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When a 7-month-old baby is murdered in your city, leaders need to stop progressive procrastinating and do something

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02.04.2026

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When a 7-month-old baby is murdered in your city, leaders need to stop progressive procrastinating and do something

Let this sink in: on Wednesday, a 7-month-old baby girl was murdered by a gangbanger in broad daylight on a Williamsburg street.

The sweet soul’s name was Kaori Patterson-Moore.

Family members described Kaori, with her beautiful big brown eyes, as a bubbly baby who giggled easily. She had just started to say the word “mama.”

Kaori will never utter another syllable again.

But we cannot remain silent about the horror that unfolded thanks to our progressive politicians’ open arm embrace of lawlessness.

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She was tucked into her stroller as her family walked down a Williamsburg sidewalk when Amuri Greene, a 21-year-old monster hanging off the back of a moped fired into the crowd of children and adults.

As quickly as he unleashed the terror on unsuspecting innocents, he and his accomplice sped off, like the disgusting cowards they are.

Meanwhile, Kaori’s mother Lianna Charles-Moore, who was........

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