Mayor-elect Adams calls on Dems to condemn BLM leader's 'riot' threat -- but activist claims 'this a

[Polybius]

Source: Daily News

Mayor-elect Adams calls on Dems to condemn BLM leader’s ‘riot’ threat — but activist claims ‘this a political circus’

Mayor-elect Eric Adams dared national and local Democrats on Friday to condemn a Black Lives Matter leader who said the incoming mayor’s policies on policing will trigger “riots” and “bloodshed” in the city — but the activist behind the threat claimed Adams is creating a “circus” instead of focusing on the issues.

Adams — who drew the threat over his plan to as mayor reinstate the NYPD’s plainclothes cop units — said he’s perplexed by the silence from prominent Democrats in the face of the heated comments from BLM activist Hawk Newsome.

“I have no idea,” Adams said at a press conference in Brooklyn when asked why more members of his party haven’t spoken out against Newsome. “I think that this is an excellent moment for the local and state and federal Democratic Party to state: We could have justice without violence.”

Highlighting Newsome’s focus on “bloodshed,” Adams continued: “National, state and city electeds should stand up and say, ‘we will never allow anyone to make those comments,’ that there will be blood in our streets, because you know where that blood ends up? In the streets of our community.”

Read more: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/nyc-elections-2021/ny-nyc-mayor-elect-eric-adams-calls-on-dems-condemn-blm-riot-threat-20211113-pqutqa7movcntohzytjuvgj55i-story.html

[peppertree]

1. The fascist right is PRAYING for riots

I hope everyone involved understands this (and acts accordingly).

[nycbos]

9. Thank you

I'm worried about a Reichstag Fire moment.


Unfortunately many people don't know what that is.

[peppertree]

10. +1

And you can bet they're planning something for next September/October.

Timing is, as they say, everything.

[msongs]

2. one wonders how much blood in the streets is created by his NYPD buddies nt

[nycbos]

11. Victims of police brutality

Have endorsed Adams.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Abner+Louima+eric+adams&client=safari&sxsrf=AOaemvIeGG_UcPykSy6BHXj0bhpxXNNMiQ%3A1636778979538&ei=40OPYcmhIOrr_Qb345OgAw&oq=Abner+Louima+eric+adams&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAM6CwguELEDEIMBEJECOgUIABCABDoFCC4QgAQ6BQghEKABOgUIIRCrAkoECEEYAFAAWKUWYKgXaABwAHgAgAGWAYgBqAqSAQM1LjeYAQCgAQKgAQHAAQE&sclient=gws-wiz&ved=0ahUKEwiJn5rtxJT0AhXqdd8KHffxBDQQ4dUDCA4&uact=5

Including Abnet Louima who was literally sodomized by the NYPD. My understanding George Floyd's brother also endorsed him.

I'm sorry if that doesn't fit nicely into your little box.

[lapucelle]

25. Not everyone knows about 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement, and Eric Adams' back story. N/T

[nycbos]

31. He himself was once the victim of police misconduct

The new DA of Manhattan Alvin Bragg who is also black on the campaign trail talked about both cops and muggers pointing guns at him.

[lapucelle]

32. Eric Adams made "good trouble" and served the marginalized

pretty much the entire time he served with the NYPD. I'm not sure why folks are so reluctant to give him a chance.

[nycbos]

34. Because if you are not an AOC type person...

... you are not a real progressive according to the far left. They also confuse Twitter for real life and they think a black celebrity with a verified Twitter account represents the African-American community. If you look at Brooklyn you see Adams did best in working class black neighborhoods. Maya Wiley did best in gentrifying areas of Brooklyn. That means her "rethink public safety message" appealed more to white hipsters than to the people she claimed it meant justice for. The left talks about being an "ally" when the people they claim to advocate for reject their ideas they are silent. As Adams said
people on social media don't pick a candidate people on Social Security pick a candidate.

In terms of Adams though he gives off the impression to some people that he would change his message based on who is talking to at that particular moment. I am by no means his biggest fan but I'm absolutely willing to give him chance. He it's certainly better than some of the clowns the far left supported.

I'm a native New Yorker though I now live in Chicago. I probably would've supported Kathryn Garcia as my first choice because she seem to have the most executive experience running a city agency. Local government is very unsexy and sometimes what you need is a boring technocrat.


