{"id":10236,"date":"2020-06-18T02:11:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T23:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/rashid-brimmage-his-victims-and-a-system-thats-designed-to-fail\/"},"modified":"2020-06-18T02:11:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T23:11:00","slug":"rashid-brimmage-his-victims-and-a-system-thats-designed-to-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rashid-brimmage-his-victims-and-a-system-thats-designed-to-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"#Rashid Brimmage, his victims \u2014 and\u00a0 a system that\u2019s designed to fail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Rashid Brimmage, his victims \u2014 and\u00a0 a system that\u2019s designed to fail<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-wrapper\" role=\"main\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>        June 17, 2020 <span>|<\/span> 7:11pm         <\/p>\n<div id=\"featured-image-wrapper\">\n                        Enlarge Image<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Despite more than 100 arrests, Rashid Brimmage was free to walk the streets and allegedly push a 92-year-old woman to the ground for no reason.\" id=\"standard-article-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/061620assaultperpwalk10MATT_Rashid.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=618&#038;h=410&#038;crop=1\" ><\/img><br \/>\n                <span>Despite more than 100 arrests, Rashid Brimmage was free to walk the streets and allegedly push a 92-year-old woman to the ground for no reason.<\/span><br \/>\n                            <span>Matthew McDermott<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                        Rashid Brimmage sums up so much of what\u2019s wrong with city services: Despite more than 100 arrests, he was free to walk the streets and allegedly push a 92-year-old woman to the ground for no reason.<\/p>\n<p>At long last, Wednesday saw him held on $50,000 bail. His <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> worker says he suffers from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder; he\u2019s plainly not getting enough help with that \u2014 nor has the public been protected from him.<\/p>\n<p>Brimmage was nabbed Tuesday for knocking the elderly ex-teacher to the ground, as seen on video. Though her head hit a hydrant, she says her injuries were minor but she\u2019s now suffering psychologically. \u201cI\u2019m fearful to walk the streets alone,\u201d she told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>In all the years Brimmage has been getting arrested \u2014 more than 100 times, with 36 convictions \u2014 he\u2019s nonetheless remained free to roam the streets. This year alone, he was:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Busted for a misdemeanor and harassment charge in The Bronx in February.<\/li>\n<li>\u200aNabbed for trespassing March 5.<\/li>\n<li>Arrested on March 9 for criminal possession of a controlled substance, assault and attempted assault.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>His regular, frequent erratic behavior (he\u2019s also been hauled in for publicly exposing and fondling himself and grabbing a woman\u2019s rear) brought countless complaints to the police. But they did little except give him tickets and send him back out onto the streets.<\/p>\n<p>For all the billions Mayor Bill de Blasio spends on the homeless and the mentally ill, including via his wife\u2019s failed ThriveNYC program, people like Brimmage get ignored \u2014 until it\u2019s too late. When will those funds be used to help the seriously mentally ill and protect New Yorkers?<\/p>\n<p>Not to blame the mayor alone. City DAs too often opt not to prosecute. Judges refuse to detain defendants and impose light sentences on those convicted. And progressive state lawmakers won\u2019t ensure mandatory treatment of the severely mentally ill. Instead, they make it ever-harder to lock up anyone, including hardened criminals.<\/p>\n<p>This latest victim was lucky \u2014 unlike, say, the four homeless men allegedly bludgeoned to death last year by Randy Santos.<\/p>\n<p>Public safety ought to be government\u2019s top priority, but not in New York.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/06\/17\/rashid-brimmage-his-victims-and-a-system-thats-designed-to-fail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Opinion <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Rashid Brimmage, his victims \u2014 and\u00a0 a system that\u2019s designed to fail&#8221; June 17, 2020 | 7:11pm Enlarge Image Despite more than 100 arrests, Rashid Brimmage was free to walk the streets and allegedly push a 92-year-old woman to the ground for no reason. 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