New York City Police Chief Bill Bratton said in a radio interview that he has requested authorization to hire 450 more police officers specifically to combat the terrorist group ISIS in New York City. "We need to be very concerned about terrorism," Bratton said, adding that the threat of ISIS in New York "has expanded significantly in the now 16 months" he's been on the job.
While two Brooklyn women were recently arrested for allegedly plotting to build a bomb under the inspiration of ISIS's ideology, so far their main achievement was publishing poems about jihad. Meanwhile, the FBI has pushed back against claims that ISIS itself (as opposed to wannabes like the pair from Brooklyn) is actually planning an attack in New York, saying it has no evidence of such a threat.
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