slashed with a box cutter an his wallet is torn out of hi pockets. mrs. watkins is dragged from behind and someone - kicks are in the face. somebody else, we got, it let go as a group took off, bria watkins ran after them one of the attackers, gary morales, had a knife - right, if you are brian, i laureles like this. he swings brian was stabbed and soo collapsed. - seventh avenue within minutes, the 9-1-1 call starte coming in. ryan s mother ran to a payphon frantically pleading for help. they stabbed him in the heart is he awake no, he s not, he unconscious. brian walk and died on th way to the hospital. he was just 22 years old - targets of young killers - a tourist was - bryan watkins was - how would you describe th media reaction to this murder? almost inducing a wave of
but you hear about things that happen like this, this was friday early in the morning. the box cutter. they put the guy in a head lock, they steal his wallet and backpack and $350. that s a story we hear almost daily, weekly here in new york. everyone has a story. we are scared to go to the atm to get cash out because we are scared someone is going to be hiding in there. we go during the day. the stats are obvious. you heard alexandria giving the stats. the felony cases resulting in convictions. only 50% of the cases in 2022 under our d.a. bragg. only 29% of misdemeanors resulted in convictions in 2022. he downgraded 52% of felony cases to misdemeanors in 2022. what if you were one of those parents going to be a witness today? and the person that killed your child is not behind bars and that s happening over and over again in new york. and if you are a cop has to deal with that every single day. paperwork back on the street