A Bad Good-Bye

 Is this the face of how our laws protect Americans from violations of our laws?

Several days ago, two New York police officers were assaulted by half a dozen men in Times Square. Watching the video, it appears that the officers were attempting to detain someone, and the rest of the group descended upon them, knocking them down and striking them until the cops, in an effort to defend themselves, relinquished their detainee. The crowd then hastens away from the scene.

NYPD was able to identify the...suspects...and successfully arrest them. It turns out they are in the United States after crossing our southern border, probably alleging grounds for asylum (most of the border crossers are told what to say if they encounter members of law enforcement) and now they are in New York awaiting a immigration hearing date.

New York, like some other states in our republic, has modified their laws on pre-trial detention. That is, these (now) defendants were released without posting any kind of security, to await trial. They assaulted two police officers who were doing their jobs, and the New York criminal justice system released them back into the community.

Set aside the obvious questions - do we even know who they really are, what their criminal history was back in their native Venezuela? Are these truly people seeking a better life in the US, or are they gang members looking for greener pastures? Do we really have any way of knowing that before they were returned to the community?

But, wait! Did these men accept that they'd been spared the inside of a jail cell by the lenient laws of New York State and humbly go back to their families? No. They demonstrated their feelings for their new country with an international sign of contempt. And, well they should.

These fellows should be in jail pending their trial. They should, upon any verdict of guilt, be removed from the United States and barred from ever again alleging they are seeking asylum.

Now comes the headline - "Suspects in police assault may be on the run." New York Post.

Really...