Three people who died after random stabbings in the streets of Manhattan on Monday should still be alive, but the “criminal justice system in New York City is broken,” New York Police Department Chief of Patrol John Chell said on Newsmax on Wednesday. 

“This person should not have been on the street,” Chell said on “Wake Up America.” “These people should be alive today and this is the tragedy of it all, when you really think about it in human terms.”

New York City Police arrested a homeless man, Ramon Rivera, 51, charging him with three counts of murder after two men and one woman were stabbed to death, The New York Times reported. The men died soon after they were stabbed and the woman, initially reported in critical condition, died several hours later. 

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