The Policing Crisis in New York City
The city is sinking into lawlessness, and the mayor blathers on about ‘sensitivity.’
By Kyle Smith
National Review Online
On Tuesday afternoon in Manhattan, cops carried out a routine arrest of an 18-year-old New York activist who is suspected of disabling police cameras by spraying paint on them. The person is suspected of this for very good reason: There are videos starring the perpetrator carrying out the act in question. (Allegedly.) The arresting officers were plainclothes members of the NYPD. The video of the arrest, in which plainclothes officers and uniformed police using bikes as barriers efficiently collar the subject, went “viral,” meaning it became attractive to stupid people who evidently have never seen Serpico or The Wire and insisted this was a “kidnapping” carried out by “stormtroopers,” presumably acting at the behest of Darth Trumper.
Plainclothes officers, in unmarked vehicles, are an essential crime-fighting tool and have been deployed for a very long time. Even a lintbrain such as Mayor Bill de Blasio, or Governor Andrew Cuomo, knows this. Yet what did they both do? Explain to the public how policing works? Of course not. They both denounced the police.
Cuomo was especially obtuse, calling the cops’ actions “outrageous,” because when you’re governor of New York, you’re at a remove from municipal police activity.
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Tuesday, 9 December 2014
Nanny Bloomberg Unmasked
The Witch Who Eats Children
Nanny Bloomberg, when he was mayor of New York, was always hectoring folk to make them healthy, wealthy and wise. Nanny passed lots of laws banning things like sugar--all in the effort to prevent people from living in ways that Nanny did not approve. "It was for their own good," he said, as he departed for fresh pastures and campaigns.
Most New Yorkers, who love the Nanny State, thought that Bloomie was an all-round good guy. He cared, that's why he passed all these laws telling us when to eat and drink and what profile our noses should assume as we breath the no-longer-free air. He loves us.
Except that now Nanny Bloomberg's mask has been stripped off. He is exposed as an evil witch who kills and eats children. Eric Garner was choked to death by the New York police whilst being arrested. For what was he arrested, you ask? For breaking one of Nanny Bloomberg's laws. He was selling cigarettes on the street, free of Bloomberg's onerous, prohibitive taxes. He was a criminal, said the police. He had a record. He had been arrested previously 31 times. For what? Murder? Rape? Theft? No. He had been arrested 31 times for selling "illegal" cigarettes. For that he deserved to die.
you will never see fascism like a liberal trying to collect taxes. 
May we suggest that instead of a criminal, Mr Garner was--in some senses--a patriot. Here is Douglas Wilson's take on the matter:
Nanny Bloomberg, when he was mayor of New York, was always hectoring folk to make them healthy, wealthy and wise. Nanny passed lots of laws banning things like sugar--all in the effort to prevent people from living in ways that Nanny did not approve. "It was for their own good," he said, as he departed for fresh pastures and campaigns.
Most New Yorkers, who love the Nanny State, thought that Bloomie was an all-round good guy. He cared, that's why he passed all these laws telling us when to eat and drink and what profile our noses should assume as we breath the no-longer-free air. He loves us.
Except that now Nanny Bloomberg's mask has been stripped off. He is exposed as an evil witch who kills and eats children. Eric Garner was choked to death by the New York police whilst being arrested. For what was he arrested, you ask? For breaking one of Nanny Bloomberg's laws. He was selling cigarettes on the street, free of Bloomberg's onerous, prohibitive taxes. He was a criminal, said the police. He had a record. He had been arrested previously 31 times. For what? Murder? Rape? Theft? No. He had been arrested 31 times for selling "illegal" cigarettes. For that he deserved to die.
you will never see fascism like a liberal trying to collect taxes. May we suggest that instead of a criminal, Mr Garner was--in some senses--a patriot. Here is Douglas Wilson's take on the matter:
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
There's Blood on the Streets
Gangs of New York
New York is a happening place--provided you enjoy watching internecine warfare. The newly elected Mayor, Bill de Blasio is an automaton of extreme left wing progressivism. The overwhelmingly progressive city is becoming uncomfortably discombobulated. It a "progressivism, but not as we know it" kind of reaction.
One of the friction points is a battle between the previously burgeoning charter school movement and the teacher unions. Big Bill favours shutting charter schools down in favour of bog standard government schools because everyone should get the same. Egalitarian folly, but its what leftist ideology adoringly celebrates, until it experiences it.
The Wall Street Journal recently provided some colour.
Firstly, charter schools have been going ahead in leaps and bounds in New York, against a backdrop of under performing, failing government schools districts.
