Welcome to the Summer of Slay, America

Welcome to the blood-slicked sidewalks of summer. It s going to be a long one. And hot.

Shootings in Gotham were running at the rate of one an hour for much of the weekend, with final numbers up in the air. Upstate, 18 people were shot in Albany, two fatally, over three days; 12 hit in Syracuse, including nine at a single party; 10 in Buffalo.

Appalling? Sure. But think of it as the first fruits of criminal-justice reform.

To be sure, the Empire State wasn t unique. In Chicago, police reported 102 shootings over the Father s Day holiday 14 fatal, including a 3-year-old boy. But you need a mechanical clicker to keep track of Chicago, so the weekend toll is likely to be higher.

via nypost.com