<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nypd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City Police Department</a> detectives were called to perform a wellness check on a 22-year-old woman on Wednesday afternoon, only to discover suitcases stuffed with human remains.
Residents of an apartment complex in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brooklyn</a> told administrators there was a foul smell coming from one of the apartments, telling apartment security that they hadn’t seen the young woman who lived there for some time, ABC 7 NY <a href="https://abc7ny.com/body-parts-found-in-brooklyn-suitcase-nyc-crime/12249473/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. When a security guard attempted to enter the young woman’s apartment, he was stopped by her 23-year-old boyfriend, who sometimes lived in the apartment and had a restraining order against him taken out by the young woman.
The security guard returned to his desk and called police, reportedly seeing the boyfriend and another man quietly leave with a bag believed to contain evidence. The guard went back up to the woman’s apartment and found two suitcases containing blood, human remains, and body parts, as well as a meat cleaver.
NYPD arrived at the scene and found the suitcases, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/body-parts-found-stuffed-suitcases-wellness-check-nyc-woman-police-say-rcna48894?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, and took them to the medical examiner, who has yet to determine cause of death.
The remains are believed to be those of the unnamed young woman, and police are now actively looking for her boyfriend. The woman had a valid protection order against the boyfriend that lasted until the end of the month, and he had reportedly violated it before by showing up to her apartment without permission.
Residents of the apartment building told ABC 7 that the couple had fought previously, but also described shock that such a gruesome crime could occur in their building.
&#8220;This neighborhood is not the best neighborhood, to be honest with you, but this is outrageous. Absolutely outrageous,&#8221; Lindsey Vena, who lives in the building, told the outlet. &#8220;It makes me scared to even be around here. I&#8217;m just sick.&#8221;
Another resident told the outlet that the situation was “scary.”
&#8220;I live here with my family, and it&#8217;s just kind of wicked knowing that there&#8217;s somebody doing something like this where you lay your head at night,&#8221; the resident said.

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Police Performed A Wellness Check On A 22-Year-Old NYC Woman. They Found Body Parts In Suitcases

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The FBI was once the most trusted and respected law enforcement agency in the world. As we witness the destruction of that reputation because of their corrupt leaders <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-fbi-agents-pushed-to-find-a-crime-that-supports-bidens-claims-about-gop-extremism">bowing to the whims of tyrannical politicians</a>, we are once again reminded of the dire effects of extreme politics on policing.
In the federal government, and in police departments across the country, politics and law enforcement are intertwined. Ensuring the safety of the citizenry and preserving our constitutional, God given rights is the number one responsibility of our elected leaders. If you haven’t noticed, they are failing us.
The FBI, the most powerful law enforcement agency in the nation, has apparently become completely politicized. Our federal government’s armed enforcers are brazenly abusing their power to target political opponents on the right. Combine that with leftist politicians and their lap dogs in the media attacking, defunding and crippling the state and local police departments and we have a recipe for disaster. 
Weakening the police in our cities and towns leads to chaos and disorder, giving tyrants at the federal level an excuse to abuse their authority.
Laws must be enforced with integrity. There must be trust and respect that the police and the courts will mete out justice fairly and equitably by seeking only the truth without being swayed by personal or political ideology.
An incident where left wing lunatics attacked a Federal Courthouse in Portland or burned down a police precinct in Seattle is no different than one in which right wing fanatics stormed the Capitol. The suspects should be prosecuted and punished with equal fervor. But today, under a Democrat president and his leftist puppeteers, along with a democratic majority in both houses of congress, the laws are being selectively enforced and the suspects punished based on their political stripe.
Hillary Clinton destroying evidence and possessing classified documents on an unauthorized server should be as vigorously prosecuted as former president Trump allegedly hiding classified documents at Mar-A-Lago.
When I was in the police academy in 1982 as a 21 year-old kid, one of my instructors impressed upon us the power we were being given when we pinned that badge on our chest. He said, “You are now part of a select group who have the power to take away someone’s freedom and even their life. Think about how precious that freedom is and what an awesome responsibility you are being given to protect it.” 
Those words have stayed with me for over forty years and it turns my stomach to see spineless, gutless leaders in the FBI, their puppet master in the Justice Department Merrick Garland, and their useful idiots in the media behaving more like Josef Stalin’s secret police than a legitimate law enforcement agency. 
Lavrentiy Beria, the notorious head of Stalin’s ruthless death squad, once stated, “Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime.” Isn’t that exactly what is going on today with some in our federal government and their dogged pursuit of former President Trump?
Like Stalin and Beria, these partisan hacks are still trying to find the crime that will stick to Trump while the criminals in the swamp &#8211; who illegally spied on his campaign and worse &#8211; continue to go unpunished.
Maybe they’ll finally get Trump for something as innocuous as tearing off his mattress tags. 
The rogue behavior displayed by the FBI should be extremely troubling to all of us. The pre-dawn raid of Trump associate Roger Stone’s home on January 25th 2019 is a prime example. The FBI stormed Stone’s home at 5AM with more than two-dozen heavily armed agents in Flak Jackets, some with long guns drawn, containing 30 round magazines of ammunition.