Bill Maher said it best

Bring unsexy back. I hope Adams is a "baldy".

[lapucelle]

35. That's a great response.

Adams wasn't my first choice either, but I don't live in the city anymore, and the city's voters get the last word on this.

Adams has a remarkable life story. Some folks here seem not to be aware of who he is and what he's done.

[mountain grammy]

3. Link to NY Daily News doesn't work.

Here's one that does..

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/nyc-elections-2021/ny-nyc-mayor-elect-eric-adams-calls-on-dems-condemn-blm-riot-threat-20211113-pqutqa7movcntohzytjuvgj55i-story.html

[Polybius]

6. Fixed

Thank you!

[mountain grammy]

8. Thank you.. good article

[JohnSJ]

4. The question is was that an accurate quote or not?

[brooklynite]

7. Did you bother to read the article and the citations linked to it?

“If he thinks that they’re going to go back to the old ways of policing, then we are going to take to the streets again. There will be riots, there will be fire and there will be bloodshed because we believe in defending our people,” said Hawk Newsome, co-founder of a group known as Black Lives Matter of Greater New York, after a heated meeting with Adams in Brooklyn Borough Hall.

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/nyc-elections-2021/ny-blm-activists-threaten-riots-if-adams-reinstates-anti-crime-units-20211111-ssspwittbng6rd4xtr4odghkfe-story.html

[wellst0nev0ter]

17. There's also this

Newsome, the co-founder of a group known as Black Lives Matter of Greater New York, which is not part of the Black Lives Matter Global Network

[Alexander Of Assyria]

21. He didn't bother to read or contextualze because he knew the media also wouldn't.

Tempest in a teapot, meanwhile the fascists are threatening to kill election officials and destroy democracy everywhere…save the faux outrage, I would say to NYDN and this mayor.

[mountain grammy]

23. Exactly!

[wellst0nev0ter]

27. Congratulations to everyone

For elevating a Faux Nooze celebrity

[JohnSJ]

28. Exactly, and aligning associations that aren't there

[Grokenstein]

5. Let us know when the GOP condemns the insurrection, buddy.

[gopiscrap]

12. exactly

[DAngelo136]

13. Don't Believe The Hype

The New York Daily News is ideologically to the left of the New York Post (Der Sturmer would be to the left of the (com)Post) and right of the establishment of the New York Times. This is a tabloid that competes at times with the Post for it's sleaze and they both come away looking bad.
Having said that, the NYDN like the Post hates all things Liberal and purport to to represent the working class/middle class of NYC. This couldn't be any further from the truth. They despised Bill deBlasio and Curtis Sliwa was never a serious candidate to begin with. So now, they wish to push Eric Adams away from any hint of Liberal policies by misrepresenting either his policies or the opposition to his policies. This brings us to the aforementioned "threat of rioting" by BLM. First it's not #BLM it's actually an organization named "Black Lives Matter of Greater New York" which according to the website Influence Watch: "

Black Lives Matter of Greater New York is a direct-action protest organization that claims to support the liberation of the black community from racist oppression. The organization is not affiliated with the official Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement and instead operates as an independent path from the national movement. Its leaders have been frequently profiled in the media and have reached out to constituencies as different as supporters of President Donald Trump[1] to chapters of the far-left Democratic Socialists of America."

So in other words, they're a fringe group posing as part of the national group. The NYDN and the Post will use this to simultaneously discredit #BLM while pushing Adams further to the right policy wise, especially where police are concerned.
Be forewarned.

https://www.influencewatch.org/movement/black-lives-matter-of-greater-new-york/

[Alexander Of Assyria]

22. Well said sir, when you alanlyze the details and not the headline, a whole different picture.

[lapucelle]

29. You're mistaken about the New York Daily News.

Overall, we rate the New York Daily News Left-Center biased based on left-leaning editorial positions and High for factual reporting due to a reasonable fact check record.

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[brooklynite]

40. C'mon: The issue isn't whether they HAVE a bias; it whether it makes someone here unhappy...

...in which case, yelling "bias!" is an easy solution.

