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Council Member Vickie Paladino voices strong support for NYPD's gang database
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Council Member Vickie Paladino delivers a passionate speech in support of the NYPD's gang database, praising the department's work and criticizing efforts to eliminate the database. She emphasizes the importance of the database as a crucial tool for law enforcement in combating gang-related violence and organized crime.
- Paladino commends the NYPD for their transparency and argues that the database is not racially motivated.
- She expresses concern about the impact of eliminating the database on public safety and police morale.
- Paladino suggests that removing the database could benefit illegal migrants involved in criminal activities.
Vickie Paladino
2:04:54
Good morning and thank you so very much, for being here.
2:04:58
I'm kinda doubling down on my colleagues, but first I wanna say kudos to each and every one of you.
2:05:06
Kudos to the fact and figures that you delivered here for us today.
2:05:12
I wanna say the truth is a very tough pill for people to swallow and that's what you're giving us all today.
2:05:18
You're giving us precise information that everybody needs to digest and understand the reality of what is going on in New York City today.
2:05:29
What you did today for me was educate me on your actual numbers and how you have purged the gang database already.
2:05:38
Asking somebody or having somebody in the gang database for a lousy three years, come on, give me a break.
2:05:46
Okay?
2:05:47
Everything has been followed to the letter.
2:05:51
This is not a racially motivated anything.
2:05:56
These are facts that we have to deal with and you guys are left to do the dirty work.
2:06:02
The fact that we've got cops retiring and leaving service before their time is due is because of the way they're treated here in New York City and sadly by this council.
2:06:17
This has become a, war on you once again.
2:06:24
You know, people's memories are short, real short.
2:06:29
Because when we got our illegal immigrants in here and they come here in large numbers and gang as gang members, TDA as they shortened their acronym to, the fact that they use social media in the way that they do, the fact that you are left with the burden to carry and try to prosecute is almost impossible.
2:06:54
But let me say this, I've watched here today your words get jumbled up, once again get prosecuted for what you're saying or they rearrange what you're saying.
2:07:06
Let's be very clear here.
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The gang database is is an essential tool for law enforcement in combating gang related violence which constitutes a significant portion of the criminal activity in many communities.
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By maintaining a comprehensive and up to date database, authorities can effectively identify known gang members, track their associations, and monitor their movements.
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This intelligence is a crucial tool for understanding the structure of dangerous gang networks, predicting potential conflicts, and preventing violent crimes before they occur.
2:07:50
If such a database were to be eliminated, law enforcement would lose crucial historical data and intelligent intelligence forcing them to start from scratch in mapping out gang activity.
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This loss of institutional knowledge would severely hinder investigations, disrupt ongoing efforts to dismantle criminal organizations, and to allow gangs to operate anonymously.
2:08:22
Maintaining a gang database ensures continually in the intelligence gathering, enhances public safety, and provides officers with the necessary tools to combat organized crime effectively.
2:08:39
Illegal migrants committing some of the most violent crimes in New York City are part of our gangs and are removing removing the gang database seems like a tactic to help protect the illegal criminal element we have now invading our city.
2:08:56
I made this statement because you have been interrupted countless times.
2:09:01
This is for the record, for everybody to understand how crucial and how ludicrous ludicrous the idea is of this passing in council.
2:09:13
Absolutely ludicrous.
2:09:14
It just hits you with another blow, another young guy, young girl will no longer wanna become a police officer or they will be trained here with New York City skills, the best in the world, and take it elsewhere to make a living.
2:09:29
So thank you very, very much.
2:09:31
I don't have a question for you.
2:09:33
You cleared it up beautifully.
2:09:34
Thank you.