Trickle down economics may not work, but trickle down lawlessness certainly does. After 7 years of a lawless White House and Attorney General, ordinary people are imitating federal officials and their attitudes toward laws. It was only a matter of time before laws became optional under the Obama-Holder doctrine. One concept that politicians seem unable to understand is the the legal notion of jurisdiction. City officials may be able to reduce city ordinances to violations, but state laws are another matter. They just do not have jurisdiction. But again under Obama-Holder omniscient morally superior elitists can ignore inconvenient laws.
[From article]
A pair of bills proposed in the City Council would decriminalize several low-level offenses.
The list also includes bicycling on a sidewalk, being in a park after dark, littering, failing to obey a sign and making excessive noise.
Reverend Al Sharpton says over policing of minor crimes like these often creates tension between community and law enforcement.
“Until police understand mutual respect, we will continue having these tensions” he said.
The list also includes bicycling on a sidewalk, being in a park after dark, littering, failing to obey a sign and making excessive noise.
Reverend Al Sharpton says over policing of minor crimes like these often creates tension between community and law enforcement.
“Until police understand mutual respect, we will continue having these tensions” he said.
http://www.myfoxny.com/story/28902636/city-council-wants-to-decriminalize-low-level-crimes
City Council wants to decriminalize low level crimes
Posted: Apr 26, 2015 6:12 PM EDTUpdated: Apr 26, 2015 8:38 PM EDT
By MYFOX NEW YORK STAFF
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City Council wants to decriminalize low level crimes
Posted: Apr 26, 2015 6:12 PM EDTUpdated: Apr 26, 2015 8:38 PM EDT
By MYFOX NEW YORK STAFF
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[From article]
The city’s top cop also said that “if you remove the ability to have a penalty for [an] offense, then you lose the ability to be in control of the streets.”
Bratton’s dire prediction was his harshest assessment of a plan by Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverto to turn a host of anti-social behavior into civil offenses instead of crimes.
He made the comments outside a Citizens Crime Commission breakfast in Manhattan, where the state’s chief judge said “common sense” dictated that ignoring quality-of-life offenses could lead to more serious crimes.
But Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman also said the nearly 400,000 summonses issued in the city last year were overwhelming the court system.
Bratton’s dire prediction was his harshest assessment of a plan by Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverto to turn a host of anti-social behavior into civil offenses instead of crimes.
He made the comments outside a Citizens Crime Commission breakfast in Manhattan, where the state’s chief judge said “common sense” dictated that ignoring quality-of-life offenses could lead to more serious crimes.
But Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman also said the nearly 400,000 summonses issued in the city last year were overwhelming the court system.
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