One year ago, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was among those pushing for cuts to police budgets and slashing the number of officers:
De Blasio plans to cut NYPD budget by $1 billion as NYC shootings spike https://t.co/YsGCMphy5L pic.twitter.com/qJZxLq0FRt
— New York Post (@nypost) June 29, 2020
De Blasio is slashing the NYPD budget by a billion dollars. Good luck, New York City. pic.twitter.com/XinVXX3E44
— Ian Miles Cheong @ stillgray.substack.com (@stillgray) June 29, 2020
And how did that work out? Here’s what the mayor announced this morning:
#BREAKING: Mayor Bill de Blasio says: "We are going to flood the zone in Times Square with additional officers." pic.twitter.com/CMu4UtjMjB
— Forbes (@Forbes) June 28, 2021
How many lives have been lost and businesses ruined just because politicians like Bill de Blasio insisted on helping forward the Left’s anti-police narrative?
“dEfUnD tHe pOliCe”
— Keith Ciliotta (@Keith__Ciliotta) June 28, 2021
long way from ACAB https://t.co/RsrbzlIL8e
— Pinny Skete (@_skinnypete_) June 28, 2021
Apparently 'defunding the police' didn't work out so well. https://t.co/Fr38qf5kk2
— Mike LaChance (@MikeLaChance33) June 28, 2021
Maybe tourism doesn't come back for decades. NY has earned that.
— Edgernr (@BlernDirk) June 28, 2021
Unreal.