I led and participated in the execution of hundreds of warrants during my police career, many of them entering places where we knew there would be dangerous, violent, armed criminals on the other side of the door. Not once in my two plus decades of policing did we utilize that kind of firepower, and certainly never against a 78 year-old man accused of lying to the FBI, his 75 year old deaf wife and two small fluffy white dogs. And not once did we bring a CNN film crew along to witness our “valor”. This was a disgraceful, pathetic abuse of authority. Every agent involved should be ashamed and every citizen of this country outraged.
If you pay attention to the news, we are rapidly becoming a police state. The media tools at CNN, MSNBC and the other propaganda outlets are polishing the boots of Biden and his Gestapo justice department while they target almost every attorney or close Trump associate who may have expressed legitimate concerns about the results of the 2020 presidential election. 
This motivation is to dissuade prominent attorneys from defending the former president and to weaken his ability to surround himself with competent advisors. The end game is to politically and financially destroy their opponent with Beria-style intimidation.
Ironically many hypocrites on the left who abhor the “murderous, racist police”, browbeat their politicians to abolish prisons and defund police departments across the country, seem to be cheering this type of corrupt power grab as long as the target is someone who doesn’t share their political ideology. What they fail to appreciate is that historically, when you give law enforcement and their overlords in government that kind of power, you will almost always find it being used against you in the future. 
Totalitarianism and tyranny weaponize the government to crush the rights of citizens. It doesn’t discriminate between political parties and at some point the fallout will find its way to your door. In many cases it already has. Attorney General Merrick Garland using the force and power of the federal government to label parents domestic terrorists for speaking out against Critical Race Theory at school board meetings is a prime example.
Meanwhile, there is an explosion of violent crime in the streets of our largest and most liberal cities. This is a direct result of left wing policies that weaken, demoralize and defund our police departments, while at the same time prisons are emptied  and our streets are flooded with violent criminals. The insane mantra of some on the left is “Less incarceration makes us all safer.” Do you feel safer? Of the US cities with the top ten murder rates in the country, nine are run by Democrat mayors and one by a former democrat turned independent. Coincidence? I think not.
I don’t care where you live or your political affiliation, our country is a more dangerous place today than it was two years ago and our freedom is under threat. Politicians on both sides are to blame. They aren’t going to change it. We have to; by making ourselves heard at community board meetings, school board meetings, and town halls, but most especially we must be heard at the ballot box this November.
John Dove is a retired NYPD Detective Lieutenant and the former co-executive producer of CSI-NY starring Gary Sinise.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving spoke out after New York City announced an end to its COVID vaccine mandate for private-sector employees on Tuesday, calling the requirement among &#8220;the biggest violations of human rights in history.&#8221;
Irving shared the comments in a viral Twitter post on Tuesday following the announcement by New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams.
“If I can work and be unvaccinated, then all of my brothers and sisters who are also unvaccinated should be able to do the same, without being discriminated against, vilified, or fired,” Irving wrote.
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If I can work and be unvaccinated, then all of my brothers and sisters who are also unvaccinated should be able to do the same, without being discriminated against, vilified, or fired. ♾🤞🏾
This enforced Vaccine/Pandemic is one the biggest violations of HUMAN RIGHTS in history.
&mdash; A11Even (@KyrieIrving) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyrieIrving/status/1572232112736210944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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“This enforced Vaccine/Pandemic is one the biggest violations of HUMAN RIGHTS in history,” he added.
Adams <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/686-22/mayor-adams-launches-covid-19-booster-campaign-additional-flexibility-nyc#/0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Tuesday that “the additional flexibility we are announcing for private employers, students, and parents puts the choice back into each of their hands.”
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JUST IN: <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NYCMayor</a> announces that New York City is updating its COVID-19 measures for private businesses and parents, giving them more flexibility to make their own decisions that are best for them.
Learn more here: <a href="https://t.co/tLCWEsxzIp">pic.twitter.com/tLCWEsxzIp</a>
&mdash; NYC Mayor&#39;s Office (@NYCMayorsOffice) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayorsOffice/status/1572227873762590724?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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New York City&#8217;s deputy mayor for health and human services Anne Williams-Isom shared the details that included an end to the vaccine mandate on students participating in sports and extracurricular activities.
“While we continue to adapt to the virus with these changes to vaccine mandates for private-sector employees and students participating in sports and extracurricular activities, we must continue doing our part to protect ourselves and our loved ones,” she said in the statement.
Irving&#8217;s comments take on extra meaning following his strong opposition to the city&#8217;s vaccine mandate that led to him being unable to play much of last season after refusing to comply. After a brief return to away games in January, he sat out until the city rolled back its rules for indoor events in March.
After missing more than 70 games over the city&#8217;s mandate, Irving <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kyrie-irving-makes-season-debut-in-new-york-city-im-standing-for-freedom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">returned</a> to loud cheers from fans at Barclays Center.
“I made it very clear it was never just about me,” Irving said, despite his team losing the game. “I think for my own legacy, that’s to be written by all those that I impact and all those that impact me, and it’s far bigger than just a basketball game. But when I’m in this locker room, I get a chance to perform with a bunch of guys that are selfless and are sacrificing just as much as I am. It makes it worthwhile.”
