It Begins… Army Troops Take Over NYC 

"I used to serve" "Where were you deployed?" *"NYC subway"* 💀

Imagine paying $5,000 a month in rent to live in a place where the national guard has to occupy the subway. Yeesh

Welcome to City 17, you have chosen, or been chosen, to be relocated to one of our finest remaining urban centers.

Security: "Sir, you've been chosen for a random bag inspection. We need to search your bags." Criminal: "Nah. I got my 9 in there." Security: "Alright, Sir, you can't pass through this terminal due to your refusal, but if you go to the next, you likely won't be chosen at random again." Criminal: "Ight."

If criminals know that they won’t be held for more than a day for basically any crime they commit. No amount of cops or soldiers will stem that.

I have a crazy idea: put criminals in jail.

It's wild to see just how quickly NYC fell apart. Just in 2018/2019 we were talking about how NYC's violent crime had fallen so low, that it was rivaling London. Which, at the surface doesn't sound great, but compared to American cities, that was a hell of an achievement. Now, it's skyrocketed back 20 years.

0:42 Bro tryna intimidate, but he wasn't even noticed 😂😅

Sounds like New York needs Batman

Criminals aren't scared because they know that nothing will happen to them

The division game coming to life.

When i was in paris there were troops in the subway, around the tracks and such. They weren't at every station obviously, but it still made me feel more safe.

The risk of spending a few hours in jail and seeing a judge for 30 seconds is not exactly what I'd call a deterrent to crime.

The National Guard is only at 2 stations. The police are only huddled in certain stations chatting and on their phones. It’s all optics and there is no way I would give away my civil liberties for the dog and pony show. Maybe we should implement policies that punish criminals.

There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people. - William Adama

some legend should go there travelling the subway with a backpack filled with adult toys lmao

When you get locked up for defending yourself against a violent attacker and realize all your cellmates are also locked up for defending themselves.

Gotham City is becoming a reality.

Excellent review of the situation here in NYC

I don't know what the police thinks they'll find on an old asian woman but sure they're helping fight crime . This is a New York classic

"A predetermined number of people have to pass before a bag gets randomly checked" means that a criminal need only wait until a person is selected to walk by.

When someone is pushed under a subway, this is not a 'tragic accident' but an attempted murder.

Where tf is spiderman and the Avengers when you need em. Sheesh man its NYC

Here in India since the metro or as you call it subway was established, we have had bag going through scanner and people going through metal scanner and frisk for every person that enters not some random and we had no issues in metro for years. No one minds who wants to use a metro service and it’s been safer than ever.

This is what we call security theater. It looks good, makes people feel something's being done. But it's not fixing anything.

When you said " The funny thing about rights is once you give them up they're very hard to get back." I think you nailed it. 🤔

Great video! Nice to have some perspictive

"Sir bag inspection. Do you have an- WHAT? A fully automatic AR with a box mag and a manifesto on why you did it?!?! ..... Anyway thank you for complying, enjoy your subway ride."

As a retired Guardsman I can almost bet 100% the Guard has no ammunition or arrest authority from past experience.

Congratulations New York you've just made dystopian futuristic movies of the 80's and 90's correct.

Send in The Batman to fix this problem.

This topic being not mentioned in german news, i applaude to you, good sir, for putting this on yt. Thx.

New York is turning more into Gotham City every day. Only batman can save us now

when the army is called in to maintain order, the politicians have failed!

just install platform screen doors like singapore did, that way the chances of being pushed down into the tracks while standing at the platform will be massively reduced if not be eliminated

LMAO "army battlefield etc etc" imagine how they felt when we occupy a random country LMAOOOOO

As a European who frequently takes the subway, this is actually wild.

DC was onto something with The Dark Knight.

MPs are literally technical law enforcement and have similar training

Makes NYC exciting for me cause itll be my first time in NYC and this will be cool

I remember when they said Trump was going to deploy the national guard and people lost their shit.

