New York Rep. Ritchie Torres (D) torched Gov. Kathy Hochul and Big Apple Mayor Eric Adams after a psychopath went on a homicidal spree in Manhattan earlier this month and randomly stabbed three innocent people to death.
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The enraged Torres wrote a letter to the governor and the mayor accusing the city and state of being complicit in the savage murders:
Torres said Rivera should never have been on the streets, but authorities failed and let him fall through the cracks. Those directly responsible should be fired, he demanded.
“I am writing to express alarm at the complicity of the State and the City in the murder of three New Yorkers, who were savagely stabbed to death in a homicidal rampage that took hold in broad daylight,” the Bronx Democrat said in a scathing letter to both the mayor and governor obtained by The Post.
There must be consequences when government fails and when innocent New Yorkers lose their lives.
We live in a City and State where the only people who seem to suffer consequences are the victims of crime and their loved ones.
Enough is enough. pic.twitter.com/AyDiVcNikE
— Rep. Ritchie Torres (@RepRitchie) November 25, 2024
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In several posts on X, Torres further expressed his outrage:
During his incarceration, Ramon Rivera was transferred to the psychiatric unit of Bellevue, where he assaulted a corrections officer. Not only did the State and City fail to punish Rivera, the City released Rivera early for “good behavior.”
Rivera went on stab three innocent New Yorkers to death in a homicidal rampage.
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Rivera is a symbol of everything that’s wrong with “progressive” justice. What was this man doing out on the streets? It boggles the mind:
Rivera, a 51-year-old homeless man, has a lengthy rap sheet but remained free last week as he left a bloody trail across Manhattan in a stabbing spree that killed three people from Chelsea to the East River — chillingly telling police later that he chose his victims because they were “alone” and “distracted,” sources said.
The madman allegedly stabbed to death construction worker Angel Gustavo Lata-Landi, 36, in Chelsea early Nov. 18, before killing fisherman Chang Wang, 67, near the East River, then stabbing Wilma Augustin, 36, near the United Nations, according to cops.
Torres called the city Department of Correction “the worst offender” for having made the “inexplicable and inexcusable decision” to release Rivera from a prison stint early — after serving just nine months of a 12-month sentence.
Rivera was released early for “good behavior” after assaulting a corrections officer, Torres said as he fumed against revolving-door justice in the state.
Torres further argued that those who made the decision to spring Rivera should be fired, adding that if Rivera had been sentenced to consecutive terms rather than concurrent ones for assaulting a law enforcement officer, the victims would still be alive. “Those who cannot be entrusted with public safety should no longer be employed by the people of New York,” he said.
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It’s rare to hear a Democrat make sense on crime, but Torres is dead on here. He’s said to be considering a run for governor, and although he may be a Dem, at least on this all-important issue, he sounds like he would be a big-time upgrade from Hochul.
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