New York City Homeless Man Goes on Stabbing Spree - Two Reported Dead

On Monday, in New York City, a homeless man went on an insane stabbing spree that left two men dead and one woman critically injured.

A homeless man, Ramon Rivera, is in custody as the "person of interest." Rivera has at least 8 previous arrests - and yet he was on the streets.

A blood-covered lunatic toting two knives trekked across Manhattan in a savage broad-daylight stabbing spree that left two men dead and a woman clinging to life Monday, cops said.
The sick suspected stabber – a mentally ill homeless man with eight past arrests in New York City alone – was stopped by a hero cop thanks to the help of good Samaritans, including a cab driver and a British tourist, said NYPD Chief of Detectives Joe Kenny and police sources.
Ramon Rivera, 51, was identified by sources as the person of interest in custody, seen with a long beard and unwieldy hair in a grizzled mugshot obtained by The Post. Police have no other suspect in the spate of “unprovoked” random attacks, said Mayor Eric Adams during a morning briefing.
“Today, we have three innocent New Yorkers, just going about their lives, who were the victim of a terrible, terrible assault,” he said. “It is a clear, clear example of the criminal justice system, mental health system that continues to fail New Yorkers.”

Mayor Adams is correct in this much, but much of the blame for this broken system must be laid at the feet of his (Democrat) predecessors. Crime spiked under former Mayor Bill de Blasio, who took only superficial and ineffective steps to deal with the problem. Adams, a former police officer, has taken a harder line, but crime in the Big Apple remains a serious concern - fueled by incidents like today's.

Rivera was on the streets despite a long history of run-ins with law enforcement.

Rivera, a homeless resident of the Bellevue Men’s Shelter, had a long trail of recent arrests and two mental health incidents in which police responded, sources said. He also had an extensive history of arrests from several other states, according to sources.
The run-ins with the NYPD caused Rivera to spend much of this year behind bars – he was only released from Rikers Island a month before the attacks, sources said.

This is not a man who should be walking around loose - and yet, here he was. Not only has New York's justice system failed to keep this unstable and violent man away from the citizenry, but it would seem several other, as yet unnamed, jurisdictions have likewise failed.

A man with eight previous arrests in New York City alone went on an unprovoked stabbing spree that left two men dead and a woman in critical condition.

The justice system is failing to protect the people.

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RedState's own Brad Slager recently reported how crime statistics from some of our major cities are not being reported accurately, and that things are much worse than reported.

Mr. Slager writes:

Next, we note that the FBI has quietly revised its crime stats from 2022. The press has been saying crime is going down, while we have been saying the results were compromised, with numerous cities not providing data. Well, the Bureau has gotten around to collecting all the stats, and we have been proven correct.

This incident and others like it may explain to wondering Democrats why Donald Trump made serious electoral inroads into our major urban centers while promising to crack down on crime.

This is a developing situation. We will bring you updates as events warrant.