Paterson, N.J. mayor tells state attorney general to get out of his city

It happened after a brazen robbery was caught on surveillance video. The attorney general took over the Paterson Police Department back in March of 2023. CBS News New York's Christine Sloan reports.

[@Tony-tx1pj]

If you see a hood, it AIN'T turning out good!

[@Mr5083]

😂😊

[@BLUELEADER78]

Understood

[@Theonetruegod-hw2ei]

Or in a white conservative family

[@BLUELEADER78]

@@Theonetruegod-hw2ei did you stay up all night thinking of that?

[@worldbfree9321]

@@BLUELEADER78surprised you can see at all with that hood over your head

[@LuckyDuckie115]

All these attorney generals that got voted in during the george floyd era has been terrible

[@red32_12]

that's being disrespectful of Saint George Floyd ,, mentioning his name without his title. " Saint" Saint George Floyd..

[@abdulazizalzut8963]

Nice to see Patterson has a vibrant, flourishing black community. l hope they continue to vote democrat!

[@BajatheChickenMan]

By design. But I remember when everyone was saying that these Soros-backed DAs was just a "crazy conspiracy".

[@GovernmentCheese-dw2zi]

On this episode of “ While democrats politicians rob the country ( over 5 trillion dollars are unaccounted for in the Biden/Harris administration. How many bank accounts does the Biden’s have in the Ukraine?). The criminals terrorize Americans “. The Biden/Harris administration make the mafia look like choir boys “.

[@trusttheprocess5618]

@@red32_12🤣🤣

[@DHFlip18]

When has Paterson ever been safe?

[@_francisco_]

It's pretty safe if you live there

[@DHFlip18]

@@_francisco_ bro, I live in the Bronx and even we know Paterson is a dump. Not much better than the Bx.

[@Ston247]

Paterson has always been wild.

[@BuckieBoy-l2r]

😂 true

[@robertortiz8540]

@@Ston247, Paterson has always been a wild Democrat city.

[@edhartmann1168]

The weapons that were carried are worth more than the haul at a barber shop unless something else was going on.

[@rongold7719]

I’m wondering why they didn’t go for the liquor store. There would be much more money there.

[@BG-qk6ek]

S&W 5.56 is $650 I carry more than that on me

[@_francisco_]

Inside job, probably insurance fraud

[@MomMom4Cubs]

​@@rongold7719You don't seem to know the likelihood of success when robbing a liquor store in a place such as that. The only thing you'll get waiving an assault rifle in a liquor store is a lead sandwich. If you somehow cling to life, you'll be facing serious, violent felony charges as a result. Those robbers still made more than they would in the prison workshop for an equivalent amount of time.

[@4R13SDCJ]

Las barberías son más que solo barberías, están abiertas a las 3 o 4 a.m. sospechoso

[@TickTock-jo4to]

Usual suspects problem?

[@lamorenalindacopswife]

Criminals come in all colors.

[@trent617tw]

Yes. Subjects were human. You nailed it

[@twitherspoon8954]

@@lamorenalindacopswife Not at equal rates. That's the point.

[@ThomasNguyen-qw6ro]

@@lamorenalindacopswife majority are from 13% community.

[@aviation11000]

ryan routh? thomas crooks?

[@NAIROISMID]

usual suspects

[@harryclint6170]

Usual suspooks

[@javianjohnson8746]

Reason no. 3627 why I stay tf out of Paterson

[@shadow.banned]

Import this Chicago stuff at your own risk.

[@devonforsure260]

"If they wear a mask you better walk fast"

[@RicePho]

Several masked BLOCK people, expressing their special privilege.

[@spar1993]

I'll bet they weren't white.... I'll bet they weren't black either.... what is the other one?

[@lostit5561]

Better than attacking the Capitol 🇺🇲 I guess

[@miketemple7686]

@@lostit5561 seriously, that’s your go-to? Exactly how many people attacked the capital with AR-15’s?

[@lamorenalindacopswife]

Criminals come in all colors.

[@sphincterlicker69]

​@lostit5561 this is so much worse, literally happening every second of the day, because of special privileges given to bad people.

[@KR-fy3ls]

Wonder if they waited for their background checks to come through.

[@christoskarahalios9564]

No Bail, No Jail what do you expect? Top it with no prosecution, defund the police Nice Democrats Policies

[@MAGNETICENT]

“Democratic”

[@boyce5994]

How would more funding have stopped this? Lol need more patrolling.

