The Legal Aid Society is criticized for utilizing public funds to support class-action lawsuits and lobby for legal changes that favor criminals rather than victims. Critics, including former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, argue that their actions undermine police efforts and public safety. A recent call by the organization to minimize arrests for low-level crimes symbolizes a broader trend of perceived leniency toward criminal behavior. This approach is said to deter potential recruits from joining the police force, worsening law enforcement challenges.
"The Legal Aid Society seems hell-bent on ignoring the plight of the victim while hampering the police at every turn," Ray Kelly, Gotham's longest-serving police commissioner, told me this week.
In its latest bout of loony leftism, Legal Aid this month demanded that cops stop arresting people for what it calls "low-level" crimes like shoplifting and drug possession.
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