Posted on 07/06/2022 5:07:26 PM PDT by lowbridge
If this isn’t a sign of the times, nothing is.
Amid rising crime in the Big Apple, one of Mayor Eric Adams’ aides was mugged in broad daylight Tuesday while scouting a location in Brooklyn for a planned visit by Hizzoner, law enforcement sources told The Post.
The brazen caper took place even though the victim, a civilian member of Adams’ advance team, cautioned that he was a well-connected City Hall employee, a high-ranking police source said.
“You don’t want to do this. I work for the mayor,” he told the two crooks.
But in a show of utter contempt, they ignored the warning, with one man lifting his shirt to display the butt of a pistol tucked into his pants, the source said.
The incident began when the victim — Manhattan resident Christopher Baugh, 33 — refused to turn over his wallet and cellphone, telling the robbers, “Get out of my way,” cops said.
Instead, one stuck his leg out behind Baugh and the other pushed him to the ground.
After he failed to convince them to leave him alone, they rifled his pockets and swiped his city-issued phone and a wallet holding five credit cards, cops said.
The crooks then fled, with one — described as a black male wearing a blue and white sweatshirt — making his getaway on a Citi Bike, sources said. The other suspect was described as a black male wearing sunglasses and a blue mask.
Veteran Democratic political consultant Hank Sheinkopf said the robbers’ fearlessness painted a bleak picture for the future.
“New Yorkers would feel a lot better if the muggers were afraid of committing a crime against a mayor’s staffer. They were not,” he said.
“That’s all you need to know. New Yorkers are going to feel less safe.”
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This amuses me...greatly.
lucky they dint beat his azz after that...
Obviously the bad guys were not at all impressed. :-)
This is when we throw our heads back and laugh.
So you can pull the old, don’t you know who I am thing against the criminal element?
Do you suppose he’ll turn conservative now that he’s been mugged?
;)
There are very few bad things that could happen to New Yorkers that would leave me feeling sorry for them and this isn’t one of them. Why didn’t the mayors aid tell them that having a gun was against the law?
So in his eyes, that means regular citizens are fair game.
🤔😜
Worst time to pull a “Do you know who I am?”
Clueless. But then again we already knew that about anyone who would work for Dinkins 2.0.
This guy is lucky he wasn’t killed.
Maybe the robbers did cut him a break after learning he worked for someone important.
Say what you will about old-time corrupt NYC Mayors, but if you messed with one of their people, the City mafia would make sure you were dead.
Lie in the bed you’ve made, New Yuckers.
Cue opening theme song of "The Warriors"
Lucky he wasn’t pistol whipped.
Since the armed robbers are black, Adams will blame guns for this crime.
Do these democrats know how stupid they sound?
"Hey, I'll probably get mugged, assaulted or murdered tonight, but at least the people who work for the mayor are safe. That makes me feel better".
What makes people feel better is when they are safe, not some politician.
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