Nets Silent on New York City DA Vowing to Let Violent Criminals Walk Free

The broadcast media were focused on the January 6 anniversary and promoting the election for political gains in the next midterms. However, they deliberately ignored the violence in New York City. Alvin Bragg, a newly elected District Attorney, promised that violent criminals would be allowed to go free under his progressive Democratic criminal justice reform program. This was at a moment when New York City was experiencing an increase in violent crime.

Instead of reporting on how Bragg was going to let drug dealers, armed robbers, burglarsAnd more walk the streets of New York unabated, ABC’s World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, and NBC Nightly News A total of 22 minutes, 16 seconds were spent on January 6, and related topics.

Broken down, ABC was the best at 11 minutes 17 seconds. NBC came in second at 6 minutes 52 seconds. CBS was third at 4 minutes 7 seconds.

Meanwhile, on Fox News Channel’s Special ReportThey also covered the January 6 anniversary and gave New York’s crime story the coverage it needed in a 2 minute 27 second report.

“New York City’s new district attorney says he will stop seeking prison sentences for a number of offenses ranging from certain robberies, weapons possession charges, and drug dealing offenses,” announced anchor Bret Baier. “That announcement comes while New York City’s new mayor, Eric Adams, pledges to take a tough stance on crime.”

In a conversation with Fox News senior correspondent Eric Shawn, Bragg suggests he knows crime because he’s been on the receiving end of it. Yet he bizarrely suggested the people holding knives and guns to him weren’t criminals:

BRAGG : My neck was pierced with a knife. I’ve had a semi-automatic weapon to my head. These issues are very real to me. It is not clear that what we do now works. This is the way forward. So, we can decrease violent crime.

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SHAWN – Would his policies grant criminals the green light to do their work?

BRAGG: No! It just depends on what you define as a criminal. And for all too long, we’ve kind of dealt with this othering of anyone we put in jail is a criminal.

Noting that Bragg will pursue “alternatives” to incarceration, Shawn reported, “He will no longer incarcerate lawbreakers unless it’s murder, a crime that involves someone’s death, or a felony.”

Adding: “Bragg will largely no longer enforce trespass crimes, resists arrest, and sex work and he’s reducing charges that could mean no jail time for some armed robbery arrests, stealing from stores or storage areas of homes, and dealing drugs.”

Shawn also spoke with Jennifer Harrison, the founder of Victims’ Rights NY, who said Bragg “is paving the way for an even bigger blood bath than what we have seen in New York City already. Ruining any chances of that the city has to come back.”

“Progressive Democrats are also supporting other controversial DAs like in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Philadelphia who are pushing policies similar to Bragg’s. Those cities have recently seen a sharp increase in violent crime,” Shawn concluded.

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Below is the transcript. Click “expand to read:

Fox News Channel’s Special Report
January 5, 2022
Eastern, 6:09:51

BRET BAIER: New York City’s district attorney has announced that he won’t seek prison sentences for certain offenses, including drug-dealing offenses, weapons possession charges and certain robberies. This announcement is made while Eric Adams, New York City’s mayor, promises to be tough on crime. Eric Shawn, senior correspondent from New York, shows us this evening.

[Cuts to video]

ERIC SHAWN – You can commit a crime without ever getting the chance to get caught. Critics believe that is Alvin Bragg’s message to the new, progressive Manhattan district Attorney.

Bragg’s dramatic reversal in traditional law enforcement methods will emphasize diversification and alternative options like crisis intervention over jail time. He won’t put lawbreakers behind bars if it is murder, a crime that causes death or a felony.

Bragg says his goal is, quote, “safety and fairness.”

ALVIN BRADLEY (New York County District Attorney): A knife was stuck to my neck. I’ve had a semi-automatic weapon to my head. These issues are very real to me. It isn’t clear that what we do now works. This is the way forward. So, we can decrease violent crime.

SHAWN: Bragg will largely no longer enforce trespass crimes, resists arrest, and sex work and he’s reducing charges that could mean no jail time for some armed robbery arrests, stealing from stores or storage areas of homes, and dealing drugs.

Bragg’s free hand to criminals is a source of outrage for police unions as well as criminal justice advocates.

JENNIFER HARRISON (Victims’ Rights NY, founder): He is paving the way for an even bigger blood bath than what we have seen in New York City already. It is ruining all chances that this city will ever recover.

SHAWN – Would his policies grant criminals the green light to do their work?

BRAGG: No! It just depends on what you define as a criminal. And for all too long, we’ve kind of dealt with this othering of anyone we put in jail is a criminal.

What do you know? You know what? We put in prison homeless people who used one counterfeit bank bill to buy toothpaste and food. A sentence of four to eight years was handed down. If that is your definition of criminality, then I recommend we reorder our priorities.

[Cuts back to live]

SHAWN: Progressive Democrats are also supporting other controversial DAs like in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Philadelphia who are pushing policies similar to Bragg’s. These cities recently saw a dramatic increase in violence. Bret.

BAIER: Eric.