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I swear, that will go down as one of the all-time worst takes on any board, anywhere.
But hey. More of this in New York, please!
nypost.com - Nypd squad combats migrant pickpockets nypdCrews of migrants have been using children as decoys to pickpocket unsuspecting tourists in Times Square, The Post has learned.
The area ' from Sixth to Eighth Avenues between West 42nd and West 49th Streets ' has seen the number of pickpocket complaints skyrocket 222% ' to 187 so far this year from 58 in the same span in 2022, NYPD data show.
'You can't have this,' NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said. 'People are going to go back to wherever they came from and say, 'I spent half my trip canceling my credit cards.''
When they are arrested, the pickpockets tell cops they are from Central and South America, police said.
It's not clear if they are among 110,000 or so asylum seekers who have arrived in the city over the past year because cops are barred from seeking immigration status.Made sure to include that last line so when the Google Jockeys show up they can claim that it's totally not from illegal immigrants.
Still. 222%. That's impressive.