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Kyrie Irving received loud cheers from fans at Barclays Center during introductions. Irving is playing in his first home game for the Brooklyn Nets since Game 2 versus the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference Semifinals on June 7, 2021. He waved to the crowd before tip off. <a href="https://t.co/ZVav5KTsXn">pic.twitter.com/ZVav5KTsXn</a>
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Irving is among a small number of vocal professional athletes who have opposed the COVID vaccine mandate despite limitations on playing time or other complications.

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If you were an illegal alien, what progressive paradise would you want to be sent to? It’s a good question and there are hundreds of locations to choose from — ready and waiting as “sanctuaries.”
To the surprise of nobody with a brain, President Joe Biden’s border policies have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-press-secretary-on-illegal-immigration-its-not-like-somebody-walks-over-actually-millions-do">flooded</a> the country with millions of illegal aliens. States like Texas, Arizona, and Florida have begun shipping these individuals around the country to self-proclaimed sanctuary cities and counties for good reason.
Democratic enclaves like Martha’s Vineyard and New York City voted for the policies that caused the crisis in the first place. They also declared themselves places of refuge and welcome for basically anybody and everybody who dare breaks U.S. immigration law.
Since those local governments asked for it, they should be the ones who handle the millions of illegal aliens flowing into the country. It only makes sense.
With 10 states and more than 180 cities and counties <a href="https://cis.org/Map-Sanctuary-Cities-Counties-and-States">officially marked</a> as sanctuaries for illegal aliens, we thought we would go over some of the best places an illegal immigrant could choose as his or her final destination.
<h3>Martha’s Vineyard</h3>
Technically, Martha’s Vineyard isn’t a sanctuary city, but it is in Massachusetts which is a self-declared sanctuary state. That’s why Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R ) sent 50 illegal aliens there last week much to the dismay of leftists across the land.
He should keep sending them.
Home to beautiful beaches, and more than 80 hotels, bed and breakfasts, and hundreds of Airbnbs — there’s plenty of room on the island.
At least, you’d think there would be vacancies.
Last Friday, the illegal aliens sent by DeSantis were ferried off the island after residents complained there was already a “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/welcome-home-now-get-the-hell-out-illegal-aliens-already-bused-out-of-marthas-vineyard">housing crisis</a>” — despite it being filled with mega-mansions and the summer home of folks like former President Barack Obama and John Kerry.
Still, imagine trekking through Mexico, and hopping on a plane and landing at Martha’s Vineyard? What a life.
Of course, the hospitality lasts less than two days and it only really sounds serene during the summer months. Winters in New England can be brutal.
<h3>New York City</h3>
If you can stomach the rising crime, smell of the subway, and cringeworthy behavior from the plant-based Mayor Eric Adams, then the Big Apple isn’t such a bad place to go.
You’ll certainly receive many free perks courtesy of New York City taxpayers.
All you have to do is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-city-exempts-some-illegal-aliens-from-school-vaccine-requirements">enter</a> the country, declare asylum, volunteer to go to New York City and supposedly await your asylum hearing in a taxpayer-provided hotel room — then you can expect your children will have the necessary school supplies, therapy, medical care, food, and more given to them. You will even get a prioritized bus route, so your child does not have to walk through the slums of Gotham amidst rising crime. You can also forget about vaccinating your six-year-olds — it is your right, according to the NYC government.
Adams has also recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-says-bused-migrants-could-be-housed-on-cruise-ships">said</a> that the city is getting a little full. It seems even New York can’t handle the influx of immigrants.
Terrific news, compadres, the mayor is looking into cruise ships for the thousands of illegal aliens.
That’s right, if you’ve ever wanted an all-expense cruise line vacation in the Atlantic Ocean, this is option is darn close.
Who knows? Perhaps that cruise ship will even make its way up toward Martha’s Vineyard.
<h3>Aspen, Colorado</h3>
If you play your cards right, you could really have life made in the shade by catching a flight to the world renowned ski resort of Aspen, Colorado.
Aspen is home to gorgeous mountains and outdoor activities as well as apres-skiing. It also is in Pitkin County, which is a proud sanctuary county. 
Aspen is really four villages that comprise one beautiful, welcoming place for illegal aliens.
In 2016, shortly after the election of Donald Trump, the government of Snowmass Village in Aspen declared themselves to be a sanctuary city.
&#8220;We need to honor and respect public discourse and at the same time treat each other with kindness and understanding,” a letter signed by the Snowmass city council <a href="https://www.aspendailynews.com/snowmass-council-town-is-a-sanctuary-city/article_88720627-9f0c-5418-a94e-617cd6b80f61.html">said</a>. “Above all else, let’s honor our town’s tradition of inclusivity, respect and kindness to all.”
Sounds excellente. Now they can prove their hospitable attitude by taking in some folks who arrived at the border.
<h3>Concord, Massachusetts</h3>
This one is for the history lovers amongst the illegal immigrants. Concord has proudly been a liberal town practically since the country was founded. 