Same applies to POLITICO.



https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/politico/

[lapucelle]

42. C'mon where? What are you talking about?

Equating the New York Daily News with the New York Post in terms of editorial outlook or quality and reliability of reporting is both inaccurate and erroneous.

The last time I checked, Politico is not a New York newspaper and does not even have a print edition, so I’m not sure of relevance in the comparison of two NYC tabloids

[brooklynite]

43. The point is that 1) someone didn't like a Daily News story, so they called it right wing...

...and 2) the same complaints are regularly raised by people unhappy about a story in POLITICO (which does have a print version).

[lapucelle]

44. Oh, is that the point? Well thank you for sharing that!

I wasn't aware that Politico has a free newspaper available in news boxes in Washington DC and NYC. I'm sure it's journalism at its best!

[George II]

46. I wish they had those boxes in Connecticut. My wife likes to put down a layer of newspaper...

....at the bottom of the cat box before she pours in the cat litter.

[George II]

45. I don't know how old you are, but the last time the NY Daily News was "sleazy" and....

....hated all things "liberal" was the 1970s.

It's now considered moderately liberal.

[jimfields33]

18. Ok but the citizens of New York City hired him.

[Ford_Prefect]

15. Adams is looking like an apologist for bad police practices as the Status Quo.

The Daily News is one of the worst papers in the era of Rupert Murdoch.

[lapucelle]

30. The New York Daily News is not "one of the worst newspapers in the era of Rupert Murdoch".

Are you confusing it with the New York Post?

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[wellst0nev0ter]

16. This should be the lede in all articles concerning Newsome

Newsome, the co-founder of a group known as Black Lives Matter of Greater New York, which is not part of the Black Lives Matter Global Network,

Yes, he's not part of or endorsed by the official BLM organization. He's just a character for rightwingers, Democrats and Republicans alike, to attack.

[Deminpenn]

19. Wonder how many NY'ers are already regretting their vote?

nt

[Polybius]

38. Nah, Curtis Sliwa was just that bad

Now, if Adams were running against Bloomberg it would get interesting...

[Steelrolled]

20. I wouldn't know for sure, but my guess is the average New Yorker doesn't favor

riots, fire, and bloodshed. So probably a good move by the Mayor-elect.

[azureblue]

24. after he condemns Proud boys

and the neo Nazis who are doing the most rioting and damage. Has he condemns 1/6 rioters yet? I thought not

[brooklynite]

26. He's the Mayor-to-Be of NYC...

The Proud aBoys and Oath Keepers don’t protest here.

[electric_blue68]

39. And thank goodness for that!!!!! (sez this NYC'r)

[lapucelle]

33. ...

Borough President Eric Adams calls out perceived police slowdown on 911 calls

...With six shootings in Brooklyn in one hour, one hitting an 11-year-old boy in his leg, Brooklyn Borough Pres. Eric Adams, Lay the Guns Down Foundation, and other anti-violence advocates held a press conference with anti-violence advocates, on Wednesday July 1, outside of Brooklyn Borough Hall on the recently-unveiled mural on “Black Lives Matter Boulevard,” to demand a “comprehensive crisis response by the New York City Police Department and City Hall as Brooklyn has experienced a major uptick in shootings in recent weeks.”

Acknowledging the passage of the city budget––which adhered to the post-police murdered George Floyd demand to “defund the police,” and cut the NYPD budget by one billion dollars––retired cop, BP Adams alongside advocates urged “the NYPD to sustain its commitment to responsible policing and look into how rapidly they are responding to reports of crimes throughout the borough and city.”

snip==================================================================

“There is no justice without safety, there is no safety with no true justice,” Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams said, “We’re not going to accept violent gun behavior, and we’re not going to accept what appears to maybe a slow down in police response to crime. Our communities won’t be held hostage by those who may have bruised feelings because we are saying police correctly and effectively.”

https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2020/07/02/eric-adams-911-calls/

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[electric_blue68]

36. Adams wasn't my first choice...

Maya was. I thought about Garcia, too.
.(Of course, I was never ever going to vote for Sliwa!!!)
Hopefully he'll do well. 👍

Saw this Newsome guy was not part of official BLM.

Oh, the DN has in some ways become more semi liberal through the decades.

[brooklynite]

41. Adams wasn't any of my choices...