Mayor Eric Adams of New York City was bragging about being a better cop than his white colleagues during the Harlem Business Alliance.
Adams, who was at the time gearing up to launch his campaign for mayor, went on the racially charged diatribe while at a private event in Harlem on Dec. 13, 2019, a video exclusively obtained by The News shows.
Here’s what Adams says in a video obtained by the New York Daily News: “Every day in the Police Department, I kicked those crackers’ a–.”
He continued boasting his achievement way back in 1995 when he founded a group called “100 Blacks in Law Enforcement That Care,” which fought against police brutality, racial profiling, and police misconduct.
“Man, I was unbelievable in the Police Department with 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement. Became a sergeant, a lieutenant, and a captain. You know the story — some people all of a sudden trying to reinvent me. But the reality is what I was then is who I am now.”
Adams was asked about his use of the slur at a Friday press conference, prompting him to apologize.
“I definitely apologize. Inappropriate, inappropriate comments, should not have been used,” said Adams. “Someone asked me a question using that comment and playing on that word. I responded in that comment, but clearly, these comments should not have been used, and I apologize not only to those who heard it, but to New Yorkers because they should expect more from me. That was inappropriate.”
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Adams went on in the video to discuss his forthcoming mayoral campaign, joking that he was expecting so much opposition that perhaps he should “grow a beard, smoke some weed, and leave this stuff alone” instead.
”The people who say, ‘Where’s our real Black leaders?’ They’re going to say, ‘Who’s Eric? Why does Eric think he should be mayor?’ Well, Negro, you run. You run, go raise the $7 million,” he said. “Let me tell you something, man. They are lining up — ‘Eric can’t be mayor.’ In the corners of the city, they are lining up. They know me. They know what I’m about and they know what I’m going to do as the mayor of the City of New York. Listen, we’re not going to play this game.”
Lopez-Pierre expressed discontent with Adams’ anti-crime plan, claiming it is just to make white people feel safe.
“More cops are going to get killed because Black men do not have opportunity,” Lopez-Pierre said. “I think it’s a great plan for white people to feel falsely safe.”
Watch it here: ThomasLopezPierre/Youtube
Sources: TheGatewayPundit, New York Daily News
