New York Mayor Eric Adams issued an apology after a flipped video clip showed him using a race-breed dog
End of Friday New York Mayor Eric Adams has issued an apology after a video from 2019 showed him using racial slurs while describing his white counterparts in the police department,
Based on ABC 7 New York, in the video Mayor Adams, a retired police officer, is speaking at the Harlem Enterprise Alliance. In the video, he says, “Every day at the police station, I kick those c****ers ‘a**, I can’t believe there are 100 black law enforcement in the police department. ”
On Friday, he said, “Definitely sorry, inappropriate comments, shouldn’t have been used, someone asked me a question using that comment and played on that word, replied in that comment. Obviously a comment should not be used and I apologize, not only to those who heard it, but also to New Yorkers, because they should have expected more from me and it was inappropriate. “.
Mayor Adams also clarified that his comments represent the fight against racism. “My fight, you know, my fight in the police department was against racism throughout my journey and I am very serious about fighting against that,” he said. more.
Police Benevolent Association (PBA) President Patrick J. Lynch released a statement after the video was replayed, saying: “Whenever a controversial video of a police officer appears in person, online, we demand justice instead of hasty indignation. We will apply the same standard here. We spoke with Mayor Adams about this video. We had spent too many hours together in the hospital emergency room over the past few weeks, and we had worked together for decades before that. A few seconds of video won’t define our relationship. We still have a lot of work to do together to support the members on the street.”
Thomas Lopez-Pierre, who shot the video and recently released the video, shared that he released it in support of Adams. “Eric Adams is a big boy, he’s a politician who cares about criticism, he’s the mayor,” Lopez said.
When asked if he thought those comments were inappropriate at the time of recording, Lopez said, “Uh, no, candidate, now the mayor has publicly pledged to take 30% of the goods.” billion dollars in city contracts and spending on Black and Hispanic and Asian women-owned businesses. And that’s why I vote for him.”
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