The morning after the New York Police Department arrested pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University, the city’s mayor appeared satisfied. “This is not a department that was dealing with one production at a time,” Mayor Eric Adams said, flanked by top police officials, during a press conference on Wednesday. “You have to be a well-organized professional operation to deal with all of those encounters.” This was part and parcel for Adams, a former NYPD officer with a habit of calling the city’s law enforcement “my cops” and “my police department.“ But then came the first inklings of what has become Adams’ calling card as he justifies the crackdown by the NYPD on protests. “When I first started seeing the protest take place in the city, it just did not fit right,” he explained.
The Nypd’s “outside Agitators” Narrative Is An Excuse For Force
Inae Oh, Mother Jones
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 9:48am
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