“Inability To Prosecute Crime”: Musk Becomes Enraged When Women Tell Their Tales of New York Assaults

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, has criticized the New York police for what he termed a “failure to prosecute” rising crime in the Big Apple and other American cities.

This coincides with a wave of young female TikTokers who have been making waves online by sharing footage of random attacks they have had on the streets of New York that have gone viral. With more than a million followers, one influencer, Halley Kate Mcgookin, described how she was struck while out on a stroll in Manhattan.

A man approached her and hit her in the face while she was only strolling, she stated in a video that has received over 46 million views. Afterwards, the police verified that the arrest fit the specifics of Mcgookin’s case. Others on TikTok experienced similar experiences, according to The New York Post.

“FAILURE”
“Violent criminals may freely attack women in New York and many other US cities because there is a lack of prosecution of crime! In a post on X, Musk said that the governor had to summon the national guard in order for people to use the metro.

Musk also mentioned the intention of New York City to dispatch at least 800 police officers expressly to monitor turnstiles as part of a stepped-up crackdown on subway fare-beating. The latest action to address concerns about safety and disorderliness in the busiest subway system in the country was revealed on Monday.

In an effort to prevent fare evasion, the NYPD said earlier on Monday that hundreds of uniformed and plainclothes police would be deployed this week. According to data, the fight against fare-skippers has already started. Compared to 965 at this time in 2023, almost 1,700 persons have been detained on charges of turnstile-jumping so far this year. Almost 28,000 persons have received fare evasion citations from the police thus far this year.

In recent weeks, there have been suggestions made by both police and Mayor Eric Adams—a former transit cop himself—that fare-skipping and train violence are related. Since residents in New York and other cities emerged from Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns to a 2021 spike in crime, anxieties about subway safety have been difficult to allay.