Chloe Dykstra: NY Mayor Eric Adams decries Crappy Justice System after Feces Smearer Released without Bail

Adams Decries Crappy Justice System after Feces Smearer Released without Bail

Alleged pooper smearer Frank Abrokwa.

Mayor Eric Adams Thursday lashed out at the state’s lax criminal justice, legislative and social services system after learning the perpetrator who allegedly smeared his own feces on a woman’s face was released without bail – despite having a lengthy rap sheet.

Frank Abrokwa, 37, was arrested on Feb. 28 for the Feb. 21 incident in the Bronx’s East 241 Street subway station. After making jokes about his crappy crime and cursing at the judge, Abrokwa was released without bail pending his trial, despite the prosecutor’s request to set bail at $5,000 cash or $15,000 bond.

Almost immediately after being released, he was re-arrested for a Sept. 9 hate crime against a Jewish man in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Abrokwa has been arrested more than 20 times since 1999, including 22 unsealed arrests and even more sealed ones. And yet, Bronx Criminal Court Judge Judge Wanda Licitra released Abrokwa onto the city streets without bail.

“This individual should not be out on the streets of New York and his release shows the scope of changes that we need to make in order to keep New Yorkers safe,” said Adams said in a press statement. “It is the result of a failed mental health system, a failed housing and support system, and failing criminal justice laws that allow someone with a history of violence who poses a clear threat to public safety to just walk out of court. We can’t allow this horrific situation to be the status quo and must make changes to our laws to both prevent these sort of attacks, through intervention and support, and, when they happen, to subsequently keep people who are clearly a danger to others off the street.”

Following Adams’ statement, PoliticsNY reached out to some of the city’s and state’s top government officials to ask what laws need to be changed to prevent situations like Abrokwa’s… More