And this is huge -- Laity is bringing his weight and power to a RECALL PETITION!
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https://www.change.org/p/constituents-r ... -en-us%3A0REMOVE MANHATTAN DA BRAGG. DEMAND A RECALL ELECTION NOW.
DEMAND RECALL started this petition to Constituents
Newly elected Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced via memo that he will not prosecute certain “low-level” crimes, all while promising to downgrade criminal charges and to decriminalize crimes such as resisting arrest.
While DA Bragg experiments with dangerous policy, Manhattan’s most vulnerable citizens and business owners remain at risk.
In response, gubernatorial candidate Andrew Giuliani is calling on Governor Hochul to issue proceedings for the removal of DA Alvin Bragg (Section 34-Proceedings for removal by Governor in NYS legislation). It is deeply irresponsible of the DA to state that prosecutors will “make incarceration a matter of last resort," when prosecuting criminal activity. To "not seek carceral sentence other than for homicide" exposes Braggs ignorance, and inability to defend and protect his constituents.
Joined with Curtis Sliwa, Giuliani and Sliwa are additionally calling on New York State to allow for recall elections, if and when a publicly elected official fails to fulfill their role effectively. New York deserves the chance to RECALL any elected official if there is basis, as seen in California’s election laws. New York City deserves better.
Laity posted it on Facebook only 11 hours ago and look at these results! He's really tapped into the zeitgeist again.
0 have signed. Let’s get to 1,500!
At 1,500 signatures, this petition is more likely to get picked up by local news!
But gosh, what could be Laity's issue with Bragg? Just can't think of it.
Alvin Leonard Bragg Jr. is an American lawyer and Democratic politician from the state of New York. On November 2, 2021, Bragg was elected as the New York County District Attorney, becoming the first African-American and the first person of color elected to that office. Wikipedia
Born: October 21, 1973 (age 48 years), Harlem, New York, NY
Oh wait, could it be
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-racis ... t-black-daThe Racists Wasted No Time Smearing Manhattan’s First Black DA
COMMON SENSE
Alvin Bragg won office on a promise to make the city safer by only locking up people who do significant harm. But the moral panic began after he put out his plan for doing that.
Kali Holloway Published Jan. 11, 2022 4:55AM ET
Early last week, newly sworn-in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg sent a memo to staff in which he briefly recounted his personal experiences with the inadequacies and inequities of New York City’s criminal justice system, before announcing changes to prosecutorial policy aimed at fixing them. “Data, and my personal experiences show that reserving incarceration for matters involving significant harm will make us safer,” Manhattan’s first Black district attorney emphasized. The top prosecutor went on to instruct staff to cease charging petty, low-level crimes—subway fare evasion, marijuana misdemeanors, prostitution and resisting arrest, among them—and to seek bail and jail time only in cases involving violence, sex abuse, and major financial offenses. Prosecutors should also ask for “no more than a maximum of 20 years,” Bragg advised, directing staff overseeing the most extreme cases to consider restorative justice as an alternative to simply tacking on years to sentences. “These policy changes not only will, in and of themselves, make us safer; they also will free up prosecutorial resources to focus on violent crime,” Bragg concluded, adding that “while my commitment to making incarceration a matter of last resort is immutable,” the policies he had identified would continue to be shaped by discussion and practice.
That’s all common sense and common decency and yet, in local and national headlines, Bragg, a former prosecutor whose memo delivered on the promises he made as a candidate, is being portrayed as the face of chaos, lawlessness and the Democrat party. It’s a full-on moral panic. Nationally, Fox News has run story after story, from New York City can expect to see more brazen crime this year, to Gowdy obliterates Manhattan District Attorney for 'hug-a-thug' crime approach: 'Dangerously stupid.' Locally, the Post insisted Bragg had given “a green light for anarchy.” Detectives’ Endowment Association President Paul DiGiacomo suggested Bragg may as well have given “drug dealers business cards telling everyone they’re open for business,” and Police Benevolent Association head Pay Lynch—in an uncharacteristically measured message, at least for him—expressed “serious concerns.” GOP Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay claimed “Bragg should not be allowed to hold his office,” as does Republican governor long shot and attention-thirsty Andrew Giuliani, who held a press conference to demand Bragg be removed.
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The idea that Bragg is letting Black folks walk free is the subtext of at least some of the criticisms against him at this early date, embedded in takes like Republican Assemblyman Mike Lawler’s description of the new D.A.’s policies as “insanity in the name wokeness,” or radio talker Mark Simone’s insistence that Bragg is “the most reviled person in NY.” (Really? You think most New Yorkers even know who Bragg is?) Instead of pandering to white fears that criminalize Blackness, declaring himself the “top cop” or taking some other highly problematic stance, Bragg is dialing things back.
This is all to say that the freakout over Bragg’s tenure is both misplaced and calculated—not unlike the responses to “progressive prosecutors” George Gascon in Los Angeles, Larry Krasner in Philadelphia and Chesa Boudin in San Francisco. Two weeks into his term, members of the business-industry group Partnership for New York City are talking about triggering a recall effort, despite the fact that no such process in fact exists in New York. Perhaps they just hate the idea of having a district attorney who, as he’s told numerous audiences, has been in the crosshairs of police guns, put up bail for relatives, and provided housing for a loved one attempting to adjust post-incarceration. Bragg’s policies seem influenced by firsthand insight, empathy and experience—he’s a former federal prosecutor, co-director of the Racial Justice Project at New York Law School, and counsel for Eric Garner’s family in their successful bid to get a rare judicial review of his killing. “Gun crime is on the rise. Domestic violence is on the rise. We’ve got sexual assault. That’s what was going on with the status quo. So we know we need a change to address that. And the way to do that, is partner with traditional public safety methods, is to invest in our communities. Racial disparity’s rife in our system. We criminalize poverty every day of the week,” Bragg said at an event last weekend. “We know that our first civil right is the right to walk safely to our corner store. But we also know that safety has got to be based in our community and fairness. It cannot be driven solely by incarceration.” “This is going to make us safer. It’s intuitive. It’s commonsense,” he stated. “I don’t understand the pushback.”
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