[@whitetrashmillionare4858]

And lots of illegal aliens, thanks Giggles!

[@trent617tw]

Paterson's police budget has gone up millions since 2020. But that is a fact. And facts don't matter to parrots.

[@BoomBoom77-z8b]

​@@boyce5994Stop and frisk!

[@Tungsten30]

Good thing no one de-funded the police or de-criminalized everything...

[@DHFlip18]

Lol😂

[@SeamusMcGinn]

The worst states are red states. You can go join them.

[@BuckieBoy-l2r]

People voted for this

[@worldbfree9321]

Since 2020, Paterson’s police budget has increased by $10M btw. But facts don’t matter to your kind 😂

[@Tungsten30]

@@worldbfree9321 Sounds like fast-talkin Yankee speech...trying to deflect from your failed democratic policies. NJ sucks anyway

[@RickDeckardMemories]

Barber shop, liquor store, smoke shop... must be a nice area 😂

[@eugenaarnold3965]

Corny

[@jimdellavecchia4594]

Laundromat. check cashing joint

[@understandin120]

Paterson has never been safe

[@marcellino1956]

you know something dirty is going down when you see hoodies pulled tight in the summer time

[@rollup35]

You would think NJ would want GOOD CHANGE, BUT NO! Keep on voting Democrat….

[@ravenstylea2]

So reality shows that criminals DON'T follow strict gun laws!? 🤯

[@safeandeffectivelol]

Maybe if they pass some more laws, the criminals will start obeying them 🤣🤣🤣

[@tremblence]

Liberals are incredibly unintelligent

[@dusty4047]

But the second amendment ...right? oops there goes your point

[@safeandeffectivelol]

@@dusty4047 Second Amendment allows people to commit robberies? 🤣🤣🤣

[@dumdum5520]

Ayo wtf 💀 thats literally down the street from me

[@Dan-od4bd]

Sounds rough bro

[@BENEATH_THE_SEWERS]

Get yourself a streetsweeper and lay low.

[@therealmulatto]

Word plus the cigar shop next to checkers on Broadway skull

[@edwardtowle1563]

Move

[@Noodlepoke]

Hope they catch these guys quickly

[@abdulazizalzut8963]

don't these guys need to vote democrat?

[@Z5Tkl87]

This is New York they will be released after any arrest.

[@GovernmentCheese-dw2zi]

On this episode of “ While democrats politicians rob the country ( over 5 trillion dollars are unaccounted for in the Biden/Harris administration. How many bank accounts does the Biden’s have in the Ukraine?). The criminals terrorize Americans “. The Biden/Harris administration make the mafia look like choir boys “.

[@donswearingen9805]

New Jersey needs to adopt Constitutional carry.

[@vickycameron632]

NO. BAN GUN SALES SEEMS THE OBVIOUS CHOICE. SO AS LONG AS WE HAVE GUNS FOR SALE THIS WILL KEEP HAPPENING. DON'T EVEN BOTHER REPORTING IT ANY MORE. ALWAYS THE SAME STORY

[@robtucker6303]

@@vickycameron632try to stop and actually think…

[@vickycameron632]

@@robtucker6303 about what??? i don't care because i live in a world far away from this environment but it's obvious why the crimes keep happening.

[@robertortiz8540]

@donswearingen9805, The Bruen decision by Judge Clarence Thomas did not dismantle states that already have the permit structure system. If the people want constitutional carry or open carry, each state would have to pass legislation on its own, except for California, New Jersey, and New York, they will never go for constitutional carry.

[@BLACK_MikeHammer]

Even if any of the robbed had been legally armed, there were multiple gunmen who had the drop on the victims, with their weapons already drawn and ready to fire... You would be taking a big chance at getting your wig pushed back if you tried to play hero in this situation.

[@house7410]

military grade assault rifles?????? This is ridiculous

[@YmaRebaul]

It's okay. I'm sure they bought them legally and have them registered.

[@tremblence]

Its FINE I'm sure they are legal and registered Remember........ once all citizens are BANNED from having guns.......... then the criminals will SURELY hand in their unregistered guns - liberal logic

[@rob_v_nj]

It is definitely the guns fault here. The guns probably jumped up in their hands and told them to do this.

