In a nation that incarcerates more people than any other, New York City hopes to jail a hefty proportion of its residents, too. The Daily News reports that the City now boasts more than a million “open bench warrants” for such heinous “crimes” as “drinking a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon on a West Village stoop” and “walking a dog without a leash.” The News lies somewhere to the left of Pravda, but even it marvels that an eighth of New Yorkers could languish in the pokey, which “number of outlaws … nearly matches the population of Dallas.” What is the NYPD’s response to this … Continue reading Banana Republics Have Nothing on New York City