2022, and given $200,000 bail, despite a history of gun charges. police union blasted the judge for granting him bail. critics have panned the bail reform law as too lenient and criticized manhattan s new district attorney says he wants to stop prosecuting lower level crimes and bring down the incarceration rate. he attempted to clarify policies yesterday after backlash. prosecuting regardless of felon. any use of a gun to rob a store by definition is and must be and will be treated seriously. what we need to focus on like a laser, truly violent activity that is destabilizing too many of our communities in manhattan. angry city leaders are
attorney alvin bragg admitted that his day one policy member to prosecutors was unclear and caused confusion. that left many new yorkers justifiably concerned. at the end of the day bragg still stood by his policies. the progressive d.a. wants to limit bail or prison time to be used only as a last resort for the most violent crimes. he wants to downgrade a lot of felonies to misdemeanors and wants to stop prosecuting lower level crimes. he tried to clarify the memo is just a framework and he trusts the discretion of his prosecutors. we ll be prosecuting all robberies with a gun as a felon. any use of a gun to rob a store by definition is and must be and will be treated seriously. what we need to focus on like a laser is truly violent activity that is destabilizing too many of our communities in manhattan. the 16-year-old who