[@OBITOMAJIN]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dusty4047]

But more guns make us safer? This is prime example...I mean without a gun they would not have robbed this guy..so thank god they had the guns...

[@billquakenbush1692]

​@@dusty4047Tell me genius, how would one go about keeping criminals from attaining guns, hmm? Oh, I know, let's make some more laws, restricting the rights of the law abiding citizens, that will keep the guns in the hands of the criminals, not the law abiding citizens! Yep! That should do it!

[@prescriptionoatmeal7970]

Just remember, crime is at the lowest it's ever been

[@Mr_Buzz_Aldrin]

My wife and are are leaving the state next spring because of this 🐂💩 Moving to a state that believes in the second amendment.

[@sgtpepperz25]

If the numbers are lower it is because you are not catching them...

[@augustisaacson7903]

…or reporting the data to the federal stats

[@ZaharaFranklin]

Looks like the same suspects from the Aurora apartment madness.

[@TelDabarba]

Broad day with big guns...smh

[@steelionx9255]

Blame law enforcement! These criminals want to do everything with every kind of weapon badly!

[@icelandviking1961]

That sane old 13% keeping up the stereotype.

[@dyfox3856]

The only numbers you don't like are inches 😂😂

[@pogo9876]

​​@@dyfox3856 Then why is Paterson the way it is? Lol. You can say what you want-We all have eyes...

[@skipfluck4299]

It has not been a stereotype for a while.

[@rholmst]

@@skipfluck4299 You’re right. That 13% number is waaaay out of date. It’s now down to 12.4%.

[@jean-paulhamilton4807]

Wait they have guns with all those gun laws. I'm shocked 😂🤣😂

[@charlespiper9291]

Skinny jeans, hoodies and guns. It’s the new state flower

[@tmcbride9435]

They took phones; tracking is easy. Why haven’t they been caught yet? Could it be the victims are not cooperating?

[@markminter6312]

Paterson has been a civic embarrassment for decades. Place makes Newark look like Aspen.

[@newyorkcity76]

Weak mayor

[@seandonahue8464]

Was that really a complete story?! My fifth grade teacher would have flunked me if I turned that story in.

[@steelionx9255]

And that flunking would or should have gotten that teacher fired(and hopefully, never hired again) because that was a good enough story!

[@LOTUG98]

Why are people stealing phones. They get blacklisted. The. They are useless.

[@denisec8488]

ENOUGH LAWLESSNESS!!!!!😡

[@GovernmentCheese-dw2zi]

On this episode of “ While democrats politicians rob the country ( over 5 trillion dollars are unaccounted for in the Biden/Harris administration. How many bank accounts does the Biden’s have in the Ukraine?). The criminals terrorize Americans “. The Biden/Harris administration make the mafia look like choir boys “.

[@JohnW9012]

Business owners need to arm themselves because it is better to be tried by 12 than be carried by 6. Protect yourselves, and your customers.

[@AsserYarafatso]

Don't be surprised if the mayor gets arrested

[@jacolen3791]

Everyone needs to be strapped, legally or not. Nobody is coming to save you.

[@crzy4foto]

Get out of cities

[@GovernmentCheese-dw2zi]

On this episode of “ While democrats politicians rob the country ( over 5 trillion dollars are unaccounted for in the Biden/Harris administration. How many bank accounts does the Biden’s have in the Ukraine?). The criminals terrorize Americans “. The Biden/Harris administration make the mafia look like choir boys “.

[@andrewyoonhobai8453]

im like 95% sure we need cities but who am i to say what is needed and what is not needed.

[@crzy4foto]

@@andrewyoonhobai8453 no one *needs* to live in a dangerous environment. It's sad really.

[@JG-mp5nb]

Robbed a Barbershop? Sounds like the bad old “good ol’ days”.

[@SteveSmith-kd9if]

WHO TF ROBS BARBERSHOPS, "LET ALONE USING AUTOMATIC ASSAULT RIFLES TO DO IT"!!!!!!!!?

[@roninthedestroyer8958]

Venezuelan gangs

[@asymptoticsingularity9281]

Defund the police. Vote blue no matter who.

[@Letsgetmad36]

Ur dum! Vote blue? Blue is inside now and u see this crap

[@louskunt2.020]

Usual suspects, hard working and intelligent..

[@ka124as]

why doesn't the news video state the names of the Mayor and AG?

[@Taylor_Lifts]

Why are these politicians not ever talking about the demographics? If we don’t talk about the issue, it won’t ever be fixed.

[@cvn6555]

They are scared to death to do so. We are all supposed to never notice the problem or have the good sense to never speak of it.

[@realbrooklyn7995]

Yo this is some crazy sh&@ man! Bring the crime unit back, this makes no sense. These dudes fears nothing because they know consequences is non existant.

[@johns2631]

What do you expect when Criminals are well armed and Gun Controlled citizens are not?

[@jimdoe3288]

The fall out from the George floyd voting makes me laugh 😂😂😂😂😂

[@mac3176]

It’s weird the mayor thinks it’s his city lol.

[@brianmcfadden1845]

ikr

[@rjmanzano0877]

DEMOCRAT run city WTF

[@tranquility9325]

You mean DemoRat

[@roamiblu1833]

Wait a minute! And *WHY* did the attorney general take over the police dept in *MARCH 2023?* And he thought it was a good idea why? For *THIS* to happen? Okay.

[@jonblair7702]

I am sure those individuals have an FID card, went through a background check, and have a legal firearm according to the crazy laws in NJ and 10-round magazines. Oh, and a license to carry, better known as hoop jumping over other states.

[@MrLuffy9131]

and they'll probably either ban or require a waiting period if they don't have that already because they are oblivious or purposely avoiding the issue lol

[@weotalks2810]

The MOST DISTURBING ROBBERY IVE EVER SEEN😢

[@rayray8687]

I wonder if they split the $5.00 all four ways?

[@georgerepper5926]

how can ONE race destroy an entire country?

[@makeuthink2120]

more than one country.

[@perryfefchuk637]

Because we didn't send them back. .

[@kkirsch3583]

Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Minneapolis, New York City… what do all these places have in common?🤔

[@irishledden4924]

They are all kindergartens compared to oakland.

[@SuhkmahMahnmeet]

The color brown?

[@mikem669]

A blue mayor blaming the AG for people not being safe in his area. That's rich. They both work from the same playbook.

[@sharmarizle21]

Imported by US govt and dropping it off in the hood.

[@averageamericangirl6819]

Hispanic on Hispanic crime. The Venezuelans have arrived.

[@steelionx9255]

Haven't you heard about the TDA gang in Denver recently?

[@lamorenalindacopswife]

Criminals come in all colors.

[@KingzofSwing]

I doubt they were Latino

[@darlenerobles8898]

Not spanish at all

[@jrod3151]

Yup no need for the second amendment because government will protect you..

[@blessed4164]

"ASSAULT RIFLE"? BWAHAHAHAHAHA, WTF does that even mean?

[@ChrisOnez718]

they clearly connected. both stores belonged to Caribbean latinos. if i had to guess both were dominican.

[@patmcbride9853]

Can't be true! NJ has really strict firearms laws.

[@yrorellana6696]

💙💙💙💙💙THE BLUE VOTE WORKING !!!!💙💙💙💙💙

[@denisec8488]

Yeah Right The Blue Vote Working🤨 WTH IS WRONG WITH YOU!!!!!!!!!

[@DM_Bluddworth]

@@denisec8488this doesn’t happen in “Red” cities, counties or states (with very very rare exceptions). This is what the people get for voting Democrat. Reporters need to ask every crime victim, “Who did you vote for, and how is that working for you?” Put that on the air, and you’ll see how fast the DAs start cracking down on crime, before their districts get flipped “Red”.

[@2LAZY-2EDIT]

I Think he was being sarcastic 🤣

[@rholmst]

@@2LAZY-2EDIT Well, duh!

[@brianmcfadden1845]

@@DM_Bluddworth r/ConfidentlyIncorrect

[@alephnull7410]

We are currently about to witness a complete departure from the culture of 2020. We are almost there people. We all know what we gotta do to end the tyranny that has controlled us since the summer 2020.

[@donforeman9051]

Keep voting democrat and this is what you'll keep getting

[@BlackHawk56]

Welcome to America!

[@tonyjesuslover]

In broad light, very close to downtown, Paterson being Paterson.

[@MainVue]

Usual suspects

[@JohnGianiris-nc2xq]

Bad guys will always be able to get weapons.

