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Eric Adams: “You can't say Black Lives Matter when a police officer…”

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 08:24

From being gunned down by criminals. Democrats don't like talking about intervention, but we have to lean into the discomfort of the immediate things we must do. Because You can't say Black Lives Matter when a police officer shoots a young person. 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. (08:24–08:34)

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Questions the consistency of the Black Lives Matter movement regarding violence against young people.

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