Yes, there is a cost for the #MUSTGETTRUMP cult.
It is perfectly defensible if you an unhinged cultist........
https://www.city-journal.org/article/the-costs-of-get-trump
As former president Donald Trump’s trial continues in a Manhattan criminal court, many anticipate that it will be both historic and salacious—and it seems to be delivering on both counts. For New York City, though, it will also prove costly and time-consuming.
One of the greatest costs involves security. While New York apparently lacks the resources to police its streets, security for this hush-money trial will cost the city $50,000 per day. Ramped up security for the trial includes road closures, a frozen perimeter, two magnetometers, bomb-sniffing dogs, barricades, increased police presence, overtime pay for security guards, a mobile command center, and a “massive intelligence hub.” Not everyone is complaining. One security guard welcomes the overtime: “‘I’m fine if they want to pay me extra. I get to protect the 47th president of the United States.’”
Trump’s trial will also be time-consuming. Some estimate that it will run for six to eight weeks of “embarrassing evidence.” This stands in stark contrast to the many New York criminal cases summarily plea bargained. Out of 18,478 cases, 15,053 were plea bargained. In 2019, 96 percent of New York’s felony convictions and 99 percent of misdemeanor convictions stemmed from guilty pleas. Such unbridled plea bargaining “severely weakens the integrity of the justice system,” says a new report from the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
It’s indefensible that New York is devoting so much time and expense to the Trump trial even as dangerous crimes go unprosecuted. Criminals roam the streets with little fear of facing jail time. Manhattan’s crime clearance rate is an abysmal 29.8 percent. In 2019, New York’s 104,879 felony arrests resulted in only 5,049 prison sentences, an imprisonment rate of less than 5 percent. Manhattan’s percentage is even worse. In 2019, 57,143 Manhattan felony arrests resulted in only 1,599 prison sentences, an imprisonment rate of less than 3 percent.
It is perfectly defensible if you an unhinged cultist........
https://www.city-journal.org/article/the-costs-of-get-trump
As former president Donald Trump’s trial continues in a Manhattan criminal court, many anticipate that it will be both historic and salacious—and it seems to be delivering on both counts. For New York City, though, it will also prove costly and time-consuming.
One of the greatest costs involves security. While New York apparently lacks the resources to police its streets, security for this hush-money trial will cost the city $50,000 per day. Ramped up security for the trial includes road closures, a frozen perimeter, two magnetometers, bomb-sniffing dogs, barricades, increased police presence, overtime pay for security guards, a mobile command center, and a “massive intelligence hub.” Not everyone is complaining. One security guard welcomes the overtime: “‘I’m fine if they want to pay me extra. I get to protect the 47th president of the United States.’”
Trump’s trial will also be time-consuming. Some estimate that it will run for six to eight weeks of “embarrassing evidence.” This stands in stark contrast to the many New York criminal cases summarily plea bargained. Out of 18,478 cases, 15,053 were plea bargained. In 2019, 96 percent of New York’s felony convictions and 99 percent of misdemeanor convictions stemmed from guilty pleas. Such unbridled plea bargaining “severely weakens the integrity of the justice system,” says a new report from the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
It’s indefensible that New York is devoting so much time and expense to the Trump trial even as dangerous crimes go unprosecuted. Criminals roam the streets with little fear of facing jail time. Manhattan’s crime clearance rate is an abysmal 29.8 percent. In 2019, New York’s 104,879 felony arrests resulted in only 5,049 prison sentences, an imprisonment rate of less than 5 percent. Manhattan’s percentage is even worse. In 2019, 57,143 Manhattan felony arrests resulted in only 1,599 prison sentences, an imprisonment rate of less than 3 percent.
