Good upstanding people with morals and integrity have rights too.

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Donald trump's fault. He was in charge when this happened

Wow what a shit show

Thank God Rikers didn’t kill him extrajudiciously by forcing him to take illegal drugs

That is true, but for the Central Park Five there was no physical evidence that connected any of the teens to the scene.

I was thinking more in a situation where there is evidence beyond a reasonable doubt. (Eg. clear video footage used to identify the individual and victim hospital records assuming she had a rape kit test done)

This suspect also got an ROR for the exact same type of sexual assault.

I understand it's due process, but damn.. feels like we're failing our citizens

The fact that when this was first reported on everyone in the comments was calling it that the guy had prior convictions. It comes out he literally got caught 4 years ago doing the exact same thing is just not surprising at all. NYC needs to get its shit together or everyone is going to leave.

> I can forgive shoplifting

Easy when you are not the shop owner! Go ahead and Virtue Signal at the expense of others.

How has it been ruined by cars? What was it like before cars?

The city could easily build paths underneath/above the roadway for pedestrians. Just like they do for the LIE and Van Wyck Expressway nearby.

Damn that’s pretty convenient

>Why aren't we actually prosecuting violent crimes?

We are, but not very successfully.

This thread below (now locked by the mods) covered how that guy, even if arrested for a felony, has a system stacked in his favor (15 to 1 to not get a felony conviction).

https://www.reddit.com/r/nyc/comments/11j3msr/comment/jb1i9df/?context=3

By reddit standards, that thread had a rather cordial and informative discussion about the topic.

COVID absolutely played a huge role. Courts had to cancel a bunch of hearings and trials, which then got rescheduled and pushed other hearings and trials back, etc. Courts were already struggling with the workload pre-COVID and they haven’t caught up since.

Imagine how much harder it was in 1920.

> The perpetrators also told each other to cover their faces to evade prosecution and to use the term “Zionists” instead of Jews, apparently to avoid allegations of antisemitism.

But very serious people assured me “antizionism” is never just a cover for antisemitism.

They didn't even tell us the location of the NYC stores that are closing. Here are the rest of the details they skimped on:

> "In New York City, the two Amazon Go stores at the cross-section of Maiden Lane and Pearl and on Park Ave South will permanently close down on April 1, Gizmodo reported." ~ K. Masing on 3/6/23.

• Location 1: 110 Maiden Ln

• Location 2: 315 Park Ave S

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Yeah, could very well be. I imagine there are a number of procedural delays, especially in a case such as that which involved eyewitness testimony. Covid may have also played a role after 2020.

I've been following the case of an accused arsonist since he was arrested in 2019. Seems like this isn't necessarily so uncommon. Many of the delays are from the defense, especially if their client is free.

The arsonist? He may prefer being on Rikers to being sent up the river. If you think Rikers isn't fun, Sing Sing is even less fun.

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I'm pretty far left and believe in reforming when possible, but what is going on these days in a lot of major cities? Why aren't we actually prosecuting violent crimes? To some degree I can forgive shoplifting, and minor Marijuana possession charges need to be cleared right now, but violent crime seems like such a no brainer

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Bail reform yeah.

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