The only way to stop New York’s constant release of people who have been convicted of killing police officers is at the ballot box, where people can vote in leaders who will change the state’s parole board, former New York Police Department Commissioner Ray Kelly told Newsmax on Sunday.

“Clearly, this has been brought about by progressive politicians, people who lean way to the left to think somehow they’re doing the right thing,” Kelly told Newsmax’s “Wake Up America Weekend.”

“Rather than looking at the former corners of the event itself, they now look at something called progress, how the individual is progressing, how he’s been socialized in jail,” he added.

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