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More and more children, girls and teenagers are falling victim to attacks on the streets of New York recently, according to police and reports. The attacks happened without provocation on the part of the attacked, with the victim being chosen out of a random whim or for robbery purposes. The attackers in some cases are teenagers themselves, but older than their chosen victims. This is especially stressful for parents ahead of the return to school in September.
In the very last few days, the most populated city in the USA has undergone a series of attacks on children in broad daylight on its streets, including in some of the richest neighborhoods of the Big Apple. For example, last week children fell victim to an attack. Three innocent teenagers, who were beaten and pushed while in the popular Greenwich Village, on According to numerous local reports, Greenwich Village, which is also home to New York University and the main campus of The New School, boasted wealthy residents, movie stars and other Hollywood movie stars, including Taylor Swift, Alec Baldwin, Seth Meyers, Hilary Swank and disgraced filmmaker Harvey Weinstein and his then wife Georgina Chapman, a fashion designer.
A 12-year-old girl was in the area of Washington and West 11th streets shortly after 5 p.m. on August 9 when 34-year-old Rodney Perry randomly punched her in the face, local news outlet FOX 5 New York reported. She reportedly suffered a minor injury, but was otherwise fine. Perry then allegedly carried out two more unprovoked assaults when he pushed 11- and 12-year-old girls nearby, police told the station. None of the victims were injured. Perry was charged with assault, though it was unclear at the time if he was released as part of the state’s bail reform laws, FOX 5 reported.
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A 6-year-old girl rode her Razer scooter through Brooklyn’s expensive Williamsburg neighborhood, an area that boasts homes with a median value of $1.4 million, according to realtor.com. According to authorities, a trio of violent thieves attacked the girl on the evening of July 28. One of the three suspects allegedly punched her in the chest while the others stole the scooter. The suspects then fled. The victim received medical treatment on the spot. Later, the police released surveillance photos of the suspects, who were suspected to be between the ages of 14-16.
Meanwhile, a 9-year-old girl from Miami visiting New York was randomly punched while walking near Central Park and the Plaza, Manhattan’s historic hotel, according to multiple reports, and a Good Samaritan came to her aid: Raheem Ramsaran, 27, was allegedly seen “screaming” at people before committing the His sudden attack on the young girl, said goalkeeper Neil Johnson, who stepped in to help. Ramsaran reportedly hit the girl in the head near the intersection of Central Park South and Grand Army Plaza just before 11:30 a.m. on March 21, and Johnson, who worked at The Plaza, then walked in.
“I heard a guy screaming… and then I heard a woman screaming, so I ran towards Central Park South. There was a man walking very fast towards a woman with a baby carriage and a little girl. The little girl was crying, and the woman was screaming,” lifeguard Neil Johnson told Fox News shortly After the incident, “When you hear a woman screaming, and when you see the sight of a woman with a baby carriage and a little girl running away screaming from a guy, you have to help.” The victim girl was treated at the scene and did not require further medical attention, FOX 5 New York reported. Ramsaran was arrested a few minutes after the alleged attack.
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In February, 34-year-old Babacar Mbaye was arrested for randomly assaulting a 4-year-old boy — hitting the innocent boy in the head — in bustling Times Square, according to multiple reports. Mbay was charged with assault, endangering the welfare of a child and resisting arrest for the alleged attack on February 17. According to the New York Post, he admitted to prosecutors that he drank a bottle of disinfectant before the attack. His defense attorney claimed in court shortly after his arrest that Mbay was “under the influence of an intoxicated and debilitating psychiatric episode,” Newsweek reported. The child was not seriously injured.
These cases are only on the tip of the fork, and that’s without talking about shooting incidents and victims of the soul, which are also on the rise among young people: the number of victims under the age of 18 increased by 34% year to date compared to 2021, according to the statistics. According to data provided by the NYPD (New York Police), 117 victims under the age of 18 were shot as of August 14 this year, compared to 87 children and teenagers who were shot during the same period in 2021.
The overall amount of assaults of all ages increased by 19%, but now experts have warned of the growing trend of assaults on children. This is especially stressful as parents in New York prepare their children for the start of school in early September. Parents of students also have the fear of mass shootings that have happened quite a few in recent years in educational institutions. An NYPD spokesman said the department “routinely evaluates security measures deployed in New York City schools, and based on those evaluations, we make adjustments as needed.”
“Additional NYPD deployments are determined based on intelligence gathered, schools that have had challenges and schools that need an increased presence. Safe corridors are deployed between certain schools, and the nearest transit center provides a safe route to and from the school upon arrival and dismissal,” the spokesperson wrote in an emailed statement. L. “Corridor locations are routinely changed based on analysis of crime data and trending events.”
Speaking to Fox News Digital today (Thursday), a retired NYPD detective sergeant said the city often deals with mentally ill criminals. And whether mental health is at play, the suspects or the types of events often share similarities: “People who do these things — mentally ill or not — they’re always looking for the most vulnerable. And those are usually the very young and the very old,” said Joseph C. ‘Jakluna, who now works as an adjunct professor at John in New York. Jay College of Criminal Justice.
He noted that the subject of children as victims was “difficult to define” and varied according to the circumstances of each case. “Each case must be handled in a different way and the logic behind it,” Giacalone added. “You’re dealing with mentally ill people attacking the kids on the streets of Manhattan. And then you look at the outer boroughs, or even up in Harlem and the Bronx and Brooklyn. We’ve seen these drive-by shootings … two different things. We can’t combine the two, but they’re all very serious “.
Retired NYPD Chief Louis Anemon, a veteran police officer who retired as the agency’s most senior member, told Fox News Digital that random, violent crimes against children — while tragic — are unfortunately not uncommon. Anemon, who has been praised as the mastermind behind the NYPD’s CrimeStat program, said reports of such assaults on children would likely encourage a greater police presence in an area, especially if it’s a highly trafficked area. “If these are usually in public places, shopping areas, transportation areas, you want to see the police there,” Kelanit said by phone. “We can’t cover all the streets in the city, but we can certainly cover the streets where there is a lot of traffic.”
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When talking about trends and crimes involving children coming to and from school, Kelanit said he learned during his 35 years with the NYPD that people need to ask the “hard questions”: “How did this kid get punched? Where did it happen? What time of day? Where did he come from and go to?” ? What about the crook?… What’s behind it?” Anemone added. “I hope they ask those questions.”
Law enforcement in New York in recent years has been characterized by a liberal approach without a heavy hand towards criminals and drug users on the streets. Many violent attackers go free without bond. Many police officers retire because they feel they are not backed up by the system. So far the local and national media have relatively suppressed the crime figures. Maybe now, when the violence reaches Greenwich Village and Williamsburg and it can no longer be swept under the rug, the media will also be quiet about talking about it more (although Fox News talked about it before). Since the new mayor Eric Adams replaced his failed predecessor Bill de Blasio nothing has changed for the better. Although he changed them from the Democratic Party, there was hope that Adams would at least give stronger backing to the law enforcement authorities.
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