Per the 2020 election results, residents of Concord supported the Biden-Harris ticket over the Trump-Pence bid by a <a href="https://www.concordma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/27093/11032020-Official-Tally-Presidential-Election">margin</a> of 10,024 to 1,977.  The town is also  more than 82% white. It could use a little bit more diversity. 
It has the former home of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Louisa May Alcott and many more historical figures to enjoy.
Surely the people of Concord would love nothing more than seeing a tent village pop up along Walden Pond. 
If they don’t like that, maybe the illegal aliens could be housed in Concord’s Colonial Inn — which has been up and running since 1716. 
<h3>Durham County, North Carolina</h3>
So long as you’re not wearing a Duke shirt or University of North Carolina gear in the wrong part of the county, residents of Durham County North Carolina have made it clear they’ll welcome anybody anyone who comes to the country — the more illegal the better.
Perhaps the DeSantis administration should send the next plane full of migrants to one of the schools on Tobacco road? 
In the words of Dick Vitale, “It’s Duke vs. UNC, baby! What’s better than this?” It’s also a sanctuary county, so start making room for your new residents in the bleachers at Cameron Indoor and the Dean Smith Center, you proud Dukies and Tar Heels.
<h3>Want Warmer Weather?</h3>
Unfortunately, on account of being generally conservative and having commonsense, most of the warm weather states in the U.S. don’t have sanctuary cities. They still respect rule of law. 
The southern part of California, however, is welcoming in millions. See a complete list here.
<h3>Why Can’t They Just Remain In Mexico?</h3>
Most of this problem could go away if Biden decided to bring back the “Remain in Mexico” policy. Trump’s key immigration protocol forced Mexico to house migrants as they wait asylum court. Under Biden, migrants are captured and released into the U.S. interior. 
It wouldn’t be so great for the illegal aliens, but it would be best for the American taxpayer. 
Of course, Biden is unlikely to renege on his border policies anytime soon. According to his veep, Kamala Harris, the administration is looking into U.S. citizenship for the illegal aliens already here.
It looks like it will take a Republican back in office to end the border madness.
In meantime, ideally we can keep sending these folks to sanctuary cities. After all, they wanted the illegal aliens in first place.

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) announced on Tuesday that the city&#8217;s COVID vaccine mandate for the private sector will soon become optional.
Adams shared the update as he received his own booster shot on Tuesday, encouraging New Yorkers to take part in the new voluntary program.
The mayor <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/686-22/mayor-adams-launches-covid-19-booster-campaign-additional-flexibility-nyc#/0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that &#8220;the additional flexibility we are announcing for private employers, students, and parents puts the choice back into each of their hands.&#8221;
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JUST IN: <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NYCMayor</a> announces that New York City is updating its COVID-19 measures for private businesses and parents, giving them more flexibility to make their own decisions that are best for them.
Learn more here: <a href="https://t.co/tLCWEsxzIp">pic.twitter.com/tLCWEsxzIp</a>
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The city&#8217;s deputy mayor for health and human services Anne Williams-Isom shared the details regarding the announcement.
“While we continue to adapt to the virus with these changes to vaccine mandates for private-sector employees and students participating in sports and extracurricular activities, we must continue doing our part to protect ourselves and our loved ones,” she said in the statement.
“The best way we can do that is to get vaccinated and get boosted. I strongly encourage every New Yorker to reach out to their primary care physician, local pharmacy, or any city-affiliated site to schedule their vaccine or updated booster shot appointment today,&#8221; she added.
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I’m getting my <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19</a> booster and you can too: visit <a href="https://t.co/KwhEv8K9Bt">https://t.co/KwhEv8K9Bt</a>! Join us now at City Hall. <a href="https://t.co/o78vmIM8Mg">https://t.co/o78vmIM8Mg</a>
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The news also revealed that New York City school students participating in sports and extracurricular activities will no longer be required to show proof of COVID vaccination, effectively immediately. The private sector mandate will become optional starting November 1.
The move will likely encourage more New Yorkers to return to in-office work, a concern shared by many employers and workers across the city.
“The mayor’s decision to allow individual employers to determine COVID-19 protocols is most welcome,” said Kathryn Wylde, president and CEO of Partnership for New York City, in the mayor&#8217;s statement. “It will accelerate return to the office and encourage New Yorkers to move beyond the pandemic mentality.”
The mayor&#8217;s update comes just two days after President Joe Biden said &#8220;the pandemic is over&#8221; during a &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; interview on Sunday.
“We still have a problem with COVID. We’re still doing a lot of work on it. But the pandemic is over,&#8221; he added.
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President Biden said the pandemic is ‘over’ in an interview with ’60 Minutes.’
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The news also comes after Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-more-quarantining-new-york-gov-kathy-hochul-announces-end-of-school-covid-restrictions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> last month that the state is lifting its COVID restrictions for schools to align with updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations.
“No more quarantining — no more ‘test to stay,’” Hochul told reporters. “The days of sending an entire classroom home because one person was symptomatic or tested positive — those days are over.”
“What that means is if a classmate tests positive for COVID and your child doesn’t have symptoms, your child can stay in school as long as they wear a mask under those circumstances. That’s what we’re recommending,” Hochul added.
The state continues to encourage vaccination. However, the latest update from the state <a href="https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2022/08/2022-23-school-year-covid-19-faqs-for-schools_8-22-22.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">does not currently require</a> COVID vaccinations for students or staff to attend school for the 2022-2023 school year.

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Mayor Eric Adams Announces End To New York City’s Private Sector COVID Vaccine Mandate

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The man who made headlines earlier this week for brandishing an axe at a Lower East Side <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mcdonalds">McDonald’s</a> is speaking out, claiming he’s “not unhinged” and insisting 18 hours in jail was ample punishment for his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/crime">crime</a>.
Michael Palacios, 31, discussed how his weapon of choice, which he called a “tomahawk,” was less dangerous than a gun and, therefore, should be acceptable in public.
“Think about it. If you only think that the thing you can protect yourself with is a gun, we’re all going to go to f***ing jail,” he said. “With a hatchet, I have my options — throw it or just smash a f***ing table. With a gun, all you do is shoot,” Palacios said in his defense, per <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/09/19/nyc-mcdonalds-ax-man-michael-palacios-speaks-out/">The New York Post</a>.
“I’m not unhinged,” the axe-wielding man promised. He was released without bail thanks to the state’s bail reform laws and sees himself as entirely justified in what he did. 
“I’m not psychotic. I just did what anybody would do when being pummeled,” Palacios continued while explaining that he acted in self-defense. “What would you do? Take out your phone and call 911?”
Palacios also said if he intended to hurt others, he would have. 
“I’m not a loose cannon,” he continued. “I don’t think just because I’m angry and going through some s*** I’m going to hurt other people. … People are saying, ‘Oh, these guys are lucky.’ It had nothing to do with luck. It’s not luck that they didn’t get chopped up. I didn’t chop them up because I didn’t want to.”
“Everybody’s talking about how I should be in jail,” he said. “I did my 18 hours, bro. What else do you want? Why do I have to be in jail? I’m not going to make it a race thing just because I’m big and black.”
“My intentions were not to hurt anyone,” he said again.
Next, Palacios recalled an incident where he was injured, which he says is proof that crime in the city is less serious than it was a decade ago.
“It’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city">New York City</a>,” he said. “I’ve been here for a long time, and there’s always been crime. I got hit in the head with a hammer at that corner like 10 years ago while I was walking to the store. Some random dude.&#8221;
“So, 10 years ago somebody got hit with a hammer. Today, somebody hit a table with a f***ing hatchet. I think things are getting better if you ask me.”
Witnesses claimed that Palacios became enraged after getting rejected by a woman he approached, but he claims the altercation happened when a patron began arguing with him after he was denied access to the restaurant bathroom.
“I’m like, ‘Yo, bro, c’mon. Open the bathroom,&#8217;” he said. “And then I hear, ‘You, you don’t have to be mean about it.’ I’m like, ‘Shut the f*** up.’ I didn’t even look back. I just said it, and then it all became, ‘Oh, I’ll slap you.’ I’m like, ‘Where are you gonna slap me?’ And that’s when I came at the guy with the black tank top.”
“And eventually I just got tired of three dudes backing me up, and I just slapped one of them. It had nothing to do with attacking women,” Palacios continued. “The woman had no issues. I had no issues with the woman.”
“I showed composure. People just see blankness, but I was thinking,” he said of wielding the axe as frightened people were filming. “I was processing. You ever download a program and the Apple sign spins? That was me processing.”
“I wanted to intimidate them,” he said of the incident. “Also, I wanted to show them that the hatchet was real. It’s not a toy.”
Palacios also told The Post he had lost his job earlier that day and was having “a tough day overall.”

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) has suggested that migrants bused to his city could temporarily live on cruise ships.
Adams shared the proposal during an interview on WCBS&#8217;s &#8220;The Point with Marcia Kramer&#8221; broadcast on Sunday.
&#8220;[W]e examined everything from the legality of using any type of cruise ship for temporary housing. We&#8217;re looking at everything to see, how do we deal with this?&#8221; Adams <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/681-22/transcript-mayor-eric-adams-appears-wcbs-s-point-marcia-kramer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Kramer.
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The host later returned to the topic with a follow-up question concerning the possible option to deal with thousands of migrants recently bused to the city by Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.
&#8220;I want to pursue this thing about the cruise ships. Is that really a possibility that you might be able to do that?&#8221; Kramer asked.
&#8220;We&#8217;re looking at that,&#8221; Adams responded.
&#8220;We are predicted with the influx of opening, probably, 38 additional emergency shelters. So we have to find temporary measures to address this issue,&#8221; he later added.
In a separate <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ny-mayor-eric-adams-calls-coordination-gop-governors/story?id=90067473" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week,&#8221; Adams also called for more coordination in the migrant busing efforts.
“These migrants and asylum seekers are not coming to any particular city, they’re coming to America,” the mayor claimed. “This is an American crisis that we need to face – a humanitarian crisis that were made by human hands by some of the governors in our southern states.”
Despite calls of a crisis, the number of migrants bused to his city is minuscule compared to the more than four million people who have unlawfully crossed the southern border since President Biden entered office.
