Adams Apologizes for Calling White Officers 'Crackers'

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February 5, 2022 at 11:17 am EST By Taegan Goddard 66 Comments

New York City Mayor Eric Adams apologized for a 2019 video showing him bragging about being a better cop than his “cracker” colleagues in the New York police department, the New York Daily News reports.

Said Adams: “I definitely apologize. Inappropriate, inappropriate comments, should not have been used… I apologize not only to those who heard it, but to New Yorkers because they should expect more from me. That was inappropriate.”

He wasn't mayor at the time but IMO it was inappropriate, even though there have been many cracker-like incidents perpetrated by rank-and-file NYC officers.

[XanaDUer2]

1. Yeah, that was a weird thing to say

Does he not have a verbal filter?

[Miguelito Loveless]

2. "Inappropriate"

isn’t a strong enough word. Racist and hateful are more appropriate.

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3. He said the quiet part out loud. But you must admit...

there are a lot of racist and hateful NYC cops.

[brooklynite]

4. And...?

Ugly racist language is okay if the subject "deserves" it?

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5. Oh, please. I said he said the quiet part out loud, which...

he should not have done. No one said it was ok.

[brooklynite]

6. "even though there have been many cracker-like incidents "

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9. Reality is reality. Are you denying there have been many...

racist actions by NYC cops? Of all people, you're one of the most knowledgeable ones on this site.

[brooklynite]

11. I'm well aware of it. And its not an "even though" excuse for racist language...

…especially by a public official.

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12. When did I say it was an excuse? I just acknowleged the reality...

of the racism in NYC police ranks.

[Miguelito Loveless]

8. Absolutely true

which made it all the more important he own it.

[BlackSkimmer]

7. "Cracker like incidents?"

Wtaf?

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10. Ok, racist incidents by some NYC cops. Are you...

questioning that reality?

Manuel Martinez, 40, and his nephew, Domingo Morales Jr., Michael Stewart, Abner Louima, Patrick Dorismond. Ousmane Zongo. Timothy Stansbury. Sean Bell. Ramarley Graham. Eric Garner. 

And those are just a few victims. Should I go on?

[Polybius]

13. You're not wrong

But those officers are racists, not crackers.

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14. The two terms are interchangeable to most who experience being victimized.

[BlackSkimmer]

15. I just found it, um, ironic that you said the term was inappropriate.

Then used it yourself.

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16. Didn't you find it ironic too of all the victims' names of cracker-like behavior I listed?

[Ex Lurker]

17. White fragility in action

there are many reasons to dislike Adams, but this isn't one. Don't like being called a cracker? Don't act like a cracker.

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18. Exactly.