AND TODAY WE HAVE THREE
INNOCENT NEW YORKERS
WHO WAS GOING ABOUT THEIR LIVES
WERE THE VICTIM
OF A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE ASSAULT.
IT IS A CLEAR, CLEAR EXAMPLE
OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND
MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM
THAT CONTINUES TO FAIL NEW YORKERS. BUT I WANT TO THANK
THE EVERYDAY NEW YORKER
WHO NOT NOTIFY OFFICER GARNER
AND TOLD HIM WHAT HE OBSERVED
WHEN HE SAW THE ASSAULT,
HE FOLLOWED
THE INDIVIDUAL IN
INVOLVED
AND GAVE THE INFORMATION TO OFFICER GARVEY WHO TOOK QUICK ACTION
AND WAS ABLE TO APPREHEND
THE PERSON
WHO WE BELIEVE IS A SUSPECT
AS OF RIGHT NOW. THESE ATTACKS SEEM TO BE UNPROVOKED
THAT HE JUST WALKED UP TO THEM AND BEGAN TO ATTACK THEM WITH THE KNIFE.
BUT THERE'S A REAL QUESTION ON WHY HE WAS ON THE STREET
IS PRELIMINARY NOW,
BUT HE WAS SENTENCED
A
FEW MONTHS AGO.
AND THERE'S SOME REAL QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT ON WHY HE WAS ON THE STREET
AND HE HAS SOME SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXAMINED AND THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE LOOKING AT AS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION.