This is awesome on two levels. First, DOJ insulting a major-city police department by calling it “soft on crime” https://t.co/v8KXO2fvyD pic.twitter.com/KNGfjOzyaB

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) April 21, 2017

Second, New York? New York? Crime at record lows; murder was up slightly in 2015, but went back down to 335 (versus 333 in 2014) last year pic.twitter.com/p9QVZleniN

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) April 21, 2017

NYPD is, understandably, pissed pic.twitter.com/mkatbcQcVl

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) April 21, 2017