New York City has become “safer” and “better” because the city has emptied its prisons and released thousands of convicted felons into the community, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio who claims “every time we do these things we are saying black lives matter in a tangible and real way.“

“We now have fewer people in our jails than at any time since World War 2 and we are safer for it and better for it!” told a crowd gathered Wednesday afternoon, before a Black Lives Matter mural in the Bronx, to celebrate the signing of legislation dubbed the NYPD Accountability Package, meant to massively overhaul the way law enforcement divisions serving America’s largest city function.

“So every time we do these things we are saying black lives matter in a tangible and real way. Now, we’ve only begun and we have to do more!”

“You can feel the change coming!” Mayor Bill de Blasio continued.