIA REQUESTS ANSWERED.
YES, IT TAKES TOO LONG, THEY’RE
TRYING TO KEEP THIS INFORMATION
PRIVATE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE
BUBBLE HAS BURST NOW, THAT THE
CURTAIN HAS BEEN PULLED OFF TO
MIX MY METAPHORS HERE.
ARE WE GOING TO GET MORE
INFORMATION ON THIS, QUICKLY?
>> WELL, WE SHOULD.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOUR HAT OFF TO
THIS MAN.
HE’S ONE OF THE FEW REPUBLICANS
WHO ARE ACTUALLY WILLING TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
NOT JUST TALK FOR THE CAMERAS,
BUT ACTUALLY GO OUT AND DO A
FOIA REQUEST AND IS GET THIS
INFORMATION AND THEN, YOU KNOW,
GET IT OUT INTO THE PUBLIC.
THAT WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT
PIECE OF INFORMATION FOR THE
PUBLIC TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IF IS
HIDING.
THEY’RE KEEPING THIS SECRET FOR
A REASON, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT
AMERICANS DO NOT WANT WITH
MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL MIGRANTS
FLOODING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
BORDER AND THEN BEING FLOWN INTO
THEIR COMMUNITIES UNDER COVER OF
DARKNESS.
DAVID: YEAH.
NO, IT’S HORRIBLE.
BUT DON’T DISCOUNT THE WORK THAT
YOU DID ON THIS STORY TOO.
YOU REALLY BROUGHT IT TO THE
LIGHT OF THE VIEWERS AND THE
READERS OF THE NEW YORK POST.