Another day, another woman thrown onto the tracks in New York City, this time in the Bronx:
𝙍𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥
NYC, we need your eyes and ears to find this individual who pushed a fellow New Yorker on the subway tracks at the Westchester and Jackson Avenue station in #TheBronx. Fortunately, she’s recovering, but if you have info—call @NYPDTips at #800577TIPS. pic.twitter.com/E1u1AVj4Ab
— Commissioner Sewell (@NYPDPC) June 7, 2022
The NYPD has since arrested Theodor Ellis for the crime who reportedly told cops he was “drinking, didn’t mean to push victim.”
He also “has numerous prior arrests dating back to 2006, including raps for aggravated harassment, narcotics, robbery, grand larceny, animal abuse, resisting arrest, obstruction and assault.”
Building more prisons is infrastructure.
“He has numerous prior arrests dating back to 2006, including raps for aggravated harassment, narcotics, robbery, grand larceny, animal abuse, resisting arrest, obstruction and assault.” https://t.co/lPJB6TuDpJ
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) June 10, 2022
This brings us to HuffPo journo Christopher Mathias, who called out lifelong NYC mom Elisabeth Stineberg who dared — DARED — to suggest she feels unsafe walking around the city she was born in.
Mathias tweeted:
“been in NYC for 13 years & there’s always been tweets like this to dunk on. there is a sustained bulls*it right-wing campaign to depict the city as a crime-ridden hellhole, about to collapse into chaos, and the only solution is….. more policing & disappearing homeless folks.”
been in NYC for 13 years & there's always been tweets like this to dunk on. there is a sustained bullshit right-wing campaign to depict the city as a crime-ridden hellhole, about to collapse into chaos, and the only solution is….. more policing & disappearing homeless folks https://t.co/QP2TntKNEc
— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) June 9, 2022
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This is the exact same thing we just told you about where libs are dunking on Patricia Arquette for worrying about crime in California. What is it with liberal dudes telling women what they *should* be afraid of or not?
It’s not a ruse:
this also isn't to say there aren't real problems. god knows there are so many, housing among the biggest. but the rampant crime framing is almost always a ruse for creating a bigger carceral state
— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) June 9, 2022
The Nation’s Dave Zirin felt the need to explain things to her as well:
You have to accept that this is statistical nonsense and a product of crime fears being ratcheted up dramatically by the right wing and centrist dems as a precursor to a brutal crackdown. You can either resist this or go with the fascistic flow. Please choose wisely.
— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) June 9, 2022
Another dude has entered the chat! The NYT’s Kurt Streeter:
Just checked out NYPD stats. Compared to 2001, NYC crime is down sharply in every major category and overall down 36 percent. The drop is 80 percent if we go back to 1990. Same holds true nationwide, more or less. Looking at the whole picture helps.
— Kurt Streeter (@kurtstreeter) June 9, 2022
Um, do they think women can’t understand stats? Because they can:
When I posted this I wasn't looking at statistics. I was responding to an overall feeling I had being in the city. But it appears from a simple Google search that this isn't nonsense or right wing propaganda. Theres been a definitive spike in crime. This seems like fact.
— Elizabeth Steinberg (@elisawine14) June 10, 2022
Yes, crime from the pre-Giuliani 90s is down. But here’s the crime spike over the past few years that the dude-brigade is ignoring:
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) June 7, 2022
And overall crime is also up year-over-year. From the NYPD:
Overall index crime in New York City increased by 27.8% in May 2022 compared with May 2021 (10,414 v. 8,149). Each of the seven major index crime categories saw increases, driven by a 42.1% increase in grand larceny (4,116 v. 2,897); a 28.3% rise in burglary (1,239 v. 966); and a 26.2% increase in robbery (1,506 v. 1,193).
Here’s Stineberg’s thread which is well worth a read:
“I’m a 42 year old born and raised New Yorker. Never in my entire life have I felt the fear, tension, and anxiety I feel living in NYC right now. The city is like a ticking time bomb. Like everytime I step outside my apartment something bad could happen. It’s scary to be here.”
I'm a 42 year old born and raised New Yorker. Never in my entire life have I felt the fear, tension, and anxiety I feel living in NYC right now. The city is like a ticking time bomb. Like everytime I step outside my apartment something bad could happen. It's scary to be here.
— Elizabeth Steinberg (@elisawine14) June 8, 2022
Another NYC mom responded: “It’s the first time in my life that I feel dread rather than relief being here.”
It's the first time in my life that I feel dread rather than relief being here.
— NYC Angry Mom (@angrybklynmom) June 8, 2022
“100%. Like that feeling when you landed at JFK after being somewhere else and you saw the skyline up ahead as you headed home and you were like, god it’s good to be back in the greatest city on earth. I really miss that feeling.”
100%. Like that feeling when you landed at JFK after being somewhere else and you saw the skyline up ahead as you headed home and you were like, god it's good to be back in the greatest city on earth. I really miss that feeling.
— Elizabeth Steinberg (@elisawine14) June 8, 2022
“YES!!! I know exactly what you mean!”
YES!!! I know exactly what you mean!
— NYC Angry Mom (@angrybklynmom) June 8, 2022
“😔 Strangers in our own home.”
😔 Strangers in our own home
— Elizabeth Steinberg (@elisawine14) June 8, 2022
Anyway, the police are looking for these murderers. Maybe those dude reporters can help put the word out?
🚨WANTED for HOMICIDE: Do you know these guys? On 5/25/22 at approx. 8:26 PM, in front of 257 Lexington Ave in Brooklyn, a 61-year-old male was found with trauma to the head, causing his death. Any info? DM @NYPDTips, or anonymously call 800-577-TIPS. pic.twitter.com/cfAj4wKlza
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) June 9, 2022
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