NetQuarterLatte t1_jaickdh wrote
>The kettling strategy was broadly defended at the time by Mayor Bill de Blasio and the police commissioner, Dermot F. Shea, who said it was needed because protesters were defying curfews and looters had ransacked parts of Manhattan, though the demonstrations had been largely peaceful.
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>The shocking scenes of looting, scuffles between the police and protesters and destruction of police cars led then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mr. DeBlasio to announce on June 1 that they would deploy twice as many police officers and impose a curfew.
“There comes a point where enough is enough,” Mr. de Blasio said.
Remember this the next someone says De Blasio was progressive. He was a jackass posing as a progressive and contributed to the situation that led to the protests escalating to riots.
huebomont t1_jaik7wv wrote
He was a progressive in the way a lot of New Yorkers like to think of themselves as progressive - I'm not racist, let's help out the less fortunate, sure it's ok to tax me more, wait there's someone who looks scary who just made eye contact with me, can we get a cop over here?
NetQuarterLatte t1_jaio1td wrote
>I'm not racist, let's help out the less fortunate, sure it's ok to tax me more, wait there's someone who looks scary who just made eye contact with me, can we get a cop over here?
That's spot on!
Jarreddit15 t1_jak2yq5 wrote
I understand the context of your comment but it’s kind of nutty to suggest de Blasio was only “posing as a progressive”
sunflowercompass t1_jal0bxq wrote
> De Blasio was progressive.
He was a progressive because he dared to go on TV and say that he feared his biracial son would get shot by NYPD. Then the staten islanders were real unhappy
toughguy375 t1_jaio4pu wrote
It doesn't matter who wins the election. The police union runs the city. That's true about every city in America.
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