NY Dem Councilwoman Still Wants To Abolish Police After Cop Killings in Neighborhood A New York City councilwoman is still pushing to abolish the police days after a shooting in her Harlem neighborhood left two NYPD cops dead. Kristin Richardson Jordan (D.), a self-described socialist who represents the city's Ninth District, campaigned on a platform that promised to "hold police accountable" and move toward "a world without police." She opposed the election of Mayor Eric Adams (D.), a former police captain, calling it "a huge step backwards," and has referred to the NYPD as "the biggest gang in New York City." So when Officers Jason Rivera and Wilbert Mora were fatally shot in the line of duty on Friday, Jordan lamented the violence but insisted that abolishing the police was still the solution. "I stand with the families of the fallen," Jordan said following the shooting on Friday in her district. "To be clear," she added, "the death of police officers is not what abolition is. Abolition is an end to violence altogether." In response to instances of police brutality and police-involved deaths of black Americans in recent years, members of the Democratic Party, including the far-left "Squad," and activist groups like Black Lives Matter have advocated to defund or abolish police departments. Organizers of the Defund the Police movement have called for "investing in housing, health care, income support, employment, and community-based safety strategies" as opposed to law enforcement. And proponents of police abolition, such as Tracey Meares, a member of the Obama administration's President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing, have argued that "policing as we know it must be abolished before it can be transformed."
The police should accede to her request and withdraw from Jordan's neighborhood. At this point the thugs will be free to take over Jordan's neighborhood; I am sure the local thugs will have some great plans on how to treat a well-to-do city council member and just totally respect her property. Kristin Richardson Jordan is the type of political clown who applauds every time a police officer is shot to death before going out and fund raising on it.
NYC councilman condemns Democrat who expressed condolences to family of alleged police killer A Democratic New York City councilwoman is under fire for remarks she made following the fatal shooting of two NYPD officers, in which she offered condolences to the slain officers and their alleged killer in the same line. On "The Ingraham Angle," host Laura Ingraham cited a report saying Councilwoman Kristin Richardson Jordan, who represents the home area of slain Officer Jason Rivera, previously equated the law enforcement system with slavery. Richardson Jordan wrote Tuesday on Twitter: "My deepest condolences to the families of Officer Rivera, Officer Mora and Lashawn McNeil. Lives lost due to broken public safety & mental health systems that spare nobody. Harlem stands with the families of the fallen and we will not stop fighting for a safer world for all."