that s is the message from the new progressive district attorney of manhattan. a stunning departure from law enforcement practices bragg will stress diverse and alternatives to jail time. he will no longer incarcerate law breakers unless its murder, a felony. his goal is safety and fairness and also wants the defendants race to be considered. his office will no longer largely enforce some trespass crimes. resisting arrest and sex work and it could mean no jail time for armed robbery, stealing from stores and storage areas of homes and dealing drugs. when bragg ran for district attorney he promised not to charge shoplifters for stealing stuff worth less than $250. critics say it means you can shoplift anything up to that amount and still get away with it. police union and criminal justice advocates are outraged
with blade but progressive d.a. charges him with a misdemeanor. among his critics is the former assistant d.a. saying violent criminals now have cart blanch to reoffend knowing full well they will never again sniff the inside of a jail cell. that s who we are stuck with. the law enforcement source inch petty larceny. that s robbery. this is police academy 101. we also know resisting arrest, if you have no priors, no big deal. when asked about it he goes we don t want people if they stiffen their arm to go jail. stiffen their arm to go jail? you are resisting arrest. if you help someone to resist arrest, there is no problem with that steve. steve: right. here s the thing. this was the guy on the cover the post, it was saturday morning, he goes in to a duane reed on the lower east side and what he does is he takes a plastic trash bag, he feels it with cold medicine and other stuff worth, i think, 2,000
the artifacts buried at the massachusetts state house and inside the box, silver and copper coins, unengraved silver plate, newspaper. it took officials 4 to 5 hours to initially loosen the screws. it was a water leak at the state house. sebastian clark, an appraiser on pbs. this makes my skin tingle it s so exciting. imagining the history coming alive. so let s start with what s in it overall. you ve got coins. we have a half cent coin one dime three cent oin all dated 1775 and a shilling daylighted 1652. how much is this stuff worth? so if these things do come up for sale but not with this story, i mean the story is fantastic. george washington was still the president of this country until 1795. paul revere and sam adams touched these coin z because