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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New Yorkers would not feel safer. Probably less safe, if it was demonstrated that the sharks in townhall and on the streets are observing professional courtesy towards one another.
Zackly.
Sounds like a threat and abuse of power to me. He should just let the yutes rob him, be happy about living in his lovely city, and thank the chaps for making it a more diverse place.
The message is clear:
Deep state weenies shouting the message: DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? doesn’t work.
Simply knock these woke wimps on their ass, steal their cell phone and wallet and go home a drink a beer.
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
{deep breath…}
😂😂😂😅😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣
Funniest news I’ve read in a long long time.
Can’t stop laughing.
Love how these “impotent” people think that by identifying themselves it will prevent a mugging. ROFL
“Don’t you know who I am?” (I’m a very rich guy who can’t afford to be mugged)
‘You don’t want to do this. I work for the mayor’
And if I was on any Jury where the Victim was a Public Servant, I would vote NOT GUILTY. They deserve whatever happens to them, especially if the perp is an Illegal Alien
Well there ya go. Mayor’s office is shocked their prestige does not protect them from the crimes routinely committed against regular new Yorkers. “We are the Mayor! You may not assault us!”
https://www.gopusa.com/nyc-mayor-adams-defends-hiring-his-brother-because-of-white-supremacists/
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/02/04/eric-adams-called-white-nypd-officers-crackers-in-unearthed-2019-video/
Mayor Adams says.....I didn’t know things were this bad
“Don’t you know who I am?”
He should have gone Liam Neeson....I have a particular set of skills...but that was over the phone instead of in person so maybe not.
“Don’t you know who I am?”
“The crooks then fled, with one — described as a black male ... [the] other suspect was described as a black male”
These white supremacist incidents are really getting out of control.
Love it...I thought it was from the Babylon Bee..🤓
One common thing I see with this kind of crime lately is the perpetrators are black wearing face masks. I am sure it is to protect the victims from possible Covid infection. /s
Bummer. Is there is no honor among thieves?
I remember how weird if felt in 2020 to have to put on a mask before entering a bank or a liquor store.
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