"As his excuse for refusing to identify certain Orthodox Jews charged with sexually abusing children, beleaguered Brooklyn District Attorney Joe Hynes has long cited the fear of witness intimidation. According to Hynes, once an individual has been charged publicly, victims become promptly known — and historically have been “intimidated and threatened” with tactics reminiscent of the Mafia, he said last week. “I haven’t seen this kind of intimidation in organized-crime cases or police-corruption cases,” Hynes complained.…"
Charles 'Joe' Hynes
The New York Post writes:
As his excuse for refusing to identify certain Orthodox Jews charged with sexually abusing children, beleaguered Brooklyn District Attorney Joe Hynes has long cited the fear of witness intimidation.
According to Hynes, once an individual has been charged publicly, victims become promptly known — and historically have been “intimidated and threatened” with tactics reminiscent of the Mafia, he said last week.
“I haven’t seen this kind of intimidation in organized-crime cases or police-corruption cases,” Hynes complained.
Really?
What would the DA do if these were Mafia-type cases?
Charles Hynes
Is he suggesting that he’d let witness-intimidation get in the way of pursuing — and, post-arrest, publicly naming — thugs involved with organized crime ?
Surely, Hynes wouldn’t shy away from bringing charges of witness intimidation and tampering, if and when appropriate, just because the Mafia was involved.…
The Post goes on to point out the Hynes' current behavior encourages victimization, and isn't helpful.
Hynes has not prosecuted a witness tampering, witness intimidation, or obstruction of justice case related to haredi rabbis threatening or otherwise tampering with victims and witnesses in child sex abuse cases in at least 13 years. By some counts, he never has, even though there are a multitude of such cases.
And that tells the story of Charles "joe" Hynes in a nutshell.