by Bob Walsh
Eric
Adams was a Republican once upon a time. He was a NYC cop, retiring
after 20 years with the rank of Captain. He is a moderate (on the New
York City scale, which is slewed) and his main electoral issue was the
disgusting crime rate in NYC.
He
does have to run against Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the Guardian
Angels, in the general election. Barring some bizarre happening Adams
will be the next mayor.
Make
no mistake, Adams is NOT a conservative. However, he is not an idiot.
He thinks New York needs more cops, not less. He thinks bad guys
should be arrested, prosecuted and incarcerated.. As mayor he will have
direct input into only one of those steps. However, that is the vital
first step. Arrest the bad guys. If the mayor lets the police
commissioner know that bad guys need to be arrested it will probably
happen, at least for a while. Maybe the people will appreciate not
being attacked by psychos in the subways and on the streets. It isn't
everything, but it is a start.
EDITOR'S NOTE: LA DA George Gascón was also a cop.
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