amNewYork Metro sat down with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to talk about his past, proudest moments from 2020, bail reform, his relationship with the NYPD, and plans for the future.
retrospective, we spoke to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg regarding his past, proudest moments from 2020, bail reform, his relationship with the NYPD, and plans for the future.
“Throughout my career, I’ve sort of worked at the intersection of traditional law enforcement, you know, armed robbery, narcotics trafficking, witness intimidation, and civil rights, particularly police accountability, injustice issues, and so I certainly talked about that marriage on the campaign trail,” Bragg remembered. “I talked about how that, in many ways, reflects my personal life.”
Indicted individuals make their way through the system after Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg held them accountable.Over the course of 2022, NYPD officials such as top cop Keechant Sewell and fellow senior officials pointed the long arm of the law at recidivism time and time again for being the leading cause of crime, including admonishing aspects of bail reform for creating a revolving door of criminals. amNewYork metro pressed Bragg on this.
According to the district attorney, gun prosecutions went up 20% in 2022 while homicides and shootings fell sharply in the borough. He also affirmed that hate crime prosecutions rose by 20%. Bragg also had a major win in January when he prosecuted two dozen individuals and 26 companies in aBragg says he will look to pursue more cases like this in 2023.
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