The amount of times NYPD officials have stopped, questioned and frisked citizens on the streets of NYC has recently decreased by 34 percent because police commanders have stopped pushing for such stops.

NYPD conducted over 203 thousand stops in the first three months of this year. During April, May and June, NYPD stopped 133,934 people. The number of overall street stops has increased every year during police commissioner Kelly’s tenure.

The bad news is that crime statistics are now going to increase. City Island Images asks:

Which would you prefer?

As the fighting in Syria continues unabated, the General Assembly has adopted a resolution condemning the increasing use of heavy weapons by authorities and urging all sides to immediately cease armed violence.

The resolution, presented by the Arab Group, was adopted by a vote of 133 in favor to 12 against with 31 abstentions, and comes two weeks after the Security Council failed to agree on collective action to help stop the bloodshed.

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UN General Assembly has overwhelmingly voted for an Arab-backed resolution that severely criticized the Syrian government, blaming it for the killings and other atrocities following a 17-month-old uprising.

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Congressman Serrano voted against H.R. 8, a Republican effort to extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. Instead, he voted for a Democratic alternative that would have extended tax cuts for 98 percent of all Americans.

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The United Nations chief negotiator Kofi Annan's resignation means the end of any hope of a peaceful way out, meanwhile the peacekeeping chief highlighted the ongoing fighting in the city of Aleppo, noting that UN observers continue to try to carry out their work as the “spiral of violence” throughout Syria increases.

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47 BC Caesar defeats Pharnaces at Zela in Syria and declares, "veni, vidi, vici,".
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1589 During France's religious war, a fanatical monk stabs King Henry II to death.
1776 The Continental Congress signs US Declaration of Independence.
1802 Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed "Consul for Life" by the French Senate.