SHOOTERS, RACISTS AND THE INVASION

What's up, everybody? And welcome to the Rogue Recap.

Lots to talk about after another attack here in New York City.

Um, just such a shame.

You know, it's, it's my fourth, I think my fourth shooting in Midtown.

I work here in Midtown, just a few blocks from where that shooting was last night.

And, uh, what can I tell you other than the fact that all of these shooters have one thing in common, which is they have an unsuspecting public.

They have people that are completely and totally unprepared for what's about to happen.

And what's very sad about, you know, the current state of people is they're not paying attention.

They're totally and completely engrossed in their phones.

Everyone is looking at their phones, whether they're walking, whether they're sitting down, whether they're eating dinner with friends or lunch with friends, whether they're waiting for a coffee, or they're getting on the subway, whatever it is.

Their heads and their eyes are bowed down and they are looking at their phones.

And so, you're, you're not only sneaking up on them with the element of surprise because you have something horrible planned and nobody knows what's going on, but it's also the simple fact that they are completely and totally detached from everything around them by choice.

You know, when I take the subway, when I take the train in and out of New York, when I walk up and down the sidewalk, I look where I'm going.

One, so I don't walk into people, and two, so that if someone is about to mug me, rob me, jump me, my eyes are open.

I am prepared.

I am ready, I hope, for God forbid if that happens.

And I just have to say, you know, some of the footage I saw yesterday of people walking around Columbus Circle as this guy is, like, walking with an AR15 by his side, and they're, they don't even see it.

They're just completely oblivious.

He could've been holding, you know, a grocery bag.

They're just not paying attention.

They're not looking.

And what's really troubling is there are a lot of police on the streets of New York.

There are police in the subways, there are police in the train stations, there are police in and around, you know, high traffic areas if you're talking about Penn Station or Times Square or Rockefeller, you know, so on and so forth, Columbus Circle, but they're also looking at their phones.

You know, I love our police officers and I get it, it's boring sometimes to just people watch for eight hours, but if that's what you gotta do, that's what you gotta do.

But, you know, they look at their phones too, but the moment that you look down, you look away from the reality of life and you look into your phone and you start scrolling, whether it's Instagram or X or Facebook, or whatever it is you're looking at, your emails.