The city’s top cop said the criminal-justice system was “imploding,” as he highlighted a rise in shootings and killings on the city’s streets and slammed pols for refusing to support the Finest at an invite-only press conference at NYPD headquarters this week. SHOOTING OUTSIDE NYC'S MADISON SQUARE PARK LEAVES 19-YEAR-OLD WOMAN DEAD, MAN WOUNDED: REPORT“You have to step back and look at this. You have a criminal-justice system that is imploding,” Police Commissioner Dermot Shea bemoaned during a small meeting with reporters on Wednesday at One Police Plaza in Manhattan. “Imploding. The comments come as the city is gripped by a steep rise in shootings — though crime is actually down for the year 2.5 percent, according to NYPD data.

Source: Fox News June 26, 2020 08:03 UTC