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Editor’s note: This column was originally city journal.
Monday afternoon, a 17-year-old girl Shot near a public school in BrooklynShe helped prevent violent young people in New York from being held accountable for harming others through the Raise the Age Act of 2017, and has been the victim since the 204% increase in teenage shooting victims. just one of many black children
Last year, 78 more teenagers were shot than five years ago. Worse, by 2021, the number of black children murdered in NYC will nearly quadruple, and her 42 victims that year, or 80%, were black (including black Hispanics). was. That’s 25 more black youth killed than in 2017.
Violent victimization in New York City has long been a black problem, and the state’s recent criminal justice reforms have ensured that the most persistently violent individuals are freed against the most persistently vulnerable. It has been expanding ever since. The small fraction of people in the community responsible for this violence, if at all, shouldn’t worry too much. Be prosecuted (discovery reform 2020). Revokes parole even for criminal conduct (Less Is More Act of 2021). Or, if you’re a young offender, you’ll be sent to the adolescent section of a criminal court or face a judge who may even notice you’ve been arrested before (Raise the Age Act, 2017).
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It takes a deliberate effort to ignore the growing racial divide in victimization. In 2017, 55.7% of his 292 murder victims in the city were black (163). By 2021, more than two-thirds of his 488 murder victims were black (327). By comparison, in 2017 he had 28 white New Yorkers murdered. In 2021, that number will remain essentially unchanged at 29.
Albany County DA David Soares wrote that criminal justice reform “had the most devastating impact on black and brown communities.”
Unfortunately, willful ignorance is the norm in Albany. High-ranking black officials who championed these legislative changes in the name of black New Yorkers are now trying to cover up evidence that black communities are suffering the most under their reforms.
Last week, Albany County District Attorney David Soares was scheduled to testify before the New York state Senate hearing on criminal justice data. At the last minute, Senate attorneys withdrew Soares’ invitation by calling the New York District Attorneys Association (DAASNY) around 10 p.m. the night before the hearing. The concern, as Soares, a black man, recently noted, was to highlight data showing that recent criminal justice reforms have caused “black victims” and unfairly harmed “my community.” Instead, DAASNY President Anthony Jordan read Soares’ statement at the hearing. Receiving bad news from Jordan, who is white, made it easier for officials to dismiss it.
“These reforms had the most devastating effect on black and brown communities,” read Soares’ testimony. “If you look honestly at the data, whether it’s the increase in crime, the victims of those crimes, or the location of the most violent crimes, the connections are very clear.”
Senator Jamal Bailey, the black official presiding over the hearing, was outraged. I may be completely honest and candid. I’m curious how testimony like this gets before us at hearings.
To make matters worse, the number of black children murdered in NYC will nearly quadruple by 2021, with 42 victims that year, or 80%, being black (including black Hispanics). . This makes her 25 more black youngsters killed than in 2017.
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Senator Zelner Miley, also black, used all of the minutes allotted to her to write, “I don’t think this testimony is proper. I think it’s a political document. I don’t think DAASNY is trying in good faith to work with the legislature to arrive at the right solution.”
These officials refused to even accept the possibility that the reforms would be harmful, instead doubling down on their commitment to a weakened criminal justice system. Told. Children perpetuate racial disparities in the justice system. “
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Since Raise the Age went into effect, there have been approximately 312 Raise the Age cases in Albany County, where Soares is the District Attorney, involving only 230 defendants. Those who were arrested were detained as minors. Of those who were rearrested, 62% were rearrested for violent felonies,” read Soares’ testimony. , occurred in the Black District of Albany.
How do these reforms help the black community, as Myrie and Bailey argue? Are blacks only blacks when charged with crimes? , are the only true beneficiaries of these laws. Their cost to black victims is increasing day by day.
