Edited by: JV Staff
It appears that New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio is under fire from all sides in how he has been handling the violence that has engulfed the Big Apple in the form of riots and looting of luxury stores. These acts of violence emerged from protest marches that have been taking place daily in the city since George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis was murdered by a white police officer.
Many have queried as to precisely how the looters of luxury shops in SoHo such as Dolce & Gabanna, Chanel and others of that ilk managed to get away with massive theft.
The NY Post reported that a local person who had been eyeing the movements of the looters for days said that they consist of rival groups are a significant in size and alacrity and are large in terms of numbers. The local said the groups are a “very well-organized looting scheme.”
According to the local resident, there are two groups that he has been monitoring. He said that the first group has a caravan of high end vehicles including Mercedes-Benz’ and even the British made Bentley.
The local said the groups have been spending their time breaking in to luxury shops .
“This is a real business. This isn’t angry protesters in any way shape or form,” said the man, whose name has been removed because he was receiving threats.
“This is organized crime happening really, really well.”
Now, former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who has served as legal counsel for President Trump has also weighed in on the issue. According to a report in the NY Post, the former mayor minced no words in his sharp criticism of Mayor DeBlasio.
He said that DeBlasio is unfit for the office and is “intellectually challenged.”
“The mayor’s performance is dreadful. He’s doing everything you can do that’s wrong, just like he did during the pandemic,” the former mayor said. “I have already urged the governor to remove him. I know it’s an extraordinary thing but … He is acting in such an irresponsible way,” Giuliani declared.
Giuliani served two terms as mayor on New York City (from 1994 to 2001) and crafted his legacy as a successful crime fighter. He took over from former Mayor David Dinkins. During the Dinkins administration, the city endured more than 2,000 murders per year and deadly race riots in Crown Heights and Washington Heights, according to the NY Post report.
“Dinkins never lost the complete respect of the police department. He didn’t do things where he went on the warpath against them,” Giuliani said, adding that if he were still in charge he would have pre-empted the riots.
“It would have been solved about two weeks ago. They never would have gotten beyond the first car they burned, rock they threw, person they beat up,” he said. “If you throw a rock you get arrested, if you spit at a cop you get arrested … Call me a Nazi or Hitler. I don’t care.”
“I have been told by as reliable a source as you can get that he interferes with the police chiefs,” Giuliani said. “He goes around and calls up individual chiefs and tells them what he wants — and that is largely that he doesn’t want any bad incidents.”
