[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - On July 5 Patrick Chambers, 46, stabbed two elderly white men with scissors on subway
- Chambers was taken to a local hospital for a psychological evaluation and charged with two counts of assault, two counts of menacing and criminal possession of a weapon, which cops recovered from the suspect
- Attack came as New York City sees a surge in violence, particularly shootings
- Shootings last month in New York City were up 130 per cent year on year - from 89 shootings last year to 205 this year.
- During the July 4 weekend the city saw 21 shootings that left 44 people injured and eight dead
- A Long Island sheriff has warned the authorities risk 'losing control'
- Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York, on June 29 announced a $1bn cut to NYPD
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