Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: News For Reasonable People
Episode: NYC WASTES $1.6 Million on Panic Buttons While Crime EXPLODES in Bodega Crisis
Description: NYC's brilliant solution to rampant bodega stabbings and shootings? $1.6 million for panic buttons. Because nothing says 'tough on crime' like installing 500 buttons that alert police who are already overwhelmed and understaffed. This video breaks down Mayor Adams' latest band-aid approach to the city's hemorrhaging crime problem, examines the reality of slow police response times, and questions whether technology can substitute for actual law enforcement. From criminals dressing as cops to knife fights erupting in small stores, we expose how officials keep avoiding the root causes while taxpayers fund ineffective 'solutions.' Is this panic button program anything more than...