[@tremblence]

Liberals believe the only way to be Safe and Free......... Is to vote for the government to restrict our Rights and Freedoms Freedom of Speech? THATS TYRANNY (according to liberals).......... if someone's feelings are hurt THAT SPEECH MUST BE BANNED We must disarm citizens SO ONLY gangs and robbers have guns

[@slickmet]

Keep voting democrat.

[@tranquility9325]

They will. They love the abuse.

[@Gr8Incarnate]

Voting anyone else doesn't make crime magically disappear.

[@johnlansing2902]

We’re they regular American gagsters or the new imported improved Central American type ?

[@Joemama-crzy]

Sue the city

[@whiskerwalks]

THAT IS SCARY!! Where are these kids getting these guns??? 😱

[@enarush1]

3D printing

[@sharmarizle21]

Govt dropping these guns off in the hood.

[@stevenswiecki9775]

@@sharmarizle21 Population controle.

[@BLACK_MikeHammer]

Is that a serious question?😂 'Where are these kids getting these guns'??? The U.S is awash in firearms, legally and illegally purchased. At last count there's at least 400 millions firearms in circulation, more than the actual number of people in the country... It's not that hard to gel ypur hands on a weapon if you really need it, legally(at gun stores and gun shows), through straw buyers, on the black market, burglaries and so on...

[@OfficialMayorAdams]

@@sharmarizle21 hahaha 🤣

[@kaischmidt8030]

New Jersey AG is Matt Platkin. Tells you all you need to know.

[@neb530]

Failed nation.

[@hastyone9048]

Not hi g can help Paterson. It’s a lost cause.

[@moshegoog1]

Bring back street patrols when I was growing up there were 2 cops on every other corner that all ended 2019

[@trumpcard4182]

Patterson has been a dumpster 🔥 since the 70s

[@char487]

Why are people such bums ?!

[@magna116]

Make ccw easier to obtain for n.j. residents.

[@grandizer4531]

But please get vaccinated for your safety.

[@tashix4672]

Well now you’ve seen it, what are you going to do about these crimes?

[@YaAllNeedJesus]

Just like in 3rd world countries. Send your teens to do your dirty work. Good Mayor.

[@SukariWhite]

It looks like 3rd world country crime

[@hmmdoh7835]

i wonder if those G-things are licensed...... they seem highly custom too....

[@sorryaboutthat69]

That’s a special “barbershop” lol

[@wwbuirkle]

Funny how they spin crime stats

[@HoangHuynh-sq3zz]

Vote Trump

[@slapshot68]

I bet u this was a migrant crime

[@MrBond007-k2u]

@@slapshot68 Vote Trump anyways, to save America.

[@illmagnetic]

Nope.. Harris all day 2024

[@joep6035]

​@@illmagnetic Yeah. The giggler is gonna save you. She's just copying all of Trumps policies. Wake up.

[@elim.1537]

You must be one of the criminals in the video then…

[@Neppy1414]

Deport

[@TeeLBCify]

Day light too

[@eiland369]

ARs to take cellphones and pocket change???

[@stanley71399]

Im from Paterson and the crime has gone down these past few months and thats true BUT these past few weeks have started to get like 4-6 yrs back when you could expect a shooting or robbery at any time

[@JohnMurphy-dw6ml]

November. India. Golf. Golf. Echo. Romeo.

[@Dan-od4bd]

Woah John thats like a secret code only a few people would understand in these comments

[@JohnMurphy-dw6ml]

@@Dan-od4bd that’s the point, I accidentally replied before I got a chance to correct Sierra.

[@BeastSpedUP]

Messed big time when you robbed them Jamaicans

[@BLACK_MikeHammer]

The Jamaicans ain't gon do a damn thing.... This isn't the 80's or 90's where the Posses were running roughshod over the entire east coast.. The hell raising ones are either all dead, serving long prison sentences or got deported back to JA.. Some made it back to the U.S and are living low key, others went to other Caribbean islands to keep doing what they were doing in the U.S.. But they have no sting stateside anymore...

[@knuke9596]

So what do they think will fix this? More gun laws? "Assault weapons" and hollow point rounds are already banned in NJ.

[@4Rivers-gd]

Don't mean to 'jump the gun', but those weapons have an eerie similarity to the ones carried not to long ago, by a gang in Aurora, Colorado. Where some not so friendly, newly imported gang members had taken over a complex. Hmm...

[@timchamberlin9280]

Put a fence around Jersey.

[@gregorynaber2901]

Glad I don’t live there