{"id":2383022,"date":"2024-12-23T11:28:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T16:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-so-bad-that-even-nypd-traffic-enforcers-are-being-robbed\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T11:29:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T16:29:43","slug":"nyc-so-bad-that-even-nypd-traffic-enforcers-are-being-robbed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-so-bad-that-even-nypd-traffic-enforcers-are-being-robbed\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC So Bad That Even NYPD Traffic Enforcers Are Being Robbed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnyc-so-bad-that-even-nypd-traffic-enforcers-are-being-robbed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2383022&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a troubling \u200cincident highlighting the \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defund-the-police-democrat-pramila-jayapal-sinks-50k-in-campaign-cash-into-home-security\/\" title=\"Democrat Pramila Jayapal invests K in home security amid &#039;Defund the Police&#039; movement.\">increasing crime\u2063 rates<\/a> in New York City, a driver named mark \u200dGarrido, 29, reacted aggressively after receiving a traffic \u2064ticket. Following\u200b a\u2062 verbal \u2064altercation with a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">traffic enforcement officer<\/a> who had ticketed his illegally parked SUV, Garrido assaulted the 56-year-old officer and stole the ticketing machine\u200b before fleeing the scene. \u200cHe was arrested shortly after and is \u2062facing charges of \u2062third-degree robbery and second-degree assault. The\u200b incident reflects a\u200d broader trend\u2064 of rising crime in New York \u200cCity, exacerbated by political tensions\u2062 and a \u2063perceived weakening\u2062 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">law enforcement<\/a>. Advocates\u2063 for restoring order suggest\u200c that the city&#8217;s leadership must \u200drekindle their commitment\u2062 to public safety to effectively combat the surge\u2064 in criminal activities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>New York City is so riddled with crime these days that even their cops are getting robbed.<\/p>\n<p>One driver in Queens went into a rage Wednesday when he got a traffic ticket, prompting him to steal the summons machine from a traffic officer and slap him, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/20\/us-news\/crazed-driver-smacks-then-robs-nyc-traffic-enforcement-agent-in-broad-daylight-attack-cops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Garrido, who is 29 years old, hit the 56-year-old uniformed officer, who ticketed his SUV, in the hand and nabbed the machine after a verbal altercation, then jumped into the SUV and drove away.<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested Friday morning and now faces charges of third-degree robbery and second-degree assault.<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place outside of a Taco Bell, per <a href=\"https:\/\/qns.com\/2024\/12\/ozone-park-man-arrested-assaulting-traffic-agent-rego-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QNS<\/a>. Garrido reportedly parked his car illegally outside of the restaurant.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>A surveillance image showed Garrido wearing a black sweatshirt and sweatpants, as well as a black baseball cap and blue and white sneakers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Crazed driver smacks, then robs NYC traffic enforcement agent in broad-daylight attack: cops <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cIPCGxJnim\">https:\/\/t.co\/cIPCGxJnim<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 56-year-old uniformed agent was working on 63rd Drive near Queens Boulevard around 4:20 p.m. Wednesday when Mark Garrido, 29, confronted him for ticketin&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Grand Master B (@GrandMaster_B79) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrandMaster_B79\/status\/1870211042757710262?\">December 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This incident reveals just how severe the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/police-break-picket-line-allow-christmas-deliveries-stream\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crime<\/a> problem in New York City has become.<\/p>\n<p>Starting around the time of the Black Lives Matter riots a few years ago, most major cities in America saw violent and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crime-is-increasing-police-sgt-says-gov-newsom-is-living-in-fantasy-world\/\" title=\"\u2018Crime Is Increasing\u2019: Police Sgt. Says Gov. Newsom Is Living In \u2018Fantasy World\u2019\">property crime rates start<\/a> to increase.<\/p>\n<p>Amid all of the social activism, the police were facing intense scrutiny from leftists, leading some cities to flirt with or even implement schemes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/defund-police-backfires-cities-left-one-option-fight-crime-surge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defund<\/a> police.<\/p>\n<p>Now the damage has been done.<\/p>\n<p>With the police subdued and criminals emboldened, those willing to disrupt law and order have less of a reason than ever to avoid committing offenses.<\/p>\n<p>This extends from the homeless population and opportunistic looters to the everyday irate citizen who snaps at a cop after trying to pick up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/taco-bell-overhauling-menu-meal-sized-items-3-americans-budgets-grow-tighter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taco Bell<\/a> order.<\/p>\n<p>The only remedy to mass chaos is the renewal of order.<\/p>\n<p>But perhaps New York City is now on that trajectory.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago, New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul shockingly came within a few percentage points of being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ny-gov-kathy-hochul-accidentally-helps-gop-opponent-lee-zeldin-puzzling-debate-comments-look-face\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unseated<\/a> by now-former New York Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, President-elect Donald Trump picked up 95,000 votes in New York City relative to the 2020 election, while Democrats lost half a million, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/11\/22\/us\/elections\/nyc-harris-trump-votes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Law and order, more than anything else, is not a question of whether local, state, and federal agencies have the ability or resources to enforce the law, but a question of whether their people and leadership can muster the political will to have a sane and functioning society.<\/p>\n<p>If the Big Apple wants to take a bite out of crime, that is the only path forward.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Recently, in Queens, a driver named Mark Garrido reacted violently after receiving a traffic ticket. He allegedly assaulted a 56-year-old traffic officer and stole the summons machine before fleeing in his SUV. Garrido was arrested on Friday and is now charged with third-degree robbery and second-degree assault. This incident highlights the escalating crime rates in NYC, which have been rising since the Black Lives Matter protests began a few years ago. The situation has led to increased lawlessness as police face scrutiny and some cities consider defunding them. Restoring order is essential for addressing this chaos, but it requires strong political will from local leaders to create a safe environment for residents<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2383023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mark-G.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7204,7332,6703,47298,47297],"class_list":["post-2383022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-crime","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-safety-issues","tag-traffic-enforcement"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mark-G.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2383022"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2383026,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383022\/revisions\/2383026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2383023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2383022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2383022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2383022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}