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(Chuck Muth)<\/em> \u2013 The New York Post <\/em>reported on Saturday that even drug dealers and murderers are critical of criminal justice reforms that have transformed the Big Apple into Dodge City\u2026<\/p>\n \u201cThis could be avoided if you just get the drugs off the street,\u201d Lawrence Downey, a career criminal accused of fatally knifing a WWE star\u2019s brother, told cops as he was collared for the brazen killing in front of a Midtown pizzeria last month.<\/em><\/p>\n Downey, 59, whose rap sheet stretches back to 1995, even pointed out to the arresting officers from the Midtown South Precinct, \u201cIt\u2019s so bad right now (it\u2019s) on your own block.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n The killing of 39-year-old Ronald Massaro was the second murder in the precinct this year, up from one in 2019. Burglaries increased 108% with 328 through Dec. 6 compared to 155 last year, and robberies rose 21% with 157 this year from 130 last year. There were three shootings up from none in 2019. \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n Downey, whose priors including a strangulation charge last year along with previous narcotics and assault arrests, clammed up once he got to the stationhouse, sources said. <\/em><\/p>\n Bail reform, with its revolving-door justice, and defund the police efforts have tied the hands of cops.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s no deterrence, even if you get arrested, you\u2019re not going to jail. \u2026 And why are politicians scratching their heads? Because they can\u2019t point the finger at themselves for all these bad decisions, and this is the most popular vote-getting tool right now \u2014 the anti-police vote,\u201d said Joseph Giacalone, a former NYPD detective sergeant who is a now a John Jay adjunct professor.<\/em><\/p>\n Prison should be for people we\u2019re afraid of, not people we\u2019re mad at.<\/p>\n People like Lawrence Downey.<\/p>\n But in New York, such criminals are continually issued get-out-of-jail-free cards.\u00a0 Catch\u2026and release.\u00a0 With deadly results.<\/p>\n And some want to bring this madness to Nevada?\u00a0 Thanks, but no thanks.<\/p>\n Catch & Release Chronicle<\/strong><\/p>\n * Most NYC perps arrested on gun charges soon walk free \u2014 even when they re-offend.\u00a0 \u201cAs of last week, the NYPD had arrested 3,765 individuals on gun charges in 2020; just 450 are in city or state custody \u2014 that is, in jail or prison. That means 88 percent of those at least caught with an illegal gun are now back on the streets.\u201d Click here<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n * \u2018Devil worshipper\u2019 accused of murdering man while out on bail on another homicide. \u201cI told the DA he should not get out,\u201d Roberts\u2019s mother Christina said. \u201cHe killed my son, he\u2019ll be killing again.\u201d\u00a0 Click here<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n FAMOUS LAST WORDS<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cNewly elected Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n\u2026announced he is immediately ending the cash bail system, adding that experts believe hundreds of incarcerated individuals would be eligible for released tomorrow under a new pretrial release policy. He said his office will also roll out a plan to eliminate all bail in the nation’s most populous county beginning January 1, 2021.\u201d \u2013 KVVU-TV \/ FOX5 Vegas, 12\/8\/20<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n