Posted on 11/11/2021 9:10:39 AM PST by SeekAndFind
New York City’s Black Lives Matter chapter threatened "riots" and "bloodshed" in the streets if Mayor-elect Eric Adams reinstated the police department’s anti-crime units which were disbanded at the height of 2020's Black Lives Matter protests and riots. Progressives were furious when Adams said he would reinstate the units during his campaign.
Hawk Newsome, co-founder of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York, said after a meeting with Adams in Brooklyn Borough Hall Wednesday, "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."
Newsome told The Daily News, "So, there is no way that he is going to let some Gestapo come in here and harm our people. We pray for peace but ... prepare for the worst." Chivona Newsome, a BLM co-founder and sister of Hawk Newsome added, "We will shut the city down. We will shut down City Hall, and we will give him hell and make it a nightmare."
During the meeting, which was livestreamed on Instagram by an attendee, Adams and the BLM activists got into a heated argument over police policies.
Hawk Newsome told Adams that BLM would hold him responsible for any future misconduct by the NYPD.
Adams responded, "Stop the violence in my community. I’m holding you accountable. Don’t hold me accountable. Being the mayor, being the borough president, being the state senator, I put my body on the line for my community, so I’m not here for folks to come and say, 'Eric, we’re gonna hold you accountable. No, it’s us. We need to do this together.'" After Chivona challenged him Adams added, "Don’t tell me, 'I need to do this' … say, 'We need to do this.'"
Later in the meeting, Adams responded to another activist who accused him of not holding NYPD accountable saying, "Brother, I mean, have you been living under rock?" adding that he has been "fighting injustices" during his decades-long career as an NYPD captain and a politician. "The same things I’ve been doing over the past 35 years I’m going to continue to do, and maybe you should look at those things I have done."
After the meeting, Chivona Newsome told The Daily News "I don’t know if it was misogyny or ageism, but as the only woman in the room, as the co-founder of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York, Mayor-elect Adams thought it was best to correct me, and he wants to know how he can hold me accountable. We are holding him accountable whether he chooses to hold himself accountable or not."
If I were Adam’s, I would respond with, “OK, we are instituting shall-issue CCW for all law abiding citizens in NYC. We will decline to prosecute any shooting of a criminal in self defense “
“BLM threatens riots in New York City if Mayor-elect Eric Adams reinstitutes NYPD anti-crime units” First task for the Anti-Crime Units will be to prevent BLM riots. Protest, OK. Riot, Go to Jail, with Prejudice.
Winners live their live in a way that matters.
The entitled assert that their lives matter and then demand that everybody agrees with them.
Yes, it is a dark stain on our cities, an indigo blot; To quote Lady Macbeth: "Out, damned spot! out, I say!".
I must be missing something. Because the city of New York is making the effort to re-instate their crime unit part of which is to try to stop violence and bloodshed, and is being threatened by a questionable organization that is threatening to do violence and bloodshed if they city does, doesn’t that make them a criminal element by only trying to protect one race and not the entire group in the city by threatening them?
wy69
I must be missing something. Because the city of New York is making the effort to re-instate their crime unit part of which is to try to stop violence and bloodshed, and is being threatened by a questionable organization that is threatening to do violence and bloodshed if they city does, doesn’t that make them a criminal element by only trying to protect one race and not the entire group in the city by threatening them?
wy69
BLM just told us why NY should reinstitute NYPD anti-crime unit.
I’m hoping Adams will be a pleasant surprise. He might be the best the NYC voters will allow. It is evident that BLM doesn’t like him - a good sign.
“Progressives (and BLM) were furious when Adams said he would reinstate the units during his campaign.”
Why not ask residents what they prefer? I think they told us in the election results.
Will be interesting to see what the NYPD does? If they are given the power to do their job, then it’s going to get bad. Good thing I could honestly care less than less about the people in NYC that have allowed this to continue to happen. BLM is a terrorist group. They have brought this on themselves.
Yep, this could be seen as an opportunity. Let the enemy lawbreakers commit themselves, and then crack down. There's probably a Sun Tsu saying about it. However, I'm sure NYC will back down.
BLM should be called moving targets.
BLM = Burn, Loot, Murder...
Sounds like Domestic Terrorism. Wonder if the DOJ and FBI will be called or if they are too busy going to school board meetings.
BLM should be put down, hard.
You mean “Thats a BINGO!”
Kyle has shown the way!
RE: He might be the best the NYC voters will allow. It is evident that BLM doesn’t like him - a good sign.
It’s not as if the BLM won’t make the same threat had Curtis Sliwa won the Mayoral election. The difference is — Sliwa has not been known to back do even in the face of personal danger. I’m not sure about Adams.
bLM ... burn loot & murder. At this point, I really don’t care. They won’t make into my neighborhood alive.
Arrest him now on inciting a riot.
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