Cop beaten on probation shows once again how the New York justice system has become nothing more than a revolving door system

“This is exactly what happens when the justice system is more concerned with coddling criminals than helping cops on the street,” said Patrick Hendry, president of the Police Benevolent Association, of the sickening beating of an NYPD officer caught on video as she broke up a fight in the Bronx on Thursday – and he’s absolutely right.

After all, the thug in question, career criminal Ernst Delma, was only free thanks to New York’s “reformed” parole rules.

These were changed under then-Governor Andrew Cuomo, along with a number of other failed progressive experiments, from no-bail policies to “Raise the Age.”

Time and again, Cuomo has pandered to leftists whose only concern is gang members and other lawbreakers, not victims of crime – and certainly not law enforcement.

Damn, Progs in Albany and the City Council are Despite it It imposes new burdens on police officers (such as the “How Many Stops” law, which adds hours of paperwork to NYPD shifts) while providing new grounds for early parole.

All of this is also leading to low police morale, early retirements and a rush to find work outside the city – leading to a downsizing of the force and a loss of vital experience.

As bad as it is, police officers who stay will inevitably become more cautious: Why take the risk of catching a perpetrator who is all too likely to go free, especially when most politicians Despite it Looking for the good guys?

Delma’s criminal record includes numerous arrests for assault and burglary, including a July 2022 case in which he brutally beat a civilian near Broadway’s Minskoff Theater; a functioning parole system would not have left him on the streets.

Under a reasonable bail system, the suspected arsonist in a major Brooklyn fire that injured nine people, including a child, this week would not have been released to set the fire, even though prosecutors had requested that the judge hold him on $20,000 bail.

Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark must use every means at his disposal to confront Delma and convince the judge to keep the villain behind bars at Rikers Jail until his trial date.

If not, Governor Hochul should order the state parole board to revoke his parole.

How many more violent attacks caught on camera will it take to convince parliamentarians to reverse their disastrous reforms – or to convince voters to elect better parliamentarians?

One way or another, New York must fix this revolving door system of injustice, or the whole city will belong to criminals.