A Manhattan courthouse became a crime scene last month when a man with multiple open criminal cases slashed two law enforcement officers in the neck and face — inside the very building where justice is supposed to be enforced.
Not on the subway. Not in the street. In the courthouse itself.
It’s hard to imagine a clearer sign of how broken our justice system has become under Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
The place where consequences are supposed to be delivered has now become one more place where criminals act without fear.
In any other city, this would be shocking. In New York, it feels familiar.
This is what happens when a DA spends three years telling violent offenders there’s always another excuse, another downgrade, another way out — and signals, on Day 1, that avoiding consequences is the office’s top priority.
Bragg’s notorious “day one memo” wasn’t just internal guidance; it