Some people call New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio an idiot.
I disagree. He is not an idiot. An idiot does stupid, mindless things because he is incapable of doing better. De Blasio is capable of doing better and does stupid, mindless things anyway.
Like letting some criminals out of jail on the grounds that, in jail, they might get COVID-19.
Apart from the fact that, using this “logic”, every criminal should be let out of jail, it stands to reason that criminals, given a free pass on their criminality, are going to engage in more criminal acts.
With the above in mind, please read these excerpts from Craig McCarthy, Ruth Weissmann and Jorge FitzGibbon’s article in the New York Post:
Dozens of inmates freed from city jails over fears they were vulnerable to the coronavirus have wasted no time plaguing the city with new crimes, The Post has learned.
At least 50 of the 1,500 inmates cut loose amid fears of the spread of COVID-19 behind bars in recent weeks have already landed back in jail — and in some cases were set free yet again, according to police sources and records.
The re-offenders — just over 3 percent of those released — include a Rikers Island inmate initially jailed for allegedly setting his girlfriend’s door on fire and choking her mother, who was released early only to return to the Bronx apartment and allegedly threaten to kill the whole family.
Another prisoner who is accused of assaulting a Department of Homeless services officer and was later set free was arrested for punching an agency sergeant just two days after his release, records show.
Yet another, who was serving a 60-day sentence for theft, was charged with burglarizing Queens’ Singh Farm grocery store to the tune of more than $9,000 three weeks after his early release.
“Obviously, I’m not feeling good about it,” store owner Deepti Khurana said of the release. “You release him early and you leave him open to go and rob more people. No, I’m not completely satisfied with this thing. I’m not getting this.
In little more than one month (they were all released since March 16th), three percent are already right back in jail. And who knows how many crimes have been committed by other released criminals who have not been caught?
Oh, did I mention that, among these 1,500, over one-third – 536 – were felons, and 329 of the committed violent felonies?
How nice of De Blasio to protect them from possibly contracting COVID-19. Now: who protects the general public from them?
No, you don’t have to be an idiot to do things that are idiotic. And the proof of this statement is not hard to find: it occasionally shows up for work in the New York City Mayor’s office.
Yes- this man is a idiot- no question about that. perhaps one of the felons that he unleashed on the public will mug his wife or shoot his kids- then what will he say? just asking?