
NY City University Law Students turn their backs on Mayor Adams
NEW YORK POST
Mayor Adams was loudly booed when he mentioned his former career as an NYPD cop during his City University of New York School of Law graduation speech Friday as dozens of students turned their back on him, footage shows.
Hizzoner was waxing about how some law school graduates would go on to become a “public figure” like himself when the crowd erupted into heated heckling, according to video of the outburst posted on Twitter.
“Let’s be clear, for 22 years of my life, I wore a bulletproof vest and protected the children and families of this city as a police officer,” Adams said — prompting a booing along with a smattering of applause.
Near the front of the stage, several rows of students in caps and gowns stood with their backs turned to the mayor, who charged on with the rest of his short speech.
“Just as you see these graduates here, I know what it is to protest,” he said.
“I protested when Amadou Diallo … I protested as 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care,” Adams said, referencing the unarmed 23-year-old Guinean student who was killed by NYPD officers in 1999.
“But I’m not the mayor because I know how to protest. I’m the mayor because I know how to speak on behalf of the countless number of people in this city,” he said.
Students said they protested the mayor for reasons ranging from school budget cuts to his response to the controversial chokehold death of Jordan Neely.
Mayor Adams was loudly booed when he mentioned his former career as an NYPD cop during his City University of New York School of Law graduation speech Friday. Luiz Rampelotto/ EuropaNewswire /Shutterstock
“Adams had the audacity to compare his tenure in NYPD to the discipline, principles, and commitment of our class. Within our short time at CUNY Law, we’ve served and protected the citizens of New York City more than his 20-plus years as a cop,” said one 28-year-old student, who asked not to be named.
“My class’s rage is fueled by Adams’ opportunistic response to Jordan Neely’s lynching by demonizing the poor and propping his forced psychiatric incarceration policies,” she said.
Near the front of the stage, several rows of students in caps and gowns stood with their backs turned to the mayor. Twitter/@ilissilia
Kelly Folkers, 33, another CUNY law school student, said Adams has dropped the ball on social justice in the Big Apple.
“We are very concerned about his support of policing, and the communities that are terrorized by police here in Queens and all over the city,” Folkers said.
The new grads did not disappoint during the speech. Lots of heckling, most grads turned their backs pic.twitter.com/D8uLMAyTMU
— ɐılıs (@ilissilia) May 12, 2023
“We are very concerned about the violence in our city.”
Header featured image (edited) credit: Graduation Hall/Daily Mail via NY Post
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They are beginning to eat their own… yes, but it just empowers the petulant kids in their mob rule lifestyle.