Weeping NYC grandpa describes being shoved onto subway tracks, begs Eric Adams to curb crime

[Valletta]

Baptiste was on his way to his job in Manhattan on Sunday when police say 21-year-old Deshaun Smith came up behind him and suddenly slugged him in the back of the head.

Deshaun then allegedly shoved Baptiste onto the tracks and ran off. Cops caught up with him and charged him with assault Monday.

He’s now being held at Rikers Island on $20,000 cash bail, court officials said.

The assault at the 149th Street 4-train station is just one in a recent rash of transit attacks.
Weeping NYC grandpa describes being shoved onto subway tracks, begs Eric Adams to curb crime

The photo caption does say that Deshaun asserts he punched Baptiste in self-defense. But whether he is convicted of anything or not, I really think Adams and other Democrat mayors need to go back to what has worked for crime control in the past. I know it's not woke.

 

[public hermit]

Baptiste was on his way to his job in Manhattan on Sunday when police say 21-year-old Deshaun Smith came up behind him and suddenly slugged him in the back of the head.

Deshaun then allegedly shoved Baptiste onto the tracks and ran off. Cops caught up with him and charged him with assault Monday.

He’s now being held at Rikers Island on $20,000 cash bail, court officials said.

The assault at the 149th Street 4-train station is just one in a recent rash of transit attacks.
Weeping NYC grandpa describes being shoved onto subway tracks, begs Eric Adams to curb crime

The photo caption does say that Deshaun asserts he punched Baptiste in self-defense. But whether he is convicted of anything or not, I really think Adams and other Democrat mayors need to go back to what has worked for crime control in the past. I know it's not woke.

What was working before?

I like the idea of building more homeless shelters and providing more care for the mentally ill. I don't know if those improvements would have prevented this incident, but I'm sure those things are needed if they are living in the subway.

 

[Valletta]

What was working before?

I like the idea of building more homeless shelters and providing more care for the mentally ill. I don't know if those improvements would have prevented this incident, but I'm sure those things are needed if they are living in the subway.

New York City was terrible for crime, what was implemented was starting earlier on the criminals, dealing with smaller things like graffiti in the subway trains and jumping over the turnstiles to get on the subway. Mayor Guiliani The implemented an attitude of expectation. And of course that should also be in the schools, Joe Clark was extremely effective in taking arguably the worst high school in New York City and reforming it. Changing the expectation, just the opposite of today's schools. For drunk driving they would seize vehicles, and the people would have to show up in civil court and explain why they should get their car back. You get them early on their first offense, demonstrate there are consequences. And the mayor focused the police department more on crime prevention instead of how may arrests they made. They looked at the statistics, what crimes were rising, and the commanders would discuss what could be done. They also looked at complaints about police, see what they were about, and focused on improving.