Trump pledges to step in if de Blasio does not control spike in New York violence

US President Donald Trump warned New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio that the federal government would be forced to intervene if the mayor's office was unable to control the continued rise in violent crime in the city. Writes about it Fox News.

“We need law and order,” Trump wrote. "If the mayor cannot do it, then we will."

Eric Adams, President of the Brooklyn District and former NYPD captain, said he did not see "the level of reaction that should come from a city when there is a high level of violence."

The report said there were gunfire over the weekend (August 15-16) in every district and there are 43 casualties, 10 times more than the same weekend in 2019.

He continued, "I would not like to think that we have become immune to violence based on the geographic location and ethnicity of the victims."

The report indicated that there have been 1087 gunfight victims in the city since the beginning of the year, up from 577 in the same period last year. The report says 263 people died in the city, up from 196 in 2019.

The shooting prompted the New York Post to publish an editorial titled "We Need Someone To Run For The Mayor Who Will Save New York."

“By the beginning of the de Blasio era, the murder rate had dropped by almost 90%. Today Gotham is plummeting again into an avalanche of shootings - but it can still be stopped, ”the editorial staff wrote.

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Thousands of New Yorkers are fleeing the city due to coronavirus and violence concerns. The Hartford Courant reported that 16 New Yorkers moved to Connecticut during the first three months of the pandemic.

This is not the first time Trump has called on a Democrat mayor to do something about the rise in violence and unrest over the protests surrounding the death of George Floyd.

The New York City Police Charity Association, which announced its support for Trump, tweeted about the recent bloody week in the city, which killed 12 and injured 69.

“The reasons are simple,” the police wrote. “The politicians of our city demonize us at every step and in the process deprive us of the necessary tools to remove weapons from the streets. When the cop is left to deal with crime with a light touch, violent gangs begin to terrorize New Yorkers. "