Adams stated that 11,000 migrants had been bused to his city during the WCBS interview. Abbott&#8217;s press release two days before the interview reported only 2,500 migrants had been sent to New York, while thousands more had been bused to other places, such as Washington, D.C.
&#8220;Texas has also bused over 8,000 migrants to our nation&#8217;s capital since April and over 2,500 migrants to New York City since August 5. More than 600 migrants from Texas have arrived in Chicago since late August,&#8221; Abbott said in a <a href="https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/operation-lone-star-spotlights-sanctuary-city-hypocrisy-buses-over-11000-migrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. &#8220;The busing mission is providing much-needed relief to our overwhelmed border communities.&#8221;
Arizona has reportedly bused <a href="https://www.kold.com/2022/09/16/arizona-has-bused-nearly-2000-migrants-border/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nearly 2,000</a> migrants to Washington, D.C., over the past four months. The state has not bused migrants to New York City.
In addition to Texas and Arizona, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) made headlines last week for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-shreds-claims-that-illegal-immigrants-were-falsely-lured-into-going-to-marthas-vineyard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">authorizing two flights</a> with approximately 50 migrants to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard.
Despite criticisms from the Left, DeSantis received a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/standing-ovation-for-desantis-when-he-brings-up-marthas-vineyard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">standing ovation</a> from his audience at a Wisconsin event on Sunday when mentioning the flights.
“The one place in the country where we see virtually no law and order is at the southern border. And this is a crisis,” DeSantis said. “It’s now getting a little more attention.”
That prompted <a href="https://news.lee.net/partners/cnn/raw-ks-desantis-gets-standing-ovation-in-kansas/video_a1161545-978f-5478-bd12-140087d9237f.html">applause from the crowd</a> as DeSantis insisted, “This is a crisis. It is a crisis. And it’s a manufactured crisis because of Biden’s failed policies.”

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">Ticket sales</a> for “The Phantom of the Opera” soared just after the long-running <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/broadway">Broadway</a> show announced it would be closing forever.
“The tills are alive with the sound of the music of the night!&#8221; producer Cameron Mackintosh <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/09/18/phantom-of-the-opera-sales-explode-after-shock-closing-announcement/">told</a> The New York Post of the increased revenue as the show’s end looms. Apparently, it raked in $2 million in sales following the announcement. But this renewed popularity will not change the fact that “Phantom of the Opera” will close in February.
The award-winning show will be staging a huge party for its 35th anniversary, then shutting down for good shortly after. There have been 13,000 performances at the Majestic Theatre in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city">New York City</a> since opening on January 26, 1988, making it the longest-running show on Broadway. The producer mentioned how “Chicago” is the second longest and costs less to run.
“Everyone thinks these shows can go on forever, but you can’t run a big show at these margins anymore,” the producer told The Post. 
He mentioned that while it used to take $800,000 to put on, now the post-pandemic cost has skyrocketed closer to $950,000. That number is not sustainable.
“The 35-year run is even more miraculous when you consider how huge it is,” Mackintosh continued. “There comes a tipping point in the life of any show. The number of losing weeks was rising even before COVID.”
“The encouraging thing is that there is still a terrific resilience and an insistence to come to shows,” the producer continued. “It’s going to be a bumpy ride, but people are turning up!”
Broadway shows, in general, have struggled to return to pre-pandemic levels, even after theaters dropped the vaccine mandate for guests. Forbes <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/leeseymour/2022/05/04/broadway-attendance-plummets-as-market-teeters-theaters-drop-vaccine-mandate/?sh=4d5a70df177c">reported</a> in May that gross ticket sales fell 15%, and only three-quarters of all seats were occupied compared to the same week in 2019, with the same number of shows, when shows were 90% full.
Even popular shows like “Hamilton” failed to sell out as usual. Add that to the increased cost of running these shows, which leads to a conclusion where even mainstays like “The Phantom of the Opera” can be put on the chopping block.
Tourism in New York City is also down significantly as rising crime rates and high-profile attacks are making headlines. Broadway enthusiasts may be less likely to head into the city to see a show if they’re worried about safety.

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'Phantom Of The Opera' Ticket Sales Explode After Show Announces It's Shutting Down

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brooklyn</a> preacher known for delivering sermons while garbed in Dior suits and serious bling <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/crime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">violently shoved</a> a woman during his Sunday service in a shocking moment caught on viral video.
Bishop Lamor Whitehead, leader of the Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries chapter in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn, was preaching from the pulpit at his church when the woman in the congregation apparently began shouting. Whitehead, who was <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-bishop-lamor-whitehead-first-service-reenactment-gunpoint-robbery-20220731-kisj5lxuzba3lb4surhu2rzhsa-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">robbed mid-sermon in July</a>, appeared to accuse the woman of recording him, then invited her up.
“You wanna come preach?” Whitehead is heard asking the woman. “You want to come preach, come up here. I&#8217;m gonna make you famous, yes Lord.”
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When she approaches, Whitehead grabs her by the neck and shoves her forcefully, then begins speaking in tongues.
“Now remove her out of here, move her out of here,” he says.