New York is a happening place--provided you enjoy watching internecine warfare. The newly elected Mayor, Bill de Blasio is an automaton of extreme left wing progressivism. The overwhelmingly progressive city is becoming uncomfortably discombobulated. It a "progressivism, but not as we know it" kind of reaction.
One of the friction points is a battle between the previously burgeoning charter school movement and the teacher unions. Big Bill favours shutting charter schools down in favour of bog standard government schools because everyone should get the same. Egalitarian folly, but its what leftist ideology adoringly celebrates, until it experiences it.
The Wall Street Journal recently provided some colour.
Firstly, charter schools have been going ahead in leaps and bounds in New York, against a backdrop of under performing, failing government schools districts.
Tuesday, 18 February 2014
Soup Nazis
Ubiquitous Food Police
One of the most famous episodes in Seinfeld is the Soup Nazi. It has probably been watched more than any other. (In case you have missed it, there is a YouTube highlights version below.)
As life once again imitates art, years later we find ourselves beset by food Nazis of all kinds, telling us what to eat and, more importantly, what not to eat. But the matter does not stop at nagging and hectoring. It is ironic that Seinfeld, which was such an acute insightful commentary upon New York City and New Yorkers, has ended up parodying-in-advance the actual charge by Nanny Mayor Bloomberg to rule and regulate what New Yorkers can and cannot eat. Bloomberg became the actual incarnation of the Soup Nazi, aspiring to control every part of the human anatomy--for our own good, naturally. And so it has come to pass that Food Police are now everywhere--yearning and lusting for the reins of power--passing rules, regulating, and controlling, all to protect us from ourselves. Bovine New Yorkers love it. The rest of us? Not so much.
One of the most famous episodes in Seinfeld is the Soup Nazi. It has probably been watched more than any other. (In case you have missed it, there is a YouTube highlights version below.)
As life once again imitates art, years later we find ourselves beset by food Nazis of all kinds, telling us what to eat and, more importantly, what not to eat. But the matter does not stop at nagging and hectoring. It is ironic that Seinfeld, which was such an acute insightful commentary upon New York City and New Yorkers, has ended up parodying-in-advance the actual charge by Nanny Mayor Bloomberg to rule and regulate what New Yorkers can and cannot eat. Bloomberg became the actual incarnation of the Soup Nazi, aspiring to control every part of the human anatomy--for our own good, naturally. And so it has come to pass that Food Police are now everywhere--yearning and lusting for the reins of power--passing rules, regulating, and controlling, all to protect us from ourselves. Bovine New Yorkers love it. The rest of us? Not so much.
Tuesday, 7 January 2014
Socialism Its Own Worst Enemy
New York Household Idols To Fall Out of Favour
One of the best cures for a people wedded to the naive ideals and faux justice of socialism is to experience more of it. New York has long been a "progressive" city: that is, it has a strong proclivity towards big interventionist governments. The departing Mayor Bloomberg fitted the stereotype really well. He was nanny state personified, passing rules, regulations, and wowser laws to try and regulate every part of the human anatomy and human behaviour. New Yorkers grumbled a bit, but basically they loved it. They loved being bossed and nannied by Sharkey. It made them feel that all is right with the world.
Now the electorate has doubled down, electing as mayor a chap who is not just a nannying Big Brother but a dyed in the wool, old-school, long term socialist radical. De Blasio ticks all their boxes. So the voters ticked his ballot paper. New Yorkers are about to get a dose of good old fashioned ideological socialism. It may help cure them of their folly--at least for a while.
One thing de Blasio opposes (and campaigned against) is charter schools.
One of the best cures for a people wedded to the naive ideals and faux justice of socialism is to experience more of it. New York has long been a "progressive" city: that is, it has a strong proclivity towards big interventionist governments. The departing Mayor Bloomberg fitted the stereotype really well. He was nanny state personified, passing rules, regulations, and wowser laws to try and regulate every part of the human anatomy and human behaviour. New Yorkers grumbled a bit, but basically they loved it. They loved being bossed and nannied by Sharkey. It made them feel that all is right with the world.
Now the electorate has doubled down, electing as mayor a chap who is not just a nannying Big Brother but a dyed in the wool, old-school, long term socialist radical. De Blasio ticks all their boxes. So the voters ticked his ballot paper. New Yorkers are about to get a dose of good old fashioned ideological socialism. It may help cure them of their folly--at least for a while.
One thing de Blasio opposes (and campaigned against) is charter schools.
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