Zohran Mamdani: “The city has come to rely upon the Strategic Response Group…”

“And as it pertains to the Strategic Response Group, when it was first formed, there was an intention for its use to be more akin to the manner in which it was deployed earlier this week. What we have found, however, is The city has come to rely upon the Strategic Response Group as its primary means of response to acts of protests. across the city when New Yorkers exercise their First Amendment rights. And that decision in asking the members of that unit to respond to protests, as opposed to what was …” (08:51–08:59)

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