"We are arresting juveniles at the highest level than we have ever seen before. We are seeing juveniles commit five, six, seven robberies. Most of them get dealt with under the Family Court statutes."
"If they get arrested with a gun we know a quarter of that population will be involved in a shooting in [some] way, which means a victim, which means a perpetrator, which means that they were at the scene as a witness - a quarter of that population."
"Why? Because there's no consequences right now. We already have 15 juveniles murdered this year by a gun. I'm talking about being murdered by a gunshot. It wasn't even close in prior years."
"The Empire State's 'Raise the Age' law and controversial bail reform statutes have spawned a younger breed of criminals who dodge big-boy treatment and instead get thrown into an overwhelmed juvenile system that lacks the space, resources and authority to keep them locked up."
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