Every day in 2022, cops have taken 20 guns off the street, and arrested 13 people on gun charges, according to data released by the NYPD on Thursday. That amounts to about 2,600 firearms taken off the street, and as of May 8 some 1,693 arrests on gun possession charges.
Rameek Smith, 25, was complying with court-ordered weekly group sessions for his problems, with a Brooklyn judge even wishing him well at a court appearance just two months ago, according to a transcript of the March 10 virtual session.