Shootings and murders are way up this year in New York City and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is sure she knows why. According to the stunningly stupid Rep., violent crime is spiking in NYC because desperate people are stealing bread to feed their hungry children. AOC says a lot of dumb things but this may be the dumbest. I know we say that a lot here at Def-Con News, but every time she opens her mouth she out-stupids the last time.
The Hill got a hold of some AOC video from a virtual town hall:
AOC on increased NYC crime: “Maybe this has to do with the fact that people aren’t paying their rent & are scared to pay their rent & so they go out & they need to feed their child & they don’t have money so… they feel like they either need to shoplift some bread or go hungry.” pic.twitter.com/oHSTWWJZ6a
— The Hill (@thehill) July 12, 2020
AOC started by saying the $1 billion cut in the NYPD budget had nothing to do with the recent spike in violent crime, adding that it wasn’t even really a budget cut. She followed that by claiming the bail reform in which criminals are let go as soon as they are arrested also had no impact on the rising violent crime in the city.
If it ain’t that stuff, what does AOC blame for the shocking amount of violent crime in NYC. I’m glad you asked:
“So why is this uptick in crime happening? Well, let’s think about it,” started Ocasio-Cortez.
Stand back, folks. AOC is about to think.
“Do we think this has to do with the fact that there is record unemployment in the United States right now?” Ocasio-Cortez asked.
I don’t think that, but I’m not a moron.
“The fact that people are at a level of economic desperation that the have not seen since the great recession?” Ocasio-Cortez pondered.
There was no similar spike in violent crime during the great recession, so that’s another “no.”
“Maybe this has to do with the fact that people aren’t paying their rent and are scared to pay their rent and so they go out and they need to feed their child and they don’t have money so…they’re put in a position where they feel like they either need to shoplift some bread or go hungry,” said Ocasio-Cortez.
The thing is, petty theft is down 7.5% in NYC this year. And, according to NBC New York, shootings and murders are way the hell up:
NYPD statistics show a dramatic increase in homicides and shootings in the first six months of 2020 compared to the same period of time last year.
According to the NYPD, 178 homicides were reported in New York City so far this year. The statistics include information through June 30. This is a 21 percent increase from the number homicides reported during the same time last year when the city saw 147 homicides.
Shootings have also seen a significant spike.
The city has seen 528 shooting incidents and 636 shooting victims this year through June 30. This translates to a 46 percent increase in incidents and a 53 percent increase in shooting victims compared to the same time last year when the city reported 362 incidents and 415 victims.
How does people shoplifting bread to feed their children result in shooting and murder increases like that? The reality is, if someone were caught stealing a loaf of bread in NYC, they wouldn’t even be arrested so the bread-theft numbers wouldn’t be reflected in crime statistics and certainly not violent crime statistics.
Maybe bread is the new crack or Air Jordans in that black people are shooting each other over it. They be pumping suckas full of lead for dat pumpernickel bread. If only we had AOC’s socialism and breadlines to avoid all of this unnecessary bread-related violence.
I can’t actually find any proof that the spike in violent crime in NYC is connected to the illegal bread street trade, so I’m going to go with the theory that AOC is an idiot.
