New York City Mayor Eric Adams defended the response of the city’s police department to various college protests, stressing the importance of free speech while keeping the city safe.
Adams’s defense comes after Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) wrote on X that the increased police presence on college campuses, along with the arrests of “hundreds of students,” go against the idea of education being a cornerstone of the United States’s democracy. Adams, a fellow Democrat and former police officer, showed off a flier found at a protest, which included the phrase “death to America,” and warned how younger people protesting are being infiltrated with radicalization.
The militarization of college campuses, extensive police presence, and arrest of hundreds of students are in direct opposition to the role of education as a cornerstone of our
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