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Adams ultimately sat down with the group, though he told reporters he still planned on moving forward
Mayor-elect Eric Adams has considered reinstating a plainclothes NYPD unit that was disbanded amid calls to defund police in 2020. Adams, a former police captain and Democrat mayor-elect, has considered reinstating the unit in order to curb gang and gun violence. Though Adams has yet to take any action, prominent NYC Black Lives Matter activists have threatened riots and “bloodshed” should the unit be reorganized.
“If they think that they’re going to go back to the old ways of policing, then we are going to take to the streets again,” said BLM Greater New York chapter president Hawk Newsome. “There will be riots, there will be fire and there will be bloodshed, because we believe in defending our people.”…
