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Eric Adams: “Because when you talk about intervention, you have to use…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Eric Adams: The Swaggering Mayor of New York City

Published | Video Starts at 08:38

But does that Black Lives matter when a 12 year old baby was shot? You said the Democrats don't like to talk about that. Why is that? Because when you talk about intervention, you have to use the term of giving police officers the tool to deal with violence. Right now that makes a lot of. Very liberal Democrats a little worried. Yes, it does, because that's Rudy Giuliani language. They have allowed Rudy Giuliani to hijack something that the overwhelming number of people of color want. (08:38–08:46)

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Asserts that intervention involves empowering police officers to handle violence.

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