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Title: 'This is a tragedy': Forty-nine people shot over 72 hours in New York City
Post by: mystery-ak on August 17, 2020, 01:49:40 pm

'This is a tragedy': Forty-nine people shot over 72 hours in New York City
by Emma Colton, Social Media Manager
 | August 16, 2020 04:44 PM

Nearly 50 people were shot over a 72-hour span in New York City this weekend.

Between Thursday and Saturday, 49 people were shot in the largest city in the United States, as the uptick in gun violence continues this summer, according to the Gothamist.

The number of those shot over the three days is five times more than the eight who were shot during the same days last year. At least six people were killed by gunshot wounds over the 72 hours, compared to three homicides that took place during the same time last year.

There have been 1,087 shooting victims so far this year in 888 different incidents throughout the city. Last year at this time, there had been 577 shooting victims in 488 incidents in New York City, according to the Gothamist.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/this-is-a-tragedy-forty-nine-people-shot-over-72-hours-in-new-york-city (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/this-is-a-tragedy-forty-nine-people-shot-over-72-hours-in-new-york-city)
Title: Re: 'This is a tragedy': Forty-nine people shot over 72 hours in New York City
Post by: rustynail on August 17, 2020, 01:53:50 pm
Forget 'midnight basketball' those kids need range time.
Title: Re: 'This is a tragedy': Forty-nine people shot over 72 hours in New York City
Post by: dfwgator on August 17, 2020, 01:57:48 pm
You get what you vote for.
Title: Re: 'This is a tragedy': Forty-nine people shot over 72 hours in New York City
Post by: sneakypete on August 17, 2020, 05:49:16 pm
Is it,or is it a good start?
Title: Re: 'This is a tragedy': Forty-nine people shot over 72 hours in New York City
Post by: Fishrrman on August 17, 2020, 10:42:46 pm
dfw wrote:
"You get what you vote for."

Yep.
And this election, and the next one, and the next one, etc., etc., they're jes' gonna keep votin' for MORE of it.

There are some problems that simply don't have solutions...
Title: Re: 'This is a tragedy': Forty-nine people shot over 72 hours in New York City
Post by: Smokin Joe on August 17, 2020, 10:43:56 pm
Quote from: sneakypete on August 17, 2020, 05:49:16 pm
Is it,or is it a good start?
GMTA.... :whistle:
Title: Re: 'This is a tragedy': Forty-nine people shot over 72 hours in New York City
Post by: Gefn on August 19, 2020, 07:01:39 pm
Quote from: Smokin Joe on August 17, 2020, 10:43:56 pm
GMTA.... :whistle:

Agree.
Title: Re: 'This is a tragedy': Forty-nine people shot over 72 hours in New York City
Post by: aligncare on August 19, 2020, 07:59:10 pm
Yeah, we’re getting Chicago level numbers now, under the bewildered progressive mayor Bill De Blasio.

My hope is that just as Obama lead to Trump, De Blasio’s disastrous time as mayor will lead many New Yorkers to vote for a Giuliani-style, no nonsense, competent administrator and leader at City Hall.

If a rare creatures as that exists today in NYC government or private sector circles, I couldn’t say. Mostly just the same old ambitious leftist politicos waiting their shot.
Title: Re: 'This is a tragedy': Forty-nine people shot over 72 hours in New York City
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on August 19, 2020, 08:09:31 pm
It's not a "tragedy" ... it's the damn plan.
Title: Re: 'This is a tragedy': Forty-nine people shot over 72 hours in New York City
Post by: Fishrrman on August 19, 2020, 10:08:03 pm
aligncare wrote:
"My hope is that just as Obama lead to Trump, De Blasio’s disastrous time as mayor will lead many New Yorkers to vote for a Giuliani-style, no nonsense, competent administrator and leader at City Hall."

The problem is that it's going to be all-but impossible to find anyone who can fill the bill. How many young conservatives can be found of late in NYC, particularly in the governmental bureaucracy?
Can you name three...?