"It's Temporary".... Such famous last words

As a european thats never been to New York, thats honestly how i imagined New York to be. I think its sad, i wish i would have a different view on the US, but compared to europe its like a warzone littered with drug addicts

0:03 - Best, most satisfying part of the entire video.

Hochul says "... psychological problem..." like it's news to her, someone clued her in. Our leaders are so disconnected from our reality, it's insane.

“A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself within” ― Will Durant

very beautiful scenery..

2:05 the army is designed for war??? Bro that's the national guard they are fulfilling the task they are designed for

I live in rural Nova Scotia, it’s becoming more apparent that places like New York aren’t even on the same planet anymore.

I've been robbed at gunpoint. Feeling safe and being safe... are two completely different things.

"Militarization of the subway" is a wild sentence to say.

I loved NY when I visited there its so sad to see the city devolve like that Greetings from Argentina

Theatrics pure and simple. It's the - We did something. Not a good something ...just something.

"security theater" and "removal of rights" That is perfect, and five words to describe it.

Oh lord, and after BCT when i go this is where im getting stationed too down in fort drum 😭

Go army we need you in these citys. Chicago need you too

Not a chance in hell I'd bring my family to NYC for anything at this point.

ok so as an outside observer who has a transit system with a high rate of crime, there's 2 big problems. 1) the system doesn't work because like stated in the video it's a band-aid, 2) to solve a problem like this it takes time, effort, funds and support none of which NYC has. Armed guards and the national guard are supposed to be a band-aid, it's there to temporarily stop the bleeding or in this cause stanch the crime problem, it has has increased security help and is slowing down crime simply because the process to commit a random act of violence takes you 5 minutes more to get to the platform with a bag check. It is not a long term solution but it is something that can quickly be done to raise public moral. The problem comes with the system itself, homelessness, violent acts and gang related activity need to be pulled up from the root but that takes, cooperation, funding and time which again NYC doesn't have. in order to solve just homelessness you have to stop the influx of substance abuse, get those causing problem rehabilitated (which can sometimes be the hardest part), fix your economy so that there's work for those people to earn money, set up public programs to aid their transition and then after all of that hope that the global economy doesn't dip again. So in short NYC has taken the easy option (hopefully to spend more time solving the actually problems but who are we kidding) to stop crimes in subways by using the national guard rather then go on a lengthy and costly effort to solve the problem. Is it good? no but could anyone do better is the question?

Same problem diffrernet state! What a suprise!

I don’t know why New York hasn’t installed plexiglass barriers to prevent people from being pushed onto the tracks. With how common this is becoming, there needs to be more protections from these kinds of attacks.

What an absolute disgrace that a city has to call up the National Guard…..keep the criminals in jail and you won’t need them……

The Corleone family is taking back NYC 😂

We in germany have normal security guards hired by the local subway and railway agencies - they patrol the plattforms and hop on subway and trams mainly in the evening and night

The Army National Guard is two things. When activated for a federal mission, it is a Reserve Component of the U.S. Army. When not activated, it is a state-based military force under the control of the governors.

This is how journalism should be done. You do a great job covering a subject and including all points of view.

great video content but man your super close camera angles be giving me some anxiety bro, you aint ugly but i dont wanna be that close 😂

I agree to a temp occupation, while dealing with the real issue of the crime wave. Usually poverty, conditions, public unrest, ect. External factors in short. How ever limiting the patrol areas, is just signs for failure. A show of force is good, but also bad, the pros and cons r more then just basic unrest. But baseline this program is minimally effective in regards to the social and environmental (cleanliness, smaller crime, cramped quarters, ect.) issues of the area.

Imagine being deployed to guard subways, and your mags are empty..... yep. They are not allowed to have loaded mags. It is all for appearance.

