“Look, we’re at the end of the road. All [Kelly] has to do is run out the clock the next five weeks. The last thing anyone wants is a major racial eruption in the last five weeks of the administration.”
The New York Post reports:
…The NYPD said it was aware of seven of the eight attacks.
“Our Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating these incidents,” a spokesman said. “There have been increased patrols in the 71st Precinct” in Crown Heights.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Friday, “We are trying to determine if [the knockout game] is a real phenomenon…We have to be concerned about when you highlight an incident or a type of criminality, some people will simply try to copy.”
An NYPD source said he expects the department to “downplay the incidents.”
“Look, we’re at the end of the road,” he said. “All [Kelly] has to do is run out the clock the next five weeks. The last thing anyone wants is a major racial eruption in the last five weeks of the administration.”…
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