Authorities: 120 Charged In Bronx Gang Takedown; Believed To Be Largest In NYC History

[Purveyor]

Source: CBSNewYork

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — More than a hundred suspects have been charged in the Bronx in what is believed to be the largest gang takedown in New York City history, authorities said Wednesday.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and other law enforcement officials announced the charges against 120 alleged members and associates of two rival gangs.

The early morning raid involved hundreds of law enforcement officers from the NYPD and federal agencies, some using helicopters and armored vehicles to round up the suspects.

Officials said the alleged gangs are the Big Money Bosses, or BMB, and the 2Fly YGz, or 2Fly. Bharara said they “allegedly wreaked havoc on the streets of the Northern Bronx for years by committing countless acts of violence against rival gang members and innocents alike.”

Read more: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/04/27/bronx-accused-gang-members-bust/

[forest444]

1. In some parallel universe,

this headline reads:

120 charged In Wall Street gang takedown; believed to be largest in NYC History

[sulphurdunn]

2. Sometimes parallel universes may touch.

[forest444]

5. That's what they say.

Could it be that they influence each other?

[sulphurdunn]

7. We don't have a chance in hell

of ever knowing while republicans control federal funding for science.

[forest444]

8. Perhaps our parallel United States is having better luck.

We can only hope.

[dorkzilla]

3. Oh good, my old neighborhood :(

We left the Bronx years ago but some of my friends parents/grandparents still live in the area. Long time coming. Credit where due - good work NYPD!

[mr clean]

4. Or in another parallel universe,

120 Charged In NYC Election Fraud.

[Dont call me Shirley]

6. Thread winner!

[DAngelo136]

9. Ho, hum.

You know this is the umpteenth "largest gang takedown in history".
It happened last year too...
(http://abc7ny.com/news/more-than-20-bronx-gang-members-arrested-in-massive-overnight-sweep/987840/)

and the year before that...
(http://nypost.com/2014/06/04/rival-gangs-arrested-in-one-of-nycs-largest-take-downs/)

and the year before that....
(http://www.metro.us/new-york/massive-overnight-bronx-gang-bust-leads-to-arrest-of-dozens/zsJpdA---qnGWZeHySN1U2/)

It's like the same illusion the government gives when they kill "The number 2 guy in Al Qaida or ISIL/ISIS.

The police have to justify their overbearing and oppressive tactics with results that proves that they're effective. It's basically using a military solution to solve an economic and political problem. Much like the failed "War On Drugs" and "The War On Terror", the press is infatuated with numbers that really don't mean anything. Out of all of these arrests, how many will actually end up with convictions?