Article: New York police commissioner rejects proposal for armed citizen patrols

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Dateline: NEW YORK The police commissioner says New York doesn't need armed bands of citizens to protect its neighborhoods, flatly rejecting a proposal by a Jewish group to begin patrols next week.

"The department will not tolerate anyone brandishing weapons under the guise of protecting others," Commissioner Ray Kelly said Monday. "Anyone attempting to patrol the streets armed with weapons will be arrested."

On Sunday, Rabbi Yakove Lloyd, president of the right-wing Jewish Defense ...

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