NYC Democrat demands firings after violent criminal is released early, then arrested in triple slashing
By Michael Ruiz Fox News
Published November 25, 2024 10:10am EST
Homeless New York City suspect seen preparing for deadly stabbing spree
Ramon Rivera, who faces three charges of first-degree serial murder, is seen putting on gloves and preparing a knife in Nov. 18 surveillance footage captured before he allegedly killed three people in New York City.
U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres, a Democrat from the Bronx, blasted New York leaders over the weekend for failed criminal justice reforms that enabled "a homicidal rampage" in broad daylight last week, resulting in the murders of three innocent people at the hands of a violent, mentally ill man released from custody early.
"The bureaucrat in DOC [Department of Correction] who authorized the early release of Ramon should be fired," Torres wrote in a fiery letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York Mayor Eric Adams, both Democrats. "Those who cannot be entrusted with public safety should no longer be employed by the people of New York."
He added that "layers upon layers of government failure" enabled Ramon Rivera, an eight-time criminal whose most recent stint behind bars involved a transfer to the psych ward at Bellevue Hospital, where he attacked a correction officer.
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