With a bar in Long Island taking bets on whether Chicago or New York will have more shooting this weekend, NYPD is trying hard to lose the shootout. From CBSLocalNews:
NYPD To Flood Streets With Officers Labor Day Weekend To Break ‘Tidal Wave’ Of Summer Violence, Chief Terence Monahan Says
September 3, 2020 at 8:09 pm Filed Under: Crime, Fausto Pichardo, Gun violence, Labor Day Weekend, Local TV, Marcia Kramer, New York, NYPD, Terence MonahanNEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The NYPD has drawn a line in the sand – vowing to flood the streets with police officers this Labor Day weekend, during a summer of escalating violence.
CBS2’s Marcia Kramer reports the department is not only aiming to stop the bloodshed, but also to break up traditional end of summer parties that could spread COVID-19.
“This summer we have experienced a tidal wave of violence,” said NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan, who announced plans to marshal an army of cops to try and stop the gun violence that has terrified New Yorkers.
“Let me be very clear, those who cause violence and endanger lives can expect to be arrested,” said Monahan.
Central Brooklyn will get special attention. Police said that’s where 26% of last month’s shootings happened. Most of it, police said, was gang related.
“We have to be concerned of the violence that we’re seeing right now. The gang violence, different crews have been attacking other crews,” said Monahan. “Make sure that the retaliation shootings that we’ve been seeing all summer don’t occur.”
But, the violence is not limited to Brooklyn.
The entire city has had 708 shootings since June 1, compared to 277 in 2019; and 899 victims, compared to 330 last year.
… But, in the city where anti-police protests forced Mayor Bill de Blasio to slash the police department’s budget, the need for more cops over the weekend is still being debated.