Appearing to address the woman, who is out of the livestream frame, Whitehead says, “Press whatever charges you want, you&#8217;re not going to come in my space. I feel threatened.”
Moments later, Whitehead resumed the service.
“Let&#8217;s get back to the word of God,” he says.
Both were reportedly taken from the church in handcuffs. <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/woman-criminally-charged-for-clash-with-brooklyn-bishop-lamor-whitehead-during-church-live-stream/ar-AA11ZJRS" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Daily News</a> identified the woman as Tarsha Howard, and reported that she was charged with trespassing and disrupting a religious service. Whitehead told the newspaper he was vindicated.
“They lock me up in front of my children, in front of my wife, in front of my church,” Whitehead said. “They publicly embarrassed me and then they drop all the charges after two hours and apologize to me.”
Whitehead addressed the situation on Facebook Live later Sunday, as he drove home in his Rolls Royce. He claimed the unidentified woman he was seen shoving was threatening his family in connection with a pending lawsuit.
“I know that everyone&#8217;s building a narrative, but it is what it is,” he said, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11225769/Shocking-moment-controversial-NYC-bling-pastor-grabs-female-congregant-shoves-pulpit.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to the Daily Mail</a>. “We had some visitor in the church, and they were sent by two nobodies — two bloggers who are nobodies. And they were sent into my church to disrupt my church.
“They came in videoing, and it was a whole set-up,” he continued. “That&#8217;s when I took action and I grabbed the young woman and I escorted her out.”
The episode was captured on the church’s regular livestream feed, as was another bizarre incident this summer when Whitehead, his wife and possibly some congregants were robbed of $400,000 in jewelry while preaching.
“I didn’t know if they wanted to shoot the church up or if they were just coming for a robbery,” Whitehead said at the time.
On video of the service when the robbery occurred, Whitehead also addressed his taste for luxury living.
“A lot of people are going to say, ‘Why are you so flashy?’” he said. “It’s my prerogative to purchase what I want to purchase if I work hard for it.”

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A man who was arrested over the weekend after allegedly causing thousands of dollars of damage inside a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city">New York City</a> McDonald&#8217;s by using an ax has now been released from jail without bail.
Video shows an intense verbal altercation between several males and 31-year-old suspect Michael Palacios that led to pushing and shoving — which quickly escalated into punches being thrown. After things appeared to cool down for a few moments, some of the men in the video continued shouting at Palacios — who then put down his backpack, opened it up, and pulled out a hatchet.
The moment that Palacios pulled out the hatchet the other men quickly backed off as they begged him to calm down. Video showed Palacios allegedly smashing tables, shattering a giant pane of glass, and aggressively confronting other people in the restaurant.
&#8220;The suspect removed an ax from his backpack and menaced the unknown males,&#8221; the NYPD said in a statement. &#8220;The suspect intentionally caused property damage to the establishment. The individual was taken into custody by responding officers. A search incident to a lawful arrest, an additional knife was recovered from his backpack. Victims did not report any injuries.&#8221;
Palacios was arrested fourth-degree criminal-mischief and possession-of-weapons <a href="https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/webcrim_attorney/Detail?which=charge&amp;docketNumber=xPD9gYfgVLUcJ5uFDtugdA==&amp;countyId=ftUCLXxA/VgUxT4CDSVwBw==&amp;docketId=pVG6bB8BJdyi_PLUS__PLUS_678s5qgA==&amp;docketDseq=o6PDyKIx4BvSfbvyCgDnHw==&amp;defendantName=Palacios,+Michael&amp;court=New+York+Criminal+Court&amp;courtType=L&amp;recordType=C&amp;recordNum=HyurB7vFgAuE885HisqJwg==">charges</a>.
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Palacios was &#8220;released without bail at his arraignment&#8221; on Sunday, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/09/18/mcdonalds-ax-attack-suspect-michael-palacios-freed-without-bail/">reported</a> as none of charges facing the suspect are &#8220;eligible for bail under the state’s lenient criminal-justice reforms.&#8221;
An alleged witness told the newspaper that the incident started after Palacios got into an argument with a woman who ultimately ended up rejecting him.
“So, basically he got into an argument with a girl, and then the girl rejected him,” the witness said. “She didn’t want to talk to him. He kept going at her.”
Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY), who is the party&#8217;s gubernatorial nominee in the state, responded to the incident by saying that it was &#8220;just another day in Kathy Hochul’s New York.&#8221;
&#8220;After we fire Hochul on November 8th, we are taking back our streets!&#8221; Zeldin added.
Zeldin later responded to the news that the suspect was freed from jail by writing: &#8220;In Kathy Hochul’s New York, you can walk into McDonald’s, use your axe to hack up tables and walls, swinging it wildly at other customers, and be released from custody before your fries get cold.&#8221;
&#8220;Cashless bail must be repealed!&#8221; Zeldin continued. &#8220;Judges need discretion to weigh dangerousness.&#8221;

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The mayor of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city">New York City</a> blamed Republican governors for what he called an &#8220;American crisis&#8221; and &#8220;humanitarian crisis&#8221; in the sanctuary city as it grapples with migrants arriving from Texas. 
