Young New York Rapscallions Get A Hankering For Seafood, Cause 20k In Damages In Less Than A Minute

A certain number of readers will be able to recall the phrase “Artful Dodger” — the beloved pickpocketer from “Oliver Twist” A penchant to make a nice living off of passersby walking the streets in London.

His name suggests that he was clever and managed to avoid being caught by both his victims, the coppers.  Let’s just say that modern America’s ruffians don’t look anything like him.  If they are caught breaking the law, they will be even more outspoken. Consider the case of recent “flash mob” Queens, New York: Style ransacking a seafood restaurant

In less than one minute, 20 teenagers rammed through College Point’s Fish Village, Queens. The damage was $20,000 You can see the horrific scene below.

This case is still under investigation.

Fox 5 New York highlights this, however “there are plenty within this community who are wondering, even when those who are responsible are found, what sort of consequences they will actually face?”

A 2019 bail reform law has allowed shoplifters and other ne’er-do wells to return to their streets without being punished. Shoplifters and others like those featured in this video are usually given a simple slap or a warning before going to jail. Even Democratic legislators are now calling for state law changes.

“It’s utterly ridiculous that a small subset of career criminals make up 30% of shoplifting arrests in 2022,” Robert Holden, a City Councilman (D-Queens), recently spoke to the New York Post. Holden mentioned statistics from the New York Police Department, which were noted in the paper. “that 327 career crooks were busted a total of about 6,600 times.”

“We can’t have this revolving door of criminality in our state — it’s time to dust off the successful tactics from the ’90s in New York City, which actually worked to reduce crime,” He added.

Eric Adams, New York City Mayor (D), was forced to request That individuals Take off their masks when entering establishments to help reduce crime — quite a contrast to the days of COVID.

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Inez Dickens, a Democratic Assemblywoman from Harlem, also voiced her disgust at the shamelessness displayed by punks today.

“You have to have some common sense reasoning. There need to be some changes,” Sie said.

“I went into a fish store the other day and someone just walked in and stole the biggest fish and walked out,” Dickens explained. “I thought it was terrible.”

Although it is not clear if Harlem Dickens is related or not to Charles Dickens’s family, suffice it to say that he would be horrified. Artful Dodgers these thieves are not — but when the police don’t care, why even bother going to that effort if you are hellbent on crime?

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