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CTDubs0001 t1_iyj3zfv wrote

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I was a Kathryn Garcia voter, but I always felt that if we were to get Adams, at least he would be the most uniquely situated to enact meaningful police reform if he wanted to with his background and we’d likely see some progress there.

HOOOOOOOOOOO BOY! Was I wrong!

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yiannistheman t1_iyj6ag0 wrote

I tend to mostly be a "lesser of two evils" voter, but there's not a day that goes by that I don't think Garcia would have been a thousand times better than Adams, who I knew would be a disaster (and he's still below my expectations of him).

At no point did I expect him to improve crime or the NYPD situation.

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InterscholasticPea t1_iylybu4 wrote

Garcia would at least try but probably not successful. Police is too powerful. The chiefs lasts longer than mayors, they don’t respect the office, they only tolerate them

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Tsquare43 t1_iynqwie wrote

A 42 year old can of tuna fish would have been better than Adams

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_neutral_person t1_iyji8ou wrote

LOL. Anyone even remotely invested in politics knew Adams was not only going to ignore police reform but enable behavior ruining the police's reputation with the public.

Imagine expecting the guy who allowed his staffers to print bogus placards so they could park on sidewalks to go after "the bad apples" in the police force. He does not care.

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CTDubs0001 t1_iyjo7sa wrote

Let me rephrase a little bit... I was hopeful he would enact police reform. And I very seriously follow politics and I don't think this was too naive a hope. He definitely was going to come down hard on crime and have a very aggressive stance on policing, but I hoped he could work both sides of that knife's edge.

After DeBlasio came in guns blazing screaming 'all cops are bad' essentially, he was done as far as police reform went right out of the gate. They were never, never going to listen to him. I was hopeful, that Adams might be smarter. I was hopeful that maybe he was smart enough to not scream for police reform from the rooftops like De Blasio did, but would quietly work to make change. And elements of his history are there to make you think he might do that.

That Adams, with his backstory of growing up in NYC, having a tough run in with cops at a young age, founding 100 blacks in law enforcement, etc... That if he wanted to, he was very uniquely positioned to make change.He had all the right parts to be both listened to by cops AND the general public. IF, and it was always an IF to me, he had the will. But hopeful was probably my overall sentiment about it, he still had a lot of career politician stink on him.

Now this far into his tenure I realize that hope was just that, and will never be more.

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ManLindsay t1_iyjqqjf wrote

I definitely see where you’re coming from, I just can’t get behind that. He was always abusive of whatever power he had, and ready to fuck anyone over for a buck. His track record is not good

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GreenTunicKirk t1_iyjs99s wrote

Its unbelievable to me that he was elected. He was openly hostile to the press and his own constiuents during the campaign. The trend of politicians being the worst possible people we can put into office is really upsetting, but I thought NYC was smarter, collectively.

Just another fire burning during the Last Days of Rome.

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_Maxolotl t1_iykru8k wrote

Yeah I knew he was a crook, and I didn't vote for him because of it, but I also knew he was batshit crazy and expected him to at least do some things that were terrible and funny at the same time because of it. So far too much terrible, not enough funny.

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BeaconFae t1_iyj96zy wrote

A successful career cop is only there because they are especially complicit in the corruption and gang like behavior of policing. Any law enforcement officer suggesting they’ll keep their own accountable is gaslighting you.

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PKMKII t1_iyj9n6u wrote

Ex-cop doesn’t want to reform the cops? ShockedPikachuFace.png

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Topher1999 t1_iyjzvt2 wrote

>at least he would be the most uniquely situated to enact meaningful police reform if he wanted to with his background and we’d likely see some progress there.

I'm so sorry and I don't mean to sound this mean, but this is absolutely one of the most naïve things I have ever heard. Cops always look out for their own. Reform? That's basically treason. Also come on, it's Eric Adams.

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Traditional_Way1052 t1_iyk12nu wrote

Yeah but I mean, be real, did you think he wanted to? That if in "if he wanted to" was a big if imo...

(Also a Garcia voter.)

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CTDubs0001 t1_iyk30ia wrote

Right. That was the million dollar question. He had the perfect resume to do it is my point. Nobody was positioned as well to be a police reformer as him. The big if was if he wanted to do it. I thought it was in the realm of possibility… worth hoping for for sure. Would I have bet money on it? No.

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delinquentfatcat t1_iykn4c6 wrote

Not praising Adams here, but let's not forget that Manhattan voters also elected Bragg as DA. Also, bail reform. Police work won't help much when criminals are being turned loose the day after being caught.

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InterscholasticPea t1_iyly6wu wrote

You knew that even the police didn’t enforce Adams right? He was as corrupt as rest of them

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