Appearing on ABC’s &#8220;This Week&#8221; Sunday, host Jonathon Karl asked Mayor Eric Adams (D) what President Joe Biden’s administration was doing for the city. Karl pointed out that Adams has previously said New York was “overwhelmed” by illegal immigrants recently bused there, even though the numbers pale in comparison to what Texas and other border states have experienced. 
“These migrants and asylum seekers are not coming to any particular city, they’re coming to America,” the mayor asserted, adding, “This is an American crisis that we need to face – a humanitarian crisis that were made by human hands by some of the governors in our southern states.” 
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) office has <a href="https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-announces-migrant-bus-arrivals-at-border-czar-harris-residence-in-washington-d.c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> that the state has sent more than 10,000 illegal immigrants to the sanctuary cities of Washington, D.C., New York, and Chicago since April. Abbott isn’t alone in the strategy, as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marthas-vineyard-slammed-after-migrants-removed-in-under-48-hours-someone-elses-problem-now" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transported</a> 50 migrants to Martha’s Vineyard last week, prompting a quick response from the island. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) has also <a href="https://www.kold.com/2022/09/16/arizona-has-bused-nearly-2000-migrants-border/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bused</a> nearly 2,000 migrants to D.C. in four months, KOLD News 13 <a href="https://www.kold.com/2022/09/16/arizona-has-bused-nearly-2000-migrants-border/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
Mayor Adams stated in a <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/666-22/mayor-adams-on-influx-asylum-seekers-arriving-new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a> last week that New York City is “nearing its breaking point” and said officials there expect thousands more illegal immigrants to arrive in the coming weeks. He also accused the Republican governors of playing an “unproductive game of gotcha.” 
“How is it that New York City is overwhelmed when it’s a fraction of what we’re seeing on the border?” Karl asked Adams. 
The mayor called for more coordination between him and the governors regarding the busing strategy, requesting sponsors. Adams has long called for New York to stay a sanctuary city, tweeting last year while on the campaign trail that “New York City will remain a sanctuary city under an Adams administration.” 
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Karl asked Adams whether he thought New York’s sanctuary policies might be attracting illegal border crossers, to which Adams replied, “No, not at all.” 
Citing the Biden administration&#8217;s lax border policies and failure to secure the border, Abbott said in an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/governor-abbott-to-the-biden-admin-if-they-will-not-go-to-the-border-were-taking-the-border-to-them" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with Fox News on Friday that &#8220;if they will not go to the border, we&#8217;re taking the border to them.&#8221; The governor added that returning to Trump-era border policies would decrease unlawful crossings, thus eliminating the need to transport illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities.
Adams&#8217; criticism of the Republican governors comes as the mayor of El Paso, a Democrat, has defended his city busing migrants to New York under a 16-month, $2 million contract, The Daily Wire previously reported.

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An angry man with an axe went wild in a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-shoots-mcdonalds-worker-after-mom-called-him-to-complain-about-argument-over-cold-fries-police" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City McDonald’s</a> early Friday morning.
The suspect, 31-year-old Michael Palacios, walked into the restaurant at 2:25 a.m. and reportedly got into an argument with three other men. He then grabbed an axe out of his backpack and shattered glass while frightening patrons, <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/09/17/axe-wielding-wingnut-runs-amok-in-bronx-mcdonalds/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the New York Post.
Video of the incident shows two men attempting to hold Palacios back from confronting a group of young men and women in the restaurant. The men begin throwing punches before Palacios appears to give up and the fight deescalates. But just seconds later, the enraged man grabs an axe out of his backpack and begins hurling it around.
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With the axe in his hand, the suspect approaches a woman in the group and reportedly tells her, “Don’t be afraid of me, be afraid of him!”
One of the onlookers was recording the incident with a smile on his face, and a group of bystanders were also watching the events unfold. Thankfully, the rampage that could have easily resulted in serious injuries to someone eating their late-night snack only ended up in some damaged property, but the incident undoubtedly had some customers worried.
“That’s why I keep my knife on me all the time,” one person who was recording the altercation said.
Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-republican-congressman-and-ny-gubernatorial-candidate-lee-zeldin-attacked-at-campaign-event" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lee Zeldin</a>, the New York Republican gubernatorial candidate, tweeted the video of the axe-wielding man and said it was just another example of crime infecting the Democrat-led state.
“Just another day in Kathy Hochul’s New York. After we fire Hochul on November 8th, we are taking back our streets!” Zeldin commented.
Last month, another New York McDonald’s saw a much worse act of violence when a restaurant worker was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-shoots-mcdonalds-worker-after-mom-called-him-to-complain-about-argument-over-cold-fries-police" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shot</a> by a man who came to the fast-food joint when his mom called him to complain about employees arguing with her over cold fries, according to police. The McDonald&#8217;s employee, 23-year-old Matthew Webb, died days later, the NYPD <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/08/05/brooklyn-mcdonalds-worker-shot-over-cold-fries-has-died/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a>.
After the shooting, a local store owner called for more police presence, saying that violence is becoming commonplace in the area. “I saw two police at the corner all week, but yesterday I didn’t see one,” he explained. “They should be at every single corner every day.”

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