NYPD: Suspect Steals Off-Duty Officer’s Gun During Fistfight
A suspect stole an off-duty New York City police officer’s gun during a fistfight in Hell’s Kitchen early Friday morning, police said.
Police said the officer, 42, was with a friend outside of the Hudson Market Place deli, located on the corner of West 51st Street and 9th Avenue, at around 4:30 a.m. when the pair got into a verbal altercation with a group of four men, the New York Daily News reported.
Police said the argument turned into a fistfight, during which one of the suspects allegedly slugged the officer and snatched his gun, WNBC noted. The officer did not draw the pistol during the altercation, according to the Daily News.
Authorities said it was the officer’s personal gun and not his service weapon, WABC reported. The suspects allegedly hopped into a Dodge Charger and took off southbound on 9th Avenue.
“EMS took the officer and his friend to Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai St. Luke’s,” the Daily News noted. The officer sustained a face laceration, PIX11 reported, as well as a bruised jaw, according to WABC.
No suspects were arrested as of Friday afternoon.
The incident comes as crime in New York City has jumped substantially under Mayor Eric Adams’s watch. From January 1-March 6, crime has seen a 47.1 percent increase compared to the same period last year, the NYPD’s crime statistics show.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams Says It’s Time to Let Women Play in Major League Baseball
If you had “It’s time for women to play Major League Baseball” on Friday news cycle bingo card, it’s time to collect your winnings.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, exuberant over the end of the 99-day lockout, said that not only will it be great to see the “boys of summer” again, but he also hopes next year to see the “boys and girls of summer” playing Major League Baseball.
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“I’m so glad that the boys of summer are coming back,” Adams told reporters on Friday. “I hope in the next year we start seeing the boys and the girls of summer. It’s time to allow women to play professional baseball as well.”
As the New York Post reports:
While baseball has no ban on women playing, no females have ever played in the major leagues. In 2019 Melissa Mayeux, a shortstop from France who played softball for the University of Louisiana, became the first woman added to Major League Baseball’s international registration list, thus making her able to be signed to MLB.
The comment seemingly came out of nowhere, as the press conference had nothing to do with women playing in Major League Baseball. However, the randomness of the comment is only rivaled by its lunacy of it. There isn’t a surplus of women capable of playing at the major league level, and no one (other than liberal politicians pandering to their loony liberal bases) is clamoring to see women play in MLB.
The American sports fan tired long ago of seeing their favorite games become a showcase for whacky leftists and their idiotic ideas.
New York, and America, have enough problems. Our elected leaders should focus on solving those instead of ruining sports.
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