Cops Form Task Force To Investigate Midtown "Wilding"

After the Midtown violence on Easter night that prompted Mayor Bloomberg to call it a "wilding," the NYPD has "deployed a task force" to investigate the incident and "prevent further chaos," according to the Post. The paper's source said, "There's a lot of heat coming from Headquarters. God forbid there's another incident."

The Daily News' Michael Daly wonders why Rayvon Guice, who was arrested for shooting two women on West 34th Street during the melee, was given a "free pass" for prior gun charges and cited court papers for a 2008 incident in the Bronx, "Defendant [Guice] stated in sum and substance YOU WANT TO FOLLOW SOMEBODY, YOU DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE F---ING WITH and then shot three times into said crowd of people with a .45-caliber handgun." And though he did shoot the gun, Guice managed to plead guilty to attempted possession of a weapon and served a year.

And the Post's Andrea Peyser is glad that Manhattan DA Cy Vance isn't offering pleas—"Vance...appears, finally, to have listened to me and manned up"—but says that might be wishful thinking, since a prosecution source says, "Saying, 'I'm not going to take any pleas' sounds nice. But the truth is, you can't say anything until you see what these cases look like. What's the evidence? Are there witnesses? I'm not sure an expert DA would say those kinds of things."

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By Jen Chung in News on April 8, 2010 5:18 PM

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potsmoker

all the other news sources included quotes from some people arrested with plausible wrongful arrest stories, some having exited a movie, one guy walking with his mother after dinner, but they are animals, but tell the exact same nypd roundup stories used for bikers, and protesters. but those guys are white, cops just rounded up as many darkies as they could this time...which means more plea deals or outright dismissals since those most willing to fight a wrongful arrest will have to get a lawyer and fight the charges in court, which means a trial by jury which means wheres the proof and evidence, which means no matter what the DA publically says today there will be plea deals, next week, next month or one year from now...

Petey

The biggest problem is that these animals get plea deals on their prior crimes and serve little to no jail time, and they offend repeatedly, knowing they won't do any time.

Second, if the city would give out more concealed carry permits, other than those special few, then maybe these animals would be less likely to pull out their illegal guns on innocent victims.

Pelequero

let's just line these mother fuckers up and whip the shit out of them. if you want to "mob" south of 100th st. be prepared to have your ass cheeks look like a "flame broiled" whopper. some of us are trying to be human beings here.

inoyourider

"Wilding"

Fuck that, they're criminals lock those scumbags up like they deserve.

No pleas or deals for these pieces of shit.

Max sentences for all involved.

"Wilding" my ass.

It's a made up, PC word, to avoid dealing with scumbag behavior committed by people who are black.

A crime is a crime, trash is trash.

inoyourider

And let's not forget the racist undertones that would imply that a group of black people can turn 'wild'.

They're just trash and deserve to be thrown out, doesn't matter what color they are.

Jamie McDonald

Wait, so is it PC or racist? You might have to make up your mind on that one.

inoyourider

It's both.

That's the problem at the core of being PC...by going out of your way to be sensitive to someone you ultimately end up treating them based on their differences.

Mr Mel

If the convicted gunmen got the sentences they deserved, 25 years, we wouldn't have this problem. There should be no excuse for anyone of these

cave men to walk the streets among us.

horseplay

Give me a fucking break!! Something happens in times square and this faggot bloomturd and ray kerik want to stop the world from turning. People are getting shot/stabbed all over the fucking city so why are they still hung up on this shit?.. Oh yeah, fuck NY'ers, its the tourists we have to protect. After all, this city belongs to the tourists. Not us

JacqueMehoff

I'm waiting for someone to say King Kong ain't got nothing on me. speaking of which, how did that bruce willis/tracy morgan movie do? has this what became of our city?

Snoopy

So for all the huffing and puffing and big mouth talk, Bloomberg is just putting out hot air.

Get the guns out of the criminal's hands and put them away. Stop bull shitting and going to harass other states about their gun laws.