As a current NYC transit police officer, I feel deploying national guards, state troopers and MTA police on those selective subway station is only for 'SHOW' and nothing but a political tactic for upcoming election. Just go to the 'hood' stations where real crime is happening these days..I guarantee you that you will not find a single armed national guard or state troopers there to deter crimes. Real criminals do not possess weapons in their carry-ons and back pack- they are all hidden close to their body, which police can not search without probable cause. Heck, searching random people's belonging is a violation of 4th amendment in first place. Just look at MTA PD selects who they search the bags- old 60yr old ladies or clueless tourists which will obviously obey the rules. Try to perform the bag checks where real criminals hang out. You will quickly learn how many people will curse you out/scream racism and would try to fight you for stopping. And even if you are denied entry due to refusing the bag check, you can simply just go to the other end of station and jump the turnstile. It's a complete joke. It is just sad to watch what this city has become and will continue to rot with this laughable liberal policies.

"looks like a warzone down here!" Dude never seen the horror of a real warzone before...

"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state. The other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."

Its a good thing the Nat'l Guard is searching grandmas bag there. Never turn your backs on Grandma.

When cat is around, mice hide. When cat disappears, mice come out to party.

just standing around😂😂😂

Good content

Congratulations New York, you are now living with what most New Yorkers voted for.

There's an old Denzel Wahington/Bruce Willis movie called The Siege where the Army puts NYC under martial law at the mayor's request. It doesn't end well.

this feels....familiar *the division 1 music begins playing*

New york really needed spiderman in this timeline

this is exactly what is happend in spain, every hijacker that is caught in action is released in the same spot and walks away over his own feet like nothing was happend, just a shame

I notice almost every shot of Police or Troops you see them either stood around in groups chatting to each other or talking on their phones ………..would not instil me with great confidence….

I will point out that the National Guard has MP units, but I'm not from New York so I don't know exactly what units are being deployed where. The MPs are designed to keep law and order as well as fight, everyone else not so much, but yeah they still aren't going to do anything lasting for the city

I never would have thought that the film Escape from New York would turn out to be a documentary. 😅

Ironic that they jailed Daniel Penny for protecting subway riders but now there are hundreds of military personnell protecting subway riders.

I moved back home from NYC after graduating college, just about 6 months before covid and quarantine happened. I was heartbroken at the time- I just couldn’t afford to stay in NYC and chase my dreams anymore, so I returned home defeated with my tail between my legs. A few years later I see the complete collapse and mess that has become of the city that I was so in love with at the time…I’ll call it a blessing in disguise in retrospect. I visited last December and was shocked at how drastically different it felt only a few years later. A much darker, scarier energy all around the city. Where before I always felt protected by the bustling public of NYC, I now felt on edge and threatened, even during the day.

the least nyc thing to happen, the basketball people cooking up the public transportation section 😭

About time.

I grew up and lived in NYC for 50 years. During the Koch years, crime was high. However, he had a simple method to address crime in the subways. He had at least one transit police officer on every train. Then, from 10PM until 6AM, only 2 cars were open, and an officer was on board. Yes, if you rode the subway at night, it was crowded (as bad as rush-hour) with only 2 cars open, but everyone felt secure, and I never had an issue riding the trains during that time.

"Make people feel safe." Feelings have never stopped a criminal or the government taking your rights.

"People who give away freedom for temporary safety deserves neither freedom nor safety"

A couple of days ago a dude was shot on the train in NYC. He started a fight with someone after yelling at the guy for no reason and then pulled out a gun, and the guy he started a fight with turned the gun against this dude.

The bag search tables getting put away once Fox News leaves says everything about this situation.

We spent a week holidaying in NYC last week and felt safe at all times, we were on the metro constantly.

We have to “thank”our mayor Eric Adams for “making such a living place”

Napolean knew how to use situations like this. He recognized that when crime and civil unrest rises, he can take advantage of the situation to become more draconian. People are willing to trade freedom for safety.

a friend of mine was in NYC for a week and all 3 times he was on the subway there were either fights or thefts.

Dawg is the king of being way too close to the camera

I don't understand how hard it is to have the stand that violent crimes require harsh punishment

New York City slowly devolving into IRL Gotham City lmao

When one loop hole closes, another loop hole opens