NYC arrests drop by half.

What would happen if the cops in NYC just flat-out stopped arresting black people?  Here's your answer:

Across the city, officers made a total of 2,401 arrests, compared with 5,448 for the same week the year before - a 56 per cent reduction.

The declines came after a drastic drop in activity that began shortly after the murders of officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu on December 20.

However, police union leaders have denied that the declines represent any work action. But they have acknowledged that they've told staff to put their safety first. 

I speculate that "safety first" means

Now, do I -know- they've stopped arresting only black people? No, I don't know that. I'm sitting in my basement in the middle of rural Ontario, I have no special knowledge of NYPD scuttlebutt.

But I do know that according to the FBI crime statistics, pretty much half the crime in NYC or any other big city in the USA is done by black males. The other half is done by everybody else. 56% reduction looks just about right.

As union job actions go, this one is pure genius. All the rank-and-file cops just stop pulling over, questioning, ticketing, arresting, investigating or otherwise giving a crap about the black population of New York and their ill behavior. You can see the gears turning in their heads. "So, we're all racist/sexist/bigot/homophobes? So we got it in for the Black Man? Everything bad is our fault? No problem. Black guys are now sacred in NYC, we don't arrest nobody for nuttin'."

NYPD also stopped issuing traffic and parking citations.  You asked for it. since the 1960's you've been asking for it.  You finally got it.

Enjoy, Noo Yawk!

In other news, 10 million New York City denizens are now discovering the downside of gun control. I TOLD YOU.

The "I told you so!" Phantom