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Eric Adams Addresses Shooting of Off-Duty Customs Officer in Riverside Park

Published July 21, 2025 | Video Starts at 12:31

And it took a federal agent shooting him to stop. How is our system working here at all? Our goal is to get dangerous people off the streets and we have done that with our federal partners. If you know of a number of the dangerous gangs takedown that we participated in and whatever we need to do in our federal laws to ensure that dangerous people … (12:31–12:38)

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