Another New York horror story

In the cesspool of crime and dysfunction that is New York City, three "teenagers" armed with a machete yanked open the door of a cab and began swinging the weapon at the passengers.

The cab driver reached out to try to protect one of his passengers--and the attackers cut off his thumb.

The injured man is disabled for life.

So what happened to the attackers?  They were caught, and booked.  Then one of New York's infamous liberal judges did what they do:  he let the attackers out on a minuscule $200 bail.

Does anyone anywhere think this could possibly serve as even a tiny deterrent?  What have the attackers learned?  That you can attack people with a deadly weapon, and cut off a person's thumb, and spend just a few hours in jail before being released, with less inconvenience than a traffic ticket.

It's insane.  Oh wait--it's liberal judges in New York.  So of course it's insane.