From the Heritage Foundation, I'm Michelle Cordero, and this is Heritage Explains.

Today's episode is based on a commentary by Culley Stimson and Zach Zach Smith titled Meet Alvin Bragg, rogue prosecutor

whose policies are wreaking havoc in Manhattan.

We all know Batman's backstory. A young Bruce Wayne watches in horror as muggers murder his parents.

Lawlessness ran rampant in Gotham City because police

and prosecutors couldn't or wouldn't hold criminals accountable. Today's residents of the

real-life Gotham, New York City, faced the same thing. The streets of New York City turned blue today, as New York's finest turned out in massive numbers to honor

one of its brothers, 22-year-old officer Jason Rivera, who was murdered in a Harlem ambush just one week ago.

His partner, 27-year-old Wilbert Mora, was also shot, and he died three days later.

It's quiet here at the West 96th and Broadway subway station, but it was a wild scene just a few hours ago.

Police say at around 2 a.m., a man in his 40s slashed two women in their early 20s on board a northbound of two train. Both women were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police say they have a man in custody. But this is just the latest case of violence underground.

In fact, just last night, there was an eerily similar case, not too far from here.

This was a senseless, absolutely senseless act of violence.

Reaction tonight to another violent incident underground.

The timing was deadly, right as a southbound our train pulled into the station here in Times Square.

Police say that's when a homeless man pushed a woman in front of the train to her death.

The incident sent fear and shock waves through the station.

I feel scary.

The only time I feel safe on the subway is when on a train truck is when I see the cops.

According to the New York Post, nearly every category of serious crime in the city is on the

rise so far this year, with police data showing an increase of 35.2% compared to the same time in 2021.

Against this background, a new mayor, police commissioner, and district attorney have all

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