De Blasio Brings ‘Pay Not to Slay” Program to New York City
$1000 per month to violent youths for not committing violent crimes.
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New York City’s far left progressive mayor, Bill de Blasio, and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams are rolling out what amounts to a legally sanctioned protection racket. The idea is to select potentially dangerous youths in areas of the city with high levels of gun violence who will receive individual mentoring. If they stick with the program, the city will pay them off with a stipend of $1000 per month.
Instead of facing prison time for committing a violent crime, the wayward youths will be paid not to commit a crime. Forget about adequately funding the police. Just send the money over to violent youths so that they have some more funds to buy their next fix without robbing someone at gunpoint.
“If giving a grand a month to violent teens — on the proviso that they receive ‘mentoring’ from older ex-cons — sounds like a good use of money, well, you’re in luck,” wrote Seth Barron, the managing editor of The American Mind and author of the book “The Last Days of New York.” Barron correctly blasted the idea of using local community activist groups with spotty records to disperse “$1,000 monthly stipends to gangster protégés of ex-con mentors” as “truly insane.”
The program, which is starting out in a pilot mode, is based on something called the Advance Peace Model. One million dollars have reportedly been allocated to pay for this travesty.
De Blasio tried to assure New Yorkers that the model “will guarantee a safer and fairer New York for generations to come." What is he smoking?
The Advance Peace Model’s supporters claim that it has worked in other cities. But the statistics they cite for a reduction in violent crimes where the model was tried show mixed results and are somewhat misleading. For example, as Seth Barron explained, the Advance Peace Model program in Stockton, California “was a disaster. Murders rose from 28 in 2019 to 45 in 2020, up 60 percent, much higher than the 37 percent increase nationwide.”
The model’s boosters boast of a high percentage of participants who “are not a suspect in a new firearm-related crime.” But then there are those original participants who dropped out of the program and ended up being arrested, whom the Advance Peace Model boosters prefer not to talk about.
Aside from whether the program even works, it is based on an immoral foundation. While there is certainly nothing wrong with rewarding good behavior that extends beyond what one is required to do under the law, there is something perverse about rewarding someone for not committing a violent crime. This is far worse than giving kids participation trophies for just showing up. It is telling young people that the decision of whether or not to obey the law, including committing murder, rape, and armed robbery, is up for sale.
The commands “Thou shall not murder” and “Thou shall not steal” do not come with a price tag attached for obedience.
We’re living in an age of moral relativism. Firm standards of right and wrong are passé. It’s as if the infamous French philosopher Marquis de Sade was being channeled through the words that he uttered centuries ago: “There is no action, however bizarre you may picture it, that is truly criminal; or one that can really be called virtuous. Everything depends on our customs and on the climates we live in.”
Silence is violence, according to Black Lives Matter, but the actual looting of black and white owned businesses is excused as long as it serves the cause of “social justice.”
Racial discrimination and segregation today are justified to redress the racist behavior of past generations going back to 1619.
Terrorists who fire rockets at civilians, using women and children as human shields, are engaged in legitimate “resistance.” But a nation that defends its civilians against such attacks is considered the aggressor.
The list goes on and on. De Blasio is adding his ‘pay not to slay’ program to the list. Let’s hope that the next mayor – probably Eric Adams – has the good sense to get rid of this idiocy.
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Geez, I didn't kill anybody during my youth. Am I owed some back pay?
No, but if your kids kill someone in NYC they will get a $1000 per month bonus.
Love your nom de plume. :-)
You want to stop the sub-human thug violence? Flood the streets with a hard, mean, aggressive police force - lock up or kill the thugs and throw away the key.
It's really very simple! Put the teeth back in policing
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You could have a $1000 a month much easier if you live in NYC.
Essentially, de Blasio will make New Yorkers pay protection money. Is there an end to his idiocy?
Has it occurred to the challenged De Blasio that the punks will pocket the money and go on exactly as before? Or is this some weird variation on reparations, so that doesn't matter?
It's a sneaky way to legally rob people.... "We don't want them to hurt you for your money so we will just take your money in taxes and GIVE it to the criminals"
A weird variation on reparations. Sounds right. :-/
Those who voted in this moron and his anti-American communist ideology should do more than regret their idiocy, they should be sent to Afghanistan. The goal here was to destroy our capitalist democracy, undermine the republic and bring about slavery to each and every member of our failing society. Military action is needed to restore the Nation and rid America of it's vast numbers of traitors........William
Leadership in need of brain surgery...
Where I live everybody is armed and the police leave people alone because there is no crime and nobody is getting paid for the privilege of not committing a crime
Has anyone ever found out where that BILLION went that his WIFE was in charge of?? Let's take this "program" a step further! Let's let ANYONE sponsor one of these "troubled youts" and give THEM the $1000 per month! All they have to do is feed, house, and care for said "youts"! BUT, and this is the BIG ONE, the sponsor is held RESPONSIBLE for any actions of their "yout"! If your "yout" commits a crime then YOU go to prison with them! Seems simple and fair if their plan is to keep "troubled youts" out of prison! I'm sure the liberdems will be FLOCKING to sign up!
Wow. A family of 5 or more criminals can make a very decent living in NYC. That monthly check can hold them over well as they plan their next crime.
Just another woke traitor encouraging crime and criminals.
Hey thug! Want $1000 a month? Easy, all you need to do is...
Now just hold on a minute. Before everyone gets all crazy about condemning this, just hear me out. I haven't killed or thought about killing.....well maybe a little...... anyone, but I could use an extra $1000 a month for, you know, my kid and stuff. So please, think of my kid, I mean "the children".
Ahhh screw it, I'll just call the Rochell chick below........................
Kind of like a reverse bounty. Great.
This is extortion by proxy. Basically, DE-BLAH-ZEE -OH wants to pay criminals.... "protection money". And when the criminals say "we want $3000". ... what then? And when the criminals take the $1000 and still commit violent crime? What then?
Why are you giving the democrats credit for thinking beyond what they do? They never think beyond the end of their own noses.
"Barron correctly blasted the idea of using local community activist groups with spotty records to disperse “$1,000 monthly stipends to gangster protégés of ex-con mentors” as “truly insane.”
It sounds like to qualify for the program you have to have a history of violence or criminal activity. Sounds like an incentive become a criminal.
OMG. How stupid, stupid, stupid.
PAY negros not to kil us.
The target population should be educated in why crime is wrong-not bribed
The idiocy of the leftist knows no bounds. Take law abiding citizens money to pay criminals not to commit crimes. Geez, do the not think the criminals will take the money and still commit crimes? Appeasement never works.
Murders will go up, not down as more individuals try to get on the "violent criminal" bandwagon. Identifying people as violent thugs will lead to a $1000 a month bonus. This will incentivize violence. I'm not joking: violence will GO UP because of this.
Stupid does as stupid is. This is a really stupid idea. Nobody is really this stupid are they?
How can anybody respect a man like DeBlasio, who doesn’t even use his REAL NAME?? Warren Wilhelm, Junior, I’m looking at you….
Cowardice is called Courage. Failure is called Success. Men are called Women. Abortion is called Healthcare. Racism is called Anti-Racism. fascism is called Anti-Fascism. Opinions are called Facts. Regressive is called Progressive. This is the world we inhabit today. 2+2 =5.
HOW WOULD THEY VERIFY that they are Crime free? Trust a Thug Program? Would they buy drugs to then turn into a drug dealer multiplying their $1000? IF THEY ARE CAUGHT COMMITTING ANOTHER CRIME, NOW YOU SUE FOR A REFUND? OMG...... these Communist leaders are Wacko!
There's a video on the internet showing a black man (looks like one of those "gentle giants") walking into a bank lobby where they have a row of ATM machines. The black man is wielding an ax. There's a white man at one of the ATMs with his back turned away from the black man, intent on his ATM transaction. The black man attacks the white man with the ax. Miraculously, the white man is able to fight off the black man but is horribly injured with blood all over him. The white man is able to leave the bank lobby, leaving the black man alone with the ATMs which he then destroys with his ax. This is real people -- its not some B rated movie. It happened in lower Manhattan. https://rumble.com/vlc6n2-defunding-the-police-in-nyc-is-now-leading-to-hatchet-attacks.html
A $1000 ain't enough! They will complement it with robberies, to make income
Update: the hard core criminals are bargaining hard. They made a counteroffer of $6,666 a month. For those who attended DeBlasio's NYC schools, where meritocracy is considered racist--damn those overachieving Asian-Americans with their work ethic--$6,666 is more than $1,000.