There’s no denying that Brooklyn DA Charlie Hynes has nothing but the best intentions in mind with the launch of “Safe Stop,” his new initiative that aims to prevent another Leiby Kletzky tragedy by having participating neighborhood businesses post this sticker in their windows and agree to help lost children. But does it really have any chance of being effective? It’s also somewhat ironic that none of the 70 or so stores to have signed up are in Borough Park, where the actual crime took place.
So remember that video purporting to show a young man dressed as a pimp and his ho girlfriend getting prostitution advice from ACORN that sent the right into a tizzy? Well, Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes did what the media didn’t: he investigated it. According to a law enforcement source, “They edited the tape to meet their agenda.” The district attorney therefore cleared the group of any wrongdoing. Meanwhile, the Conservative activist that starred in the video, James O’Keefe, is still facing federal charges after he was arrested for allegedly attempting to bug Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu’s office.
Cleaning up graffiti was the punishment for a few Brooklynites charged with minor offenses like walking in between subway cars, drinking in public, splashing beer on a cop, and misusing a student Metrocard. District Attorney Charles Hynes’ Alternative Programs Unit puts minor offenders to work cleaning up rather than facing stiffer, less productive penalties. |NYDN|
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