New York City, Crimes, and Consequences
18 June 2023 By Abiodun Kareem Giwa
Mayor Eric Adams (Courtesy: Bloomberg)
Many migrants arriving abroad from less developed countries have the misfortune of working as security guards before crossing to well-paid jobs. They are not only looked down upon but are exposed to danger, working to deter crimes in an environment where people are armed, but they are not. Although trained to know how to ward off bad situations to save themselves, they still face unimaginable risks from criminals possessing guns and pointed knives. They cannot force to protect other lives other than to call law enforcement. They only preserve and report the situation like any other citizen.
John Neely's misfortune of an indictment as a good Samaritan saving other lives but consequently having someone die from a chokehold on the subway reminds of security guards' shoes of adversity. Another charge of a young man, Jordan Williams, for using a knife against an alleged ex-con in defense of a girlfriend in the subway soon followed Neely's, bringing the subway as a tunnel and young men's choice to travel with a knife in the city, as a way to safeguard their lives.
We have a city enveloped in crimes. People travel in a tunnel in subway cars where the case of a Neely jumping to save people and someone dying in a chokehold as a result happened, and another man knifing another to protect his girlfriend. And the city has administrators whose job is to plan, organize, direct, and coordinate to ensure the safety of lives and properties and whose inability to ensure safety is evident as the day. Consequently, men carry knives and women pepper spray for protection and defense. Police still do their work, but their presence is insufficient from restrictions to avoid accusations of racism.
Look at the work of administrators. New Yorkers work hard and pay heavy taxes from which administrators are paid and expect to have enough funds to organize and keep the city safe. Why can they not do that? The result of the dereliction of duty is the cause of the rising crime wave, and no one is talking about the need for their indictment when men cause harm to others resulting from efforts to be safe amid criminals' onslaught or whatever seems like it. The tunnel and the subways have thus turned into scary places despite their creation to provide ease and comfort in traveling in the city.
News reports show many residents now prefer avoiding the tunnel and the subway. They choose Uber and other means of traveling. The tunnel in the city is a beautiful place to be without the fears culminating from the rise in crimes. The Grand Central Station is a musicians' delight playing to the attraction of rushing passengers going or coming out of the subway and police officers standing alert. The same applies to the Times Square. The tunnel is not dark but lit for 24 hours. What is happening in the tunnel reflects the crime-ridden city the Big Apple has become. And only sometimes like this, and whatever the situation depends on the administrators.
Rudy Giuliani earned accolades and became the people's mayor for ridding the city's tunnels of crimes in his time. What can one say about his successors? What has become the policy of holding administrators accountable if an organization design effectively uses employees' knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics and accomplishes organizational goals? Is Neely and Jordan's predicaments not from the failure of administrators? Is the same not applicable to men and women carrying knives and pepper sprays for safety? Is the city not now in a state of the moral equivalent of war?
Residents in the most fantastic city in the world have to learn from security guards' training. Deadly force is not part of their training for protection and defense. A security officer told a story about how he hid in a breakroom when shoplifters entered a store on Labor Day and called 911 from there. Police arrived before he reemerged from the breakroom, and shoplifters ran away, a few of them arrested.
The store's manager questioned him the next day for not seeking the accommodation of the assistant store manager on duty before calling the police. He said the store was obliged to pay police $500 to police for the 911 call. The security guard asked the manager whether $500 was more precious than his life. No amount is too much for the city to police the tunnel and the subway cars if it is essential to protect precious lives.
City residents pay enough tax and are not supposed to be exposed to the madness currently in the city. America send tax money to other countries to police their cities and borders; why not the Big Apple?
John Neely's misfortune of an indictment as a good Samaritan saving other lives but consequently having someone die from a chokehold on the subway reminds of security guards' shoes of adversity. Another charge of a young man, Jordan Williams, for using a knife against an alleged ex-con in defense of a girlfriend in the subway soon followed Neely's, bringing the subway as a tunnel and young men's choice to travel with a knife in the city, as a way to safeguard their lives.
We have a city enveloped in crimes. People travel in a tunnel in subway cars where the case of a Neely jumping to save people and someone dying in a chokehold as a result happened, and another man knifing another to protect his girlfriend. And the city has administrators whose job is to plan, organize, direct, and coordinate to ensure the safety of lives and properties and whose inability to ensure safety is evident as the day. Consequently, men carry knives and women pepper spray for protection and defense. Police still do their work, but their presence is insufficient from restrictions to avoid accusations of racism.
Look at the work of administrators. New Yorkers work hard and pay heavy taxes from which administrators are paid and expect to have enough funds to organize and keep the city safe. Why can they not do that? The result of the dereliction of duty is the cause of the rising crime wave, and no one is talking about the need for their indictment when men cause harm to others resulting from efforts to be safe amid criminals' onslaught or whatever seems like it. The tunnel and the subways have thus turned into scary places despite their creation to provide ease and comfort in traveling in the city.
News reports show many residents now prefer avoiding the tunnel and the subway. They choose Uber and other means of traveling. The tunnel in the city is a beautiful place to be without the fears culminating from the rise in crimes. The Grand Central Station is a musicians' delight playing to the attraction of rushing passengers going or coming out of the subway and police officers standing alert. The same applies to the Times Square. The tunnel is not dark but lit for 24 hours. What is happening in the tunnel reflects the crime-ridden city the Big Apple has become. And only sometimes like this, and whatever the situation depends on the administrators.
Rudy Giuliani earned accolades and became the people's mayor for ridding the city's tunnels of crimes in his time. What can one say about his successors? What has become the policy of holding administrators accountable if an organization design effectively uses employees' knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics and accomplishes organizational goals? Is Neely and Jordan's predicaments not from the failure of administrators? Is the same not applicable to men and women carrying knives and pepper sprays for safety? Is the city not now in a state of the moral equivalent of war?
Residents in the most fantastic city in the world have to learn from security guards' training. Deadly force is not part of their training for protection and defense. A security officer told a story about how he hid in a breakroom when shoplifters entered a store on Labor Day and called 911 from there. Police arrived before he reemerged from the breakroom, and shoplifters ran away, a few of them arrested.
The store's manager questioned him the next day for not seeking the accommodation of the assistant store manager on duty before calling the police. He said the store was obliged to pay police $500 to police for the 911 call. The security guard asked the manager whether $500 was more precious than his life. No amount is too much for the city to police the tunnel and the subway cars if it is essential to protect precious lives.
City residents pay enough tax and are not supposed to be exposed to the madness currently in the city. America send tax money to other countries to police their cities and borders; why not